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Gandhi said ,'Be the change you want to see in the world'. Good bye Steve Jobs , you lived your life as a candle in the wind chnaging the way the world lives. May your tribe increase . wishing you a happy journey into the next world if there is one

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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:51:25 -0700 Amazing indians on the Rise - Times Now - -Episode 1 http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/amazing-indians-on-the-rise-times-now-episode http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/amazing-indians-on-the-rise-times-now-episode Hi

Some people live within their own circumstances some others rise above the ordinary celebrating the spirit of endeavor, grit and achievement. TIMES NOW honours the amazing Indians of this country.

Th featured Amazing Indians

  • A retired RBI Employee doing his bit for children of convicts.
  • A woman starting a restaurant and running it well despite the challenges.
  • A man running a moving Science Lab that teaches
More power to you . Lets make the difference :)

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Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:55:21 -0700 Management Lessons from a Triumphant Olympics http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/management-lessons-from-a-triumphant-olympics http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/management-lessons-from-a-triumphant-olympics

Management Lessons from a Triumphant Olympics by

Nanette Byrnes

Members of the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team won gold and silver yesterday in the sport’s final Olympic event. It was the culmination of an amazing winter games for the team, which won medals in all three of the sports’ competitions. It was also one of the more amazing turnaround stories of the Olympics.

How Nordic Combined went from dead last in the world in 1988 to regular trips to the podium is a lesson in slow, deliberate growth managers at struggling US companies like General Motors, Delta, or even the New York Times Co., might take a page from.

Tom Steitz, who we first wrote up on the blog last week, took over as Head Coach for the team in those dark days of 1988, inheriting little money or athletic talent to work with. But he set a methodical approach to turning the team around, and set ambitious goals that put it on the path that would lead to Vancouver.

On February 14, one of the skiers he recruited and helped develop, Johnny Spillane won the silver in the first of three events, the first American ever to win a medal in the event. On February 25, Spillane repeated his silver finish in the large hill Nordic Combined, crossing the finish lines seconds behind teammate Bill Demong, who’s gold medal makes him the nation’s first ever champion in the sport. In between four of the American team, including Spillane and Demong, won the silver in the Nordic Combined team competition.

How do you get from dead last to dominating at the most important contest in the world? Steitz seems some lessons in the team’s transformation that can be applied to business. No longer the team coach, Steiz is now a leadership consultant who works for big companies like Johnson & Johnson and Hewlett-Packard. Be he’s still a welcome adviser to the athletes, and spent February at the Games.

Here are some of the lessons he learned from Nordic Combined that he thinks apply to businesses looking to win.

* Move the unproductive out quickly - Right away Steitz overhauled the coaching staff and started to hunt for promising athletes who had good team spirit, who wanted their teammates to do well.

* Set big goals, and plan to build to them - Just attending an Olympics couldn’t be anyone’s goal, Steitz says. They had to want a medal, and every athlete had to be improving whether they were already easily going to make the team or not. Steitz tied those goals to fund raising. He asked sponsors for modest contributions up front, but a promise that they’d give more if the team rose in the world cup rankings. That strategy took them from the worst funded team to the best competing in the 2002 Games.

* Spend time together — Steitz relocated the whole team and all their coaches, nutritionists and medical staff from all over the country to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He lost a third of his athletes and staff, but he knew those who stayed were committed.

Not everything from sports transfers to business, of course. A coach will invest 10 to 15 years into training an athlete, Steitz notes, only to find that competitor’s age start to slow them down. Corporate managers face a different problem: the chance their great talent will jump ship for another company.

How likely someone is to pick up a headhunter’s call is one of the metric’s Steitz recommends managers track. And it’s one he uses to measure his own performance. Of course there’s no goal medal for coaching.

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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:47:34 -0800 It ain't bragging if you can back it up:) http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/it-aint-bragging-if-you-can-back-it-up http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/it-aint-bragging-if-you-can-back-it-up
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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:59:48 -0700 M.I.L.E -APJ Abdul Kalam:"A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure" http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-apj-abdul-kalama-leader-should-know-how http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-apj-abdul-kalama-leader-should-know-how
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Knowledge@Wharton Interviews Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam.



 
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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:56:00 -0700 M.I.L.E - Nobel Prize Video- Desmond Tutu on Leadership http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-nobel-proze-video-desmond-tutu-on-leader http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-nobel-proze-video-desmond-tutu-on-leader

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The 1984 Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu discusses what makes a good leader.

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:51:15 -0700 M.I.L.E - Heroes - A interesting Inspirational Video By cadburys? http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-heroes-a-interesting-inspirational-video http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-heroes-a-interesting-inspirational-video
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This video is doing the round for many years.I  have always wondered if Cadburys created it or sponsored its creatiion. Watch it completely and trust me you will also wonder !!!
 

