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January - 2009 - issue > People Manager
Making a Difference with Conversations!
C Mahalingam (Mali)
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to address a large group of Executive MBA students at IIM, Bangalore. I chose to interact with them on the subject of Making a difference for the people. Managers make a difference for the organizations through the people they manage. As a result, making a difference for the people leads to making a difference for the organizations we are a part of.
The discussions and interactions were held in four parts. Part one focused on what does it mean to make a difference. This covered why managers need to make a difference for their people and even more importantly why difference means many different things for different people! Part two focused on understanding what today's managers are accountable for in an organization. The third part related to understanding today's employees, their expectations and mindset and how managers can relate to them. The final and most important part was related to various zones of differences that managers can make.
The significant learning for the participants and me during this session was the power of conversations that managers can unleash on a daily basis. The quality, frequency, and depth of conversations managers can practice with their team members can be far beyond anyones imagination. It has to be practiced, experienced, and realized. I will try and share some perspectives on this through this column.
Conversations at Work
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