Loud Thinking

Archive for February, 2014

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826);
3rd U.S. President

Maintain Motivation in a Troubled Organization

No company’s future is completely secure. When your business is facing declining sales, a potential buy-out, or even certain closure, how do you manage people who are likely panicking about their future? Even if it’s clear that your organization is in trouble, you can still help team members stay focused and deliver results.
Be as honest as you possibly can. Whatever you know, share it with your employees. Don’t try to protect people from the truth or ignore what’s happening. In tough situations, people are on high alert for lies and inauthentic messages.
Give your team a larger purpose. People want to believe their work matters in any situation. When the company’s success is no longer the goal, you might identify something that employees value personally, like leaving a legacy or proving critics wrong.

Adapted by HBR from “Managing People on a Sinking Ship” by Amy Gallo.

Life is too short to waste a single second with anyone, who doesn’t appreciate or value you.

Achievement is to accomplish something by superior ability or special effort.

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882);
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

— Walt Disney

“It is better to try to light a candle than to curse the dark.”

Big 3 or Pig 3..? (Ejaz Butt Zindabad).

PCB distances itself from Ijaz Butt’s “sons of pigs” remark.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) moved quickly on Tuesday to distance itself from a “sons of pigs” reference to India, England and Australia made by former chairman Ijaz Butt.

Butt, head of the PCB between 2008-11, made the comment as he came out of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore after a meeting with current chairman Najam Sethi to discuss the structural changes at the International Cricket Council (ICC) ruling body.

Pakistan abstained from voting in favour of the changes at an ICC meeting in Singapore earlier this month, and has opposed the reforms which effectively hand control of world cricket to India, Australia and England.

Asked on live television what he thought about the ‘Big Three’ boards, Butt said: “Listen don’t quote me but in my personal opinion all three are sons of pigs”.

A PCB official reacted speedily to Butt’s remark by saying: “It’s his opinion not the board’s. We have no more comment to make”.

Butt added that Pakistan now needed to safeguard their own interests in world cricket.

“Every board is looking after its own interests and that is what we also must do,” he said.

Sethi has been meeting former heads of the PCB on the ‘Big Three’ issue after taking over as chairman last week. He has made it clear that Pakistan will be reviewing their stance on the ICC changes.

“I don’t believe in regrets; I believe your future is in your tomorrows.”

— John Travolta

Believe-In-Yourself is to have confidence in yourself and your abilities.