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Archive for May, 2014

CEOs cast the vision and mission of the organization. They accept overall responsibility for the organization.

Organisations rise and fall under the guise of their leader – CEO.

~Richard Pagan

I LIKE THE ROLE OF CEO DEPICTED AND I DO THE SAME BUT BRING IN BIT OF AGGRESSIVENESS, ASSERTIVENESS, PASSION.

MY ROLE HAS BEEN ATM – ANY TIME MOTIVATION.

ACCORDING TO ME C E O = CREATIVE EMPOWERING OMNIPRESENT.

~SWAMY PKM

This almost looks like the story of the PCB and all State Owned Enterprises of Pakistan.

I believe that a good CEO needs to be well seasoned in the industry in which they serve, otherwise they have no way of being able to chart a successful, strategic vision for their organization.

I have seen too many people come into CEO roles with not a single ounce of industry experience and totally destroy an organization by making wholesale changes which history had already proven to be wrong.

They normally are surrounded by a support team that also is so out of touch with reality that they offer little or no insight to the new CEO with respect to relevent insights.

Most are only there to maintain their status quo positions while real value either leaves or give up trying to make a difference.

~Robert Hartmann

This almost looks like the story of the PCB and all State Owned Enterprises of Pakistan.

I believe that a good CEO needs to be well seasoned in the industry in which they serve, otherwise they have no way of being able to chart a successful, strategic vision for their organization.

I have seen too many people come into CEO roles with not a single ounce of industry experience and totally destroy an organization by making wholesale changes which history had already proven to be wrong.

They normally are surrounded by a support team that also is so out of touch with reality that they offer little or no insight to the new CEO with respect to relevent insights.

Most are only there to maintain their status quo positions while real value either leaves or give up trying to make a difference.

~Robert Hartmann

Brand Yourself While Maintaining Your Integrity

In the American workplace, self-promotion is seen as a way to differentiate yourself and advance your career. But for people who grew up in cultures where modesty, composure, and self-control are strongly valued, it can be hard to meet the need for personal branding. In this case, it helps to reframe the idea of self-promotion – instead of viewing it as a selfish endeavor, think about whom else might benefit from your efforts. For example, if you’re known as a sought-after expert, clients will hire your company to have access to your skills. And if you come from a culture that emphasizes the group over the individual, highlight your achievements within the context of what the team or organization was able to achieve. This way, you can maintain your integrity while still getting name recognition for all that you do.

Adapted by HBR from “ Self-Promotion for Professionals from Countries Where Bragging Is Bad” by Dorie Clark and Andy Molinsk y.

A role model CEO..!

The CEO cannot be a lone dictator, figurehead, or demonstrate lack of self confidence.

As a CEO to be successful you must surround your self with the best staff possible and turn them lose to accomplish the goals that have been developed, you must still be there to direct and keep things progressing in a forward motion.

If necessary you must cut loses and replace staff for the benefit of the business overall.

The department directors must also understand the financial end of the business to be able to assist in cutting cost, keeping top quality employees motivated and enthusiastic.

As the CEO of my own company building a team that had forsight and dedication took effort and it was not all from a resume. It was their personal enthusiam and drive that created success.

~Jackie.

If in anger USA can retaliate against Pakistan (as is evident from the below mentioned news) why can’t Pakistan retaliate for abduction and wrongful confinement of Ms Aafia Siddiqui and for not allowing its elected parliamentarian Sheikh Rashid to over fly America?

Why can’t Pakistan stop Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC) and use of its air space by USA for Afghanistan?

Pakistan must remember that it can only be insulted to the extent Pakistan will permit..!

To please the USA we even cancelled Iran gas project which would have produced cheap electricity more than a big dam like Kalabagh dam. But in return Americans gifted India with civil nuclear energy agreement gift and object to Chinese nuclear help to Pakistan.

Is this the way America should treats Pakistan which is a major non NATO ally in the war on terror forgetting that this country has given more sacrifices in men and material than the combined losses of 49 NATO countries in the War on Terror (WOT) in Afghanistan?

What have the Western countries done in rebuilding the war torn Pakistan?

Read the news item below:-

Police training halted over arrest of US agent.

All the courses offered to Sindh Police in association with US were halted temporarily.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – United States (US) officials on Thursday delayed all training courses offered to Sindh Police over the arrest of American intelligence agency Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) agent Joel Cox, Dunya News reported.
According to sources, US halted the ongoing training courses offered to the Sindh Police as retaliation over the arrest of FBI agent.
Reportedly, the training courses in association with the US were for bomb disposal squad and police training.
Dunya News sources said that Sindh Police was not told the reasons of suspension of the courses. All the courses are halted temporarily.
Earlier, Police released United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Joel Cox – who was arrested on Monday from Karachi – upon orders from court on Thursday. The court set the bail at bonds worth 10 lakh which was submitted by the defendant, Dunya News reported.
According to reports, Cox was released following court orders after the set bail bonds were deposited by the defendant on Thursday.
Cox was escorted from back door of artillery police station.
Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) completed its inquiry over the matter of detained US FBI agent.
Dunya News had already reported on Wednesday evening that Cox was granted bail.
US federal agent Cox was taken into custody from Karachi airport and US authorities had confirmed that Cox was appointed from Miami state’s field office.
Reportedly, agent Cox was here on 3 month to train Pakistani police. American authorities maintain that Cox was not armed during travel and that the bullets were recovered from his luggage.

“Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.”

Leonardo da da Vinci (1452-1519);
artist, inventor, scientist

The biggest flops of the IPL 7, so far..!

A Times of india Report…

Three weeks into IPL 7, and there are a number of big-ticket players who haven’t pulled above their weight. Here’s a look at how some of the costliest and most valued players have performed in the tournament so far.