 
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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:24:56 -0700 M.I.L.E - Martin Luther King Jr Famous Speech - I have a dream http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-martin-luther-king-jr-famous-speech-i-ha http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-martin-luther-king-jr-famous-speech-i-ha
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Martin Luther King Jrs Famous Speech

" I Have a Dream"  speech given on August 28, 1963.



 
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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:22:44 -0700 M.I.L.E - Martin Luther King Citing Gandhi as his inspiration http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-martin-luther-king-citing-gandhi-as-his http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-martin-luther-king-citing-gandhi-as-his

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In this interview, Dr. King explains how he was first exposed to the ideas of Gandhi and the philosophy of nonviolence
 
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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:19:19 -0700 M.I.L.E - Movie 1 - Gandhi By Richard Attenborough - Speech in South Africa http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-movie-1-gandhi-by-richard-attenborough-s http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-movie-1-gandhi-by-richard-attenborough-s
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From Gandhi (1982) is a biographical film about Mohandas ("Mahatma") Gandhi, who was a leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Ben Kingsley as Gandhi; both won Academy Awards for their work on the film. The film was also given the Academy Award for Best Picture..

This is a effective video to use for workshops on Articulation, Handling conflict , leadership Etc.

I have used it to good effect

 

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:59:56 -0700 M.I.L.E - Present Like Steve jobs (Video by Carmine Gallo) http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-present-like-steve-jobs-video-by-carmine http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-present-like-steve-jobs-video-by-carmine
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs is well known for his electrifying presentations. Communications coach Carmine Gallo discusses the various techniques Jobs uses to captivate and inspire his audience — techniques that can easily be applied to your next presentation.
 

 
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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:18:41 -0700 Media Integrated Learning Exchanges - Imagine Leadership | By XPLANE & Nitin Nohria http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/media-integrated-learning-exchanges-imagine-l http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/media-integrated-learning-exchanges-imagine-l
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Nitin Nohria and Amanda Pepper of Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative collaborated with XPLANE to create this video in order to generate a discussion of the value and importance of leadership to address some of societys most pressing problems.
 
 

"It is my desire to inspire people of all ages and social demographics to think about leadership on a broad level, contemplate what it means to them and what individual impact they can have when it comes to leading," says Nohria.

- MORE INFO, SOURCE FILES: http://hbs-leadership.wikispaces.com/

- HBS: http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/

- XPLANE: http://www.xplane.com/



 
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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:25:44 -0700 MILE # 2- R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-2-ra-mashelkar-breakthrough-designs-for http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/mile-2-ra-mashelkar-breakthrough-designs-for
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Engineer RA Mashelkar shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive products (cars, prosthetics) into the realm of the possible for everyone.

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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:38:22 -0700 Imagination -Einstein Speak http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/imagination-einstein-speak http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/imagination-einstein-speak
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:30:02 -0700 Courage from Amelia Earhart http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/courage-from-amelia-earhart http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/courage-from-amelia-earhart
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:27:00 -0700 Be Bold with a little Fanaticism - Emerson http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/be-bols-with-a-little-bit-of-fanaticism-emers http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/be-bols-with-a-little-bit-of-fanaticism-emers

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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:18:27 -0700 Question with Boldness http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/question-with-boldness http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/question-with-boldness
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:07:13 -0700 Celebrating the Spirit -Michael Jordan http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/celebrating-the-spirit-michael-jordan http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/celebrating-the-spirit-michael-jordan

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Michael Jordan - The Greatest To Ever Play The Game!
Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player ever retired at age 40, for the third and final time in 2003. No player in NBA history has achieved so much in any amount of time. Michael Jordan is a five-time league MVP, a ten-time scoring champion, a six-time Finals MVP, and a six-time NBA champion. This time Michael Jordan left the game of basketball on his own terms. His two-year return in the NBA will never diminish his legacy. Jordan finished his career with 32,292 points, his career average 30.12 ppg is the best in NBA history. Even the Miami Heat retired his number, marking the first in sports history where another team retired a player's jersey in his honor. Thanks Michael for coming back one last time!
 
 
 
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:47:56 -0700 Making Impossible Easy -Muhammad Ali http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/making-impossible-easy-muhammad-ali http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/making-impossible-easy-muhammad-ali

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Why am i fascinated with Ali ?
 
I have a million reasons..
 
Here are a Couple
 
His Attitude :
 I float like a butterfly," Muhammad Ali once famously goaded Sonny Liston, "sting like a bee..." Ali began honing his skills at a very early age. Indeed, as a young boy, he asked his little brother to throw rocks at him so that he could practice avoiding them with deft movements of his agile body.

He is  a inspiration

 
A compelling collection of stories from people around the world who remember his legacy and were impacted by the greatest ever.

View at http://www.ali.com/interact_stories.php

 
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Shravan Shetty
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:24:06 -0700 Celebrating the Spirit - Nadia for the perfect 10 http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/celebrating-the-spirit-nadia-for-the-perfect http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/celebrating-the-spirit-nadia-for-the-perfect
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The world's first ever perfect 10
 
 
 
We never really know the best that we can achieve ...
 
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