Come join me at Monthly Learning Event on 24th July 2009 - 5:30 pm onwards - Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad - Register before 21st July on tce

tce Bhaskar Natarajan Bhaskar Natarajan has invited you to the event 'Monthly Learning Event on 24th July 2009 - 5:30 pm onwards - Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad - Register before 21st July' on tce!   Check out "Monthly Learning Event on 24th July 2009 - 5:30 pm onwards - Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad - Register before 21st July" on tce Bhaskar Natarajan Time: July 24, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8pm Location: Tata Consultancy Services, Hi Tech City, Hyderabad Organized By: Bhaskar Natarajan Event Description: HPCA invites you to be a part of our Monthly Learning Event @ Hyderabad. Date: 24th July 2009 Time: 5:30 pm onwards Venue: Tata Consultancy Services, Hitech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad Link: < http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tata+Consultancy+Services,+Madhapur,+Hyderabad+-+500034&sll=34.016242,82.353516&sspn=35.997712,76.289063&ie=UTF8&ll=17.445319,78.378342&spn=0.004852,0.009313&z=17&iwloc=A > This Month's Theme: ICF Competency - A. Setting the Foundation. Topic: Establishing the Coaching Agreement - Tips & Traps Presenter: Gopal 'GD' Shrikanth CEO Coach & Business Strategist Wharton Alumnus/Fellows & Columbia Coach India's first Ivy league Certified Executive Coach Endorsed by Team Coaching Guru - Ginger Cockerham Endorsed by Behavioral Coaching Guru - Marshall Goldsmith Website : http://www.gopalshrikanth.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gopalshrikanth RSVP : Anil_Santhapuri@satyam.com Cell # 9701002900 For Membership details contact - dayaanand1865@yahoo.co.in Cell # 9948099853 See more details and RSVP on tce: http://www.thecoachexchange.com/events/event/show?id=2161894%3AEvent%3A20505&xgi=6Kgg9eD About tce tce is an elite coaching network showcasing talent, sharing knowledge, resources, & vision - where coaches and opportunity meet! 1574 members 299 photos 7 songs 24 videos 66 discussions 133 events 116 blog posts   To control which emails you receive on tce, click here

Come join me at Announcement from Hyderabad Professional Coach Association - HPCA -Monthly Learning Event on 25th June 2009 - 5:30 pm onwards - Deloitte Consulting on tce

tce Bhaskar Natarajan Bhaskar Natarajan has invited you to the event 'Announcement from Hyderabad Professional Coach Association - HPCA -Monthly Learning Event on 25th June 2009 - 5:30 pm onwards - Deloitte Consulting' on tce!   Check out "Announcement from Hyderabad Professional Coach Association - HPCA -Monthly Learning Event on 25th June 2009 - 5:30 pm onwards - Deloitte Consulting" on tce Bhaskar Natarajan Time: June 25, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8pm Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Organized By: Bhaskar Natarajan Event Description: HPCA invites you to be a part of our Monthly Learning Event @ Hyderabad. Date: 25th June 2009 Time: 5:30 pm onwards Venue: Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd, Hitech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad Click here or Copy paste this link on your web browser < http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Deloitte+Drive,+Road+no+2,,+Hitec+City+layout,,+Madhapur,+Hyderabad-81&sll=21.125498,81.914063&sspn=40.32868,76.201172&ie=UTF8&ll=34.052659,82.353516&spn=36.139195,76.201172&z=4&iwloc=A > This Month's Theme: ICF Competency - C. Communicating effectively - 'Powerful Questioning' Speakers Session 1: 'Get into my shoe' - The art of listening for budding coaches - by - Akash Chander, Head, On boarding Services and Executive coach, Global Operations Bangalore, Logica Session 2: 'Let's Talk' - A Success Tool to Guide your Crucial Conversations by - Rohan Shahane | Bhaskar Natarajan, Executive Coaches, Satyam School of Leadership RSVP : Anil_Santhapuri@satyam.com Cell # 9701002900 bhaskar_natarajan@satyam.com Cell # 9849541110 Mrinalini Reddy – mrreddy@deloitte.com Cell # 9989924407 Preeti Naik – npreeti@deloitte.com Cell # 9703805296 See more details and RSVP on tce: http://www.thecoachexchange.com/events/event/show?id=2161894%3AEvent%3A18670&xgi=icXiLsf About tce tce is an elite coaching network showcasing talent, sharing knowledge, resources, & vision - where coaches and opportunity meet! 1308 members 272 photos 7 songs 22 videos 57 discussions 114 events 82 blog posts   To control which emails you receive on tce, click here

Made to Stick

Currently I am reading this book titled, 'Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die' by Chip Heath & Dan Heath.

Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that "stick" and explain sure-fire methods for making ideas stickier, such as violating schemas, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating "curiosity gaps."

The authors credit six key principles: simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions and stories. (The initial letters spell out "success"—well, almost.) They illustrate these principles with a host of stories, some familiar (Kennedy's stirring call to "land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth" within a decade) and others very funny (Nora Ephron's anecdote of how her high school journalism teacher used a simple, embarrassing trick to teach her how not to "bury the lead"). Throughout the book, sidebars show how bland messages can be made intriguing. Fun to read and solidly researched, this book deserves a wide readership.

The book's outline follows the acronym "SUCCES" (with the last s omitted). Each letter refers to a characteristic that can help make an idea "sticky":

• Simple — find the core of any idea
  
• Unexpected — grab people's attention by surprising them
  
• Concrete — make sure an idea can be grasped and remembered later
  
• Credibility — give an idea believability
  
• Emotion — help people see the importance of an idea
  
• Stories — empower people to use an idea through narrative
  

Chip Heath is a professor of organizational behavior at Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Dan Heath, a former researcher at Harvard, is a consultant and developer of innovative textbooks. They also write a regular feature for Fast Company magazine

The Big Enemy Of Greatness

Last week, I happened to attend the 'Strengths Based Leadership' workshop conducted by Gallup University.