Yuvraj Singh (RCB) – Seven innings, 141 runs, average 23.50

The Vijay Mallya-owned franchise forked out huge money for the India allrounder – the highest winning bid at the auction, in fact, at 14 crore. Yuvraj, 32, came into IPL 7 as a castigated figure following his go-slow innings in the final of the ICC World Twenty20, but hopes of a comeback were raised when in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s opening game he smacked 52* off 29 balls. But since then he has made 89 runs in six innings, with three scores under 10 (he made 0 against Mumbai Indians). Not what RCB’s management would have had in mind when they purchased Yuvraj in February.

Virat Kohli (RCB) – Seven innings, 140 runs, average 23.33

One run behind Yuvraj, the player whom he apparently wanted to come to RCB, is Virat Kohli. Simply put, he hasn’t been able to channel his awesome form for India into IPL 7. The RCB captain has yet to score a fify – he finished 49* in game one against Delhi Daredevils – and since then has picked up two ducks. Three other times he has got starts, but only one of those occasions can be point to a gem of a delivery: the one from Sunil Narine that snaked past his bat and hit the stumps when he was on 31 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah.

Kohli can clinically demolish oppositions with a stable approach and aggressive display when required, but this season he’s not got going.

Dinesh Karthik (DD) – Eight innings, 193 runs, average 24.12

The 28-year-old Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batsman, who played for DD from 2008-10, was the second highest money-maker this season behind Yuvraj with the franchise shelling out Rs. 12.5 crore for him. But so far he’s not lived up to his huge price tag. Batting at No 3 or 4, Karthik has made two fifties in eight innings. What will rankle is the manner in which Karthik has been dismissed: on Wednesday against KKR, he top-edged the second-last ball of the parsimonious Shakib Al Hasan to short fine leg; against Rajasthan Royals, on 12, he holed out to deep square leg in the 16th over; against MI he chipped loosely to short midwicket for 2; against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he slogged straight to deep-midwicket for 15; against Chennai Super Kings he flicked to square leg the very ball after raising his half-century off 35 balls; and against RCB he nibbled his first ball to the wicketkeeper. Subtract scores of 51 and 56 and Karthik averages 10 this season.

Kevin Pietersen (DD) – Five innings, 62 runs, average 15.50

The 33-year-old Pietersen, who in February was dumped by the England & Wales Cricket Board in the wake of England’s 5-0 Ashes demolition in Australia, went back to DD after the franchise used their right-to-match card to outdo SRH’s bid. The decision not to retain Pietersen ahead of the auction saved Daredevils Rs 3.5 crore, but he has come nowhere near to justifying a fee of Rs 9 crore.

Having sat out the team’s first three games due to a hand injury, Pietersen’s returns in five innings read: 16, 26*, 14,0 and 6. He has been unable to express his maverick self – perhaps a bandaged hand is still causing him pain – and two dismissals have been awful. Against CSK, a limp prod at an in-cutter from Mohit Sharma saw his off stump pegged back first ball, and then against KKR on Wednesday Pietersen ran himself out in one of the most bizarre ways possible. Having struggled for five balls from Shakib, he pushed the sixth straight to a fielder and set off without looking at Murali Vijay. It’s been a terrible IPL so far for KP.

Shikhar Dhawan (SRH) – Six innings, 122 runs, average 20.33

After a successful debut season, SRH looked to retain their core team from last year at the 2014 players auction, and were able to do that at the auctions with added enforcements at the top of the order in the form of big-hitters David Warner and Aaron Finch to go with their retained Indian star Shikhar Dhawan. However, Dhawan has failed to click so far, and his lean run has been an extension of an overall poor 2014 for him in India colours. Thrice he has crossed 30 but never has he crossed 38, and there are also three single-digit scores. What has also been noticeable is on the two occasions that Dhawan has lasted more than 6.2 overs, he has not scored a fifty. Against RR he got out for 38 in the 12th over and against RCB he fell for 37 in the 13th over. Not what you’d expect from a free-stroking, dominant batsman.

Amit Mishra (SRH) – Five games, four wickets, economy 10.30

At February’s auction, Sunrisers used their right-to-match card for three-time IPL hat-trick taker after DD bid 4.75 crore for the 31-year-old legspinner. Their move was not in the least bit surprising, considering Mishra’s success in the tournament: he is the IPL’s second highest wicket-taker with 95 from 76 games and has won eight Man-of-the-Match awards in the IPL – the best by a bowler. But coming off a superb run in the ICC World Twenty20, Mishra has had a woeful IPL, conceding runs at over ten an over and posing little threat to opposing teams. In 19.3 overs bowled so far, he has conceded 16 sixes – seven of which game in one match against Kings XI Punjab and five against MI. That means that he’s conceded a six off every 7.31 deliveries bowled.

Michael Hussey (MI) – Four innings, 30 runs, average 7.50

When Hussey, 38, was purchased by the franchise for Rs 5 crore – in fact as their first buy of the auction – they would have had in mind the success he achieved in six seasons with CSK. Starting at a base price of two crore, MI got a bid of five crore and availed Hussey’s services for that price. It seemed a bargain buy for CSK’s most successful batsman in IPL 6 with 733 runs. Unfortunately for MI, Hussey looked a pale imitation of himself in the four matches he played before being dropped. The batsman who brought to MI the experience 3497 T20 runs at an average of 40.60 and strike-rate of 125.80 (2136 of which were in the IPL at an average of 42.72) has failed in totality in his new set-up, neither able to dominate attacks nor allow others to bat around him.

“A man should never be ashamed to admit he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”

Alexander Pope (1688-1744);
poet, critic, translator