Road Map for Success

Author: V. Aswatha Ramaiah

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Contents

A. SUCCESS:   

1. Be like a thumb!
2. Love your work!
3. Success
4. 4F's for success
5. 3 Types of people (Make, Wait, Wonder)
6. 3 Types of people (Passive, Reactive, Proactive)
7. No excuses please!
8. How to improve self confidence? 

B. COMMUNICATION:          

1. Verbal communication
2. Communicate
3. Use words to express; Not to impress
4. Communication Distortion
5. How to say 'NO'?
6. How to convince / influence people?
7. Learn English  
8. Polite speaking
9. Communicating over telephone
10. The Funnel Technique
11. Discussion Vs. Argument
12. Submissive, Aggressive and Assertive people
13. Giving Feedback
14. Listening
15. Body Language
16. Non verbal communication
17. E-mail etiquette

 
C. TIME MANAGEMENT:      

1. Things which you can't get back in your life  
2. Time is precious
3. Time management
4. How do we spend our time?    
5. Waiting time
6. Going late to places
7. Procrastination
8. Body clock and your activities
9. Meetings
10. Time management and holistic living
11. The Essential, Desirable, Avoidable (EDA) concept
12. Be direct in your dealings (Straight line method)
13. Work-life balance
14. Time management through holistic development of your personality

 
D. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS:     

1. Interpersonal relations
2. Relationship with your boss     

 
E. CHANGE MANAGEMENT:

1. What a speed!
2. Who should change?
3. Changes over the generations
4. Reasons why we don't change
5. Old tricks do not work these days!
6. Think differently!
7. Changes in your body              
8. Rules of change

 
F. TEAM WORK:        

1. Learning team work from the geese  
2. Synergy and team work
3. Family life of a corporate executive  

 
G. PERSONALITY :     

1. Brain (Left and Right)              
2. To improve the functioning of Left Brain
3. To improve the functioning of Right Brain
4. Colours and your personality
5. Memory power
6. Changing your personality thro' handwriting

 
H. STRESS MANAGEMENT:  

1. Human function curve
2. Management of stress
3. Stress management at workplace

 
I. ETIQUETTE  

1. Etiquette and social/office manners  
2. Avoid these bad manners

 
J. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PMS)

1. Performance Management System (PMS)
2. The dialogue process in PMS  
3. Check list to assess the effectiveness of PMS dialogue
4. Pitfalls in PMS

 
K. LEADERSHIP:         

1. Building exemplary work culture in an organization
2. Managing stress at workplace
3. Delegation
4. Vision and values of an organization

 
L. SAFETY       

1. Importance of Safety in an organization
2. Reasons why people do not follow Safety precautions and actions to be taken
3. Safety is a Religion
4. Safety Problems in our country
5. Who is the most effective Safety Officer in the world?
6. Implementation of Safety
7. A paradigm shift in 'Safety'

 
M. OTHER TOPICS:    

1. Goal setting
2. Housekeeping practice - Japanese way (5S)
3. Unprofessional Vs. professional
4. Creativity
5. Discipline
6. The supervisor's paradox
7. Back to square one!     
8. 4 stages of learning a skill
9. East or West?
10. Which Profession / Business should I choose?
11. Dual words
12. Developing your sub-ordinates
13. Importance of soft skills in an organisation
14. Feel proud to work in your organisation
15. Facing the Audits
16. To be an employee or an employer?              
17. Good values at workplace
18. Values to be practiced in an organisation
19. Blue Print for your professional and personal development

 
N. TEAM BUILDING:  

1. Characteristics of high performance teams
2. Reasons for failure of team work

 
O. PRESENTATION SKILLS
P. ABOUT UNIQUE CONSULTANTS
Q. A REQUEST TO YOU 

Preface

'Success' is possibly what everyone is chasing in the world in every field - Students, corporate personnel, entrepreneurs, professionals, artists, scientists and, for that matter, every person in every field. Speakers have spoken tons of words and authors have written volumes on 'Success'.

'Success' is also the most-liked word since the society gauges a person based on the success he achieves in life . Success also brings with it a host of things which every human being is looking forward to: wealth, social/public visibility, pleasures/comforts of life, freedom to embark upon businesses philanthraphic activities etc.

'Success' can simply be defined as getting what we want i.e., achieving the set goals/targets. In spite of the fact that most people want to be successful, success is elusive for many of them. The scenario becomes more complex as we see different people achieving success by different methods, strategies, practices etc.

There appears to be no fixed, sure-shot formula for success. Each successful person attributes his success to different aspects and traits like positive attitude, opportunities, self motivation, hard work, focus on the goals, people management skills, leadership, creativity / innovation, 'being-there-at-the-right-time', soft skills (like communication skills, interpersonal skills, effective time management etc.) and some people, attribute success to luck and destiny.

In spite of the above myriad reasons for success, there appears to be a few general guidelines and rules for achieving success. This book precisely aims at providing these set of guidelines and rules for becoming successful in the professional life. Various attitudinal and behavioral skills needed for achieving success have been dealt with in this book. The book has been written in a modular fashion in a simple language supported by relevant pictures in a easy-to-understand format and layout. I have tried to crystallize in this book my two decades of professional experience and further two decades of my experience as a corporate trainer.

Whereas this book revolves around achieving success in professional life, my other book titled 'A celebration called life' deals with the personal/social life and yet another book titled 'Redefining husband and wife relationship' speaks about marital life. That's how I have tried to give to the readers a recipe encompassing different arenas of life enabling them lead a holistic, fruitful and rewarding life.

I am grateful to my wife, Rajani for the co-operation extended by her while writing this book. The support I received from my senior faculty, Ms. Padma Hemanth is simply unparalleled. Our faculty and our Operation Chief, Ms. Meghana Hanumesh, has put in great efforts in bringing out this book. It can safely be said that she is the chief architect in the production of this book. The sheer hard work put in by 'UNIQUE' team (Unique Consultants) - Ms. Sindhu and others in bringing out this book in the present form is laudable.

If this book provides the reader the effective and practical guidelines to achieve success in professional life, I feel that my efforts have been successful.
 
V. Aswatha Ramaiah