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CEO’S
PRODUCTIVITY
SECRETS
(5)
21.
“Use mind mapping software, stay calm“
GANESH
AYYAR,CEO, MPHASIS
“As
an early bird, I believe daybreak to be the most productive part of any
24-hour
regimen. I've done it for years, even as a student preparing for my
exams.
Ever since the advent of tablets and mindmapping software, I use
the
devices to the hilt to provide me with a beforeand-after scenario.
Personally,
I use the `iThought HD' software. It helps me to think through
the
key messages of meetings quickly. I have been using them for three
years
to verify if I'm on the right track as being a CEO is a very lonely job.
I
rarely exhibit any emotion.I don't let my emotion dictate my reaction.
It
actually helps people to bring the bad news to me. Otherwise, they would
not
do so since I'm the CEO.“
22.
“Take your vacations, destress“
SUSIR
KUMAR, CEO, SERCO GLOBAL SERVICES
“I
take four holidays a year; one with family and friends, one just with my
family,
one only with my wife and yet another one with just friends. This
goes
a long way in keeping me fulfilled and spending quality time with the
people
dearest to me. Needless to say, it has a positive rub-off on my work
and
helps me achieve the desired work-life balance. A steady fitness regime
and
playing tennis has also helped. I have been doing Yoga for the past nine
years
and the vertical headstand is my brahmastra for days when I need focus
and
calmness. And lastly, I have taken to listening to binaural beats during
long
haul transatlantic flights as a way induce relaxation, sharpening of focus,
creativity
and other desirable mental states.“
23.
“Use calendars, junk review meetings“
ANKUR
WARIKOO, CEO, GROUPON INDIA
“I'm
a calendar person and have been maintaining a calendar for 20 years
now.From
notebooks to (Microsoft) Excel sheets, in 2006, I switched to
Google
Calendar.Groupon India has 240 employees and all of our email is
on
Google Calendar. We don't exchange emails. There were a lot of people
early
on who approached me on email for my time. I immediately sent them
a
calendar. This way, each party gets to know and block each other's time.
I
never have review meetings. Instead, I conduct workshops, which means
we
will never be sitting and evaluating what has happened in the past. Rather,
I
go for workshops where we are always planning for the future and where
it
is very clear who has actually worked--the review is implicit.“
24.
“Use WhatsApp groups at work“
RAJEEV
SINGH, MANAGING DIRECTOR, BENQ INDIA
“
For quicker communication, I formed a WhatsApp group called `Projector
Hotwire'.
The entire projec tor sales and business teams are a part of it and
they
share everything that takes place in the market real time. I am the
administrator
for the group and today, it has become a template of sorts in the
organisation.I
have been on WhatsApp for three years now and the habit translated
into
agility on the work front. I tend to spend an hour every day on WhatsApp
and
try to use it optimally on the go or between meetings.So things are moving
faster
as competition activity mapping is now real time instead of weekly
or
monthly updates as before.“
25.
“Go back to the basics“
ALOK
TANDON, CEO, INOX LEISURE
“I
am an engineering graduate.Even though my present job does not require me
to
brush up my knowledge of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, I still like
to
flip through my old books as a form of relaxation.It gives me a lot of joy,
and
I
think it keeps me grounded, even if it doesn't help me with day to day work.
What
does help me with my day to day work is the system of morning meetings
which
we have instituted in the company. The meeting is at 9.30 every morning
and
is attended by all department heads.“
By Dibeyendu Ganguly & Dearton Hector
With
inputs from Priyanka Sangani and Moinak Mitra
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CDET22MAY15
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