Managerial Effectiveness Training by Seema Dasgupta

We had a training from Monday to Wednesday on Managerial effectiveness taken by Ma'm Seema Dasgupta.. she was a nice lady.. three things were gr8.. got to know a lot of people.. best thing was rotating people after every exercise thus enabling each of us to know most of us [:)] .. in addition, first time i learnt something from a HR kinda sessions.. first thing which struck was during the game in which though I liked the idea of Kirti Singh Rawat of keeping the shaving mirror on top of the list due to his logic.. however, i gave it up and he din't spoke too... however, i realised that i could have put a fight for him if the logic sounded full proof to me.. i thus learnt that no matter what happens, if in future i come across anything which sounds logical to me I would support that.. doesn't matter how many people wud be opposing.. nor it wud matter if i was initially not liking the idea.. but sound logic wud be criteria irrespective of personal biases..

second day i was struck hard by the fact that i wasn't able to write 4 goals of my life... it was hard to put them into words and more importantly writing them in sucha way so that they are SMART goals.. (Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Related, Time bound).. i know now what i have to do.. i will have to actively work towards the goals to achieve them and put them in words..

third day i was again dumbstruck when during the game of jigsaw puzzles our team was struggling the most... though my square was completed very early.. however, joe was struggling and i could see that.. what i shud have done is to pass on my complete square to him and make the square myself so that team's targets gets done.. collaboration of highest extent was required and i missed in doin tht.. however, it was a learnin expereince and i will follow tht.. thanks ma'm...

a terror(ible) idea .. a dangerous thought

ohh, i just dun want to write this post as it's a dreaded idea.. however, there was a compellin me forcing me to just do it.. i was reading Age of truebulence by Alan greenspan half an hour back and as struck when he said that WWI took the world decades back and sapped it of its serenity.. also WWII created the great depression.. now if i could have read or met some terrorsists then i would have known what they exactly want by creating events like Twin tower destruction.. do they want to create fear and panic, do they want to destroy the financial markets or rather both.. I think it's both and if I am correct then i believe that there is no better a time for them to strike a terrorist blow now.. US is on the brink of recession with all the subprime crisis and defaults happenin leadin to bustin of big banks like Bear stearns.. if terrorists strike a blow now, they can create a recession in major parts of world.. am sure even Sensex would go from the levels of 15,600 today to less sub 10,000 levels.. so am fearing that if this idea has come in their mind and if they are plannin anythin of this sort then i better get out of the market before the final blow.. too much pessimism u think.. nay.. read THE BLACK SWAN by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and you would wonder if this might happen soon.. the probability fundaes and the bell curve would go for a toss.. isn't it possible.. think over it.. though still i know i won't be exiting the market anytime soon but i would check if i can buy some nifty put options..