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Teamwork

Jul05
2011 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

What you have most important on work, despite yourself is your team.

This doesn’t mean you have to tolerate anything from the team, but always keep in mind that if you only use them to achieve goals, sooner or later you’ll pay this.

Of course teams have individuals inside and the hard thing is keeping them together, especially if working on a project basis (where things go at speed of light and at incredible pace and you have no time to manage all team aspects).

The key for success is variable and depends a lot on individuals you have in your team and is mainly based to give your team a self conscience and a coordinated approach to things.

Of course is something you don’t plug and play and takes little steps.

As I said before things can vary on many factors, but a good rule of thumb is to:

  • ponder your reactions to stimulus either if it is internal or external, giving the team the time to decide itself, though maintaining a control on decisions. You can start delegating while group acquires a progressive autonomy and  coordination in giving responses.
  • Leave no one behind: everyone is part of the group and should stay within the group. Successes and losses are common.
  • Gain respect as a leader: be the first to get on the field and be the last one to go out of the “battle”
  • Remember to treat people as humans, not as slaves. This doesn’t mean not to work hard, but to appreciate work done
  • Be a leader, don’t be authoritative.
  • Say thanks when deserved

 

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The value of a good professional relationship

Jul01
2011 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Is a common motto: Client is always right! And most say that this is the basis of business

I don’t agree on this, not because of the concept, but because of the misuse (or abuse) that this brought to relationships, where clients tend to over request to suppliers and viceversa.

A professional relationship stand on the fact that You as a client deserve exactly what You have paid for and this is for me as a supplier what I’m bind to.

But sometimes can happen that something goes wrong and this is the moment for complaints, that if made in a positive way are a value for both customer and supplier.

Complaints should not be treated in a superficial by neither of the actors:

  • by supplier, because something went wrong, at least in client’s perception, and should be evaluated in order not to incur again in similar situations. Learning form experience is the key.
  • by client, because is the moment to obtain the obligation in its original form. This doesn’t mean insulting the supplier, but proposing your reasons in the right way.

At the very end, complaints (that can happen in a professional relationship, because things -good or not- happen) if well managed can move the relationship a step beyond, also reinforcing it.

I more recently commented here on a part of this topic.

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Children and parents, 40 years and a different approach

Feb15
2011 1 Comment Written by hotrao

I came through this cartoon from Cagle cartoons (http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/%7Be4e28807-361d-44b2-8681-b42f76405d24%7D.gif) through Geeks are sexy (full article at http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/12/bad-grades-1960-vs-2010-cartoon)

This is very important for me because reminds me a s a father of how big is the shift that occurred in dealing with children from my times (I’m 39 so not so long ago) and now.

I think that the good stands between the two situations, because yelling every time  at children is not educating them, but also is not educational to protect them when they are wrong.

Today living in a hurry and focusing on work and career and materialism doesn’t help in educating children and make easier to yell at those who, with their actions and judgments, oblige the parents to assume their responsibilities.

Which is the best way to behave as parents? For me is “the old one”, leaving some flexibility in order not to frustrate children. But transmitting to our children some respect for rules and education.

This post as a comment also at http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/12/bad-grades-1960-vs-2010-cartoon

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Ryanair and a too much grown ego

Dec30
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Ryanair is making a crusade against Italian government regarding documents needed to board passengers, under the menace to stop flights in Italy (full story in italian at http://www.corriere.it/economia/09_dicembre_29/ryanair-stop-voli_487ca210-f48b-11de-a1b2-00144f02aabe.shtml).

Just a couple of words: We don’t really care of Ryanair!

It’s not a matter of security or of policies. It’s a matter of respect for countries laws.

Italian people are worried more than Mr Stephen McNamara (spokesman) or Mr O’Leary (CEO) of passengers security. And made a law allowing people to board on aircrafts using government issued ids on top of  id and passport.

So, in brief, Mr O’leary: we have our rules and laws and everybody (including foreign companies) respect them. If you respect them too you’re welcome, otherwise, the door is open to go away.

P.S. If security is so important for you Mr O’Leary, why the payment of a cash extra and some protests permits the boarding with documents other than idsand passports?

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If you know, speak. If you don’t know shut up.

May31
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

What really is making me strange in this days, is that everyone feels entitled to speak on everything.

I have been taught that if you’re confident in something and you have an opinion, you can express it. But it’s not something good if you speak just for the pleasure of speaking.

Could be that in this days I’ve got a little bit more time to spend reading, but I hear everybody speaking on everything: on Opel and Magna, on World economy, on pensions, on stem cells,…..

 Everybody has an opinion, but little have this opinion with knowledge of what are they speaking.

But the worst thing is that some people deserve some credibility to not so bright ideas and opinions.

I respect other opinions (also if they come without knowledge), but I don’t necessarily need to give them credit.

Freedom of speech is a gift we have sometimes, that deserves respect and doesn’t need to be abused.

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Mr Berlusconi, The Financial Times, the perils for Italy and the defense of italian heritage

May27
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

I see that Financial Times has, again, something to say on Italy and Mr Berlusconi (full article in Italian at http://www.corriere.it/politica/09_maggio_27/financial_times_berlusconi_pericolo_b5b08798-4aa4-11de-90df-00144f02aabc.shtml)

I don’t want to comment Mr Berlusconi himself: It’s appreciation is something personal and one can love him and another can hate him. No problem.

But I can eventually talk on this because I’m Italian. And I’m talking about my country and my prime minister.

Doesn’t seem to me that FT is an Italian newspapers, nor that the author is an italian born writer.

I think that some offensive opinion on other countries should be a litlle bit weighted before expressing them.

What about trying to have respect for sovereignity of other countries? And maybe taking a look at UK problems in this case?

The availability and freedom of information is not an authorization to offend other people.

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Against children spectacularization

May25
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

I see that german based Tv newtwork Rtl is launching a program called “Erwachsen auf Probe” (something like “maturity test” with teenagers having to deal with chidren  for four days (full article among the other at http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_maggio_24/genitori_teenager_reality_show_germania_54af8f0e-4872-11de-a9d5-00144f02aabc.shtml. Sorry is in italian).

Mr Franz Rendez RTL speaker, says that parents will remain near children.

Just some thoughts:

  •  I’m not against realities. Really I’m not intersted in seeing realities, but if a person choose to be spied 24/7 and is an adult , they can do what they want. As well as those that want to watch this. But this baby children cannot choose. Why do they have to be exposed in a so voyueristic way? They don’t deserve this treatment. I’m a father and Personally I really don’t like showing my little baby in public (photos, videos and similar). This could be questionable or not but I think that children have to be protected and not being showed just like they were pieces of meat on sales.
  • Those who really deserve all my shame are children parents: by acting this way they demonstrate they don’t deserve this gift that babies are. Why do they do this? because of money? Could be. But I think it’s better to be poor but with a little bit of personal respect left instead of bein al little less poor and no respect left. They do this because of notoriousness? How poor they are!
  • And Rtl tv network itself deserves my personal shame as well. Because audience and share counts untill a certain point. There’s a moment when people (everybody including business people) should stop their actions for a while and ask their self if what they are making is worth. And not only on money side.

It’s not a matter of morality.

Adults can do everything they want, if they are free to choose and don’t invade other’s freedom.

But children are different.  Children are not toys. Children are gifts we should take care on and protect them until they achieve enough consciousness to act like adults.

STOP SPECTACULARIZING CHILDREN.  START RESPECTING THEM.

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Motivation and sport

May13
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Catherine Forsythe at Lockergnome wrote a great article on motivation of pro players. Full article can be found at http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2009/05/12/the-la-lakers-and-a-question-of-motivation/.

What to say: Its, again, a matter of ethic and professional behaviour, but most of all is a matter of respect.

Even if you’re a pro sport player or anything else.

Just because you’re paid, you have to do what you have to do at you’re best and givin 120% of you effort. No motivation or other excuses.

Then, but only then, you can complain if you’re not paid enough or if you feel demotivated.

And, if you are a million dollar (or Euro) sport (or what else) professional, you should pay respect for those that aren’t lucky as you.

No motivation issues.

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The sound of silence

May07
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

I just found this article on an italian news paper (http://www.corriere.it/cronache/09_maggio_07/barconi_migranti_libia_66af9282-3ad8-11de-b512-00144f02aabc.shtml ) just telling that UN are complaining because Italy sent back to Libya 227 people that tried to enter as aliens in Italy.
That could be fine or not.
That could be good or not.
That could be polite or not.
But it’s what we decided to do. And I think that the whole world should take a little bit of respect on our opinions and actions.

We are not happy to act like these, but, in a certain way, we are obliged to react in such extreme manner. There are some rules and laws that are valid in the same way for everyone in our country. And we expect everybody to respect them.

This doesn’t mean we are racist or that we need to be treated as that by UN.

Where were all those people feeling enabled to comment on our matters when Malta refused to accept another boat and Italy took care of them?
I think that only few people know in depth how Italy is dealing with immigration and emergency. And quite all of them are Italian.

This is a (sad) starting point but, in general, teaches me that in these globalization era we are facing among the others two different trends:

  • on one side we have the great power of communication, with the ability and the retrieve and be aware of as much informations as never have been in the story of mankind. But no information makes sense without context and explanation.
  • on the other side we are tempted to express our thoughts on everything, basically reading the information, but ignoring (or at least poorly knowing the context). But expressing thoughts in a poorly defined context could be highly misleading.

For example I know quite well US, but I’m feeling really not confident to comment on the majority of their internal or external affairs. And so I don’t comment them. Just because I do these I exepect others to behave the same way.

Sometimes is better to stay in silence than start talking.

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