© Hirdesh Kumar Gupta Anthem – “Raise the Bar”

Anthem – "Raise the Bar"

© 2015 Hirdesh Kumar Gupta

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© Hirdesh Kumar Gupta Anthem – “Raise the Bar”

What is “Raise the Bar”?

Zero Escalation

(ZeE) is passé, Strive for “Wow”

Success is Survival, Strive for

"Excellence"

Best Performer is expectation,

Strive for "Beyond

Imagination"

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Understanding “Raise the Bar” for Team

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It’s not “Game of Chess”

It’s the “Sport of Rafting”

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Anthem’s Backbone

Aim Higher Hit Target

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How to Raise the Bar?

• DRIFT - Do it right the first time.

Cultural Delta

• “Own it” – Zero Reminders, Right Here Right Now

Attitude Delta

• “Excellence” – Achieve “Beyond Imagination”

Altitude Delta

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DRIFT – Do it right the First Time.

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The cost of reviews, rework & re-reviews adds exponentially.

Each cycle of review, rework and re-review brings the process back in the loop.

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Own it !!

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Own It !!

Zero Reminders

It’s my duty to Act

My Reward My Reprimand.

I own “End to End” Customer

Delight

Right Here Right Now

Roll Decision in Pyramid, No

Diamond.

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Methods…

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• Do your SWOT Analysis today and then every 1st of the month. Publish your finding and delta every 1st of the month

SWOT Analysis

• Keep snuffing and searching newer cheese, or somebody will move your cheese. Publish your findings, next steps and Act now.

Be Sniff and Scurry instead of Hem & Haw

• Follow Tom Peters & do SAV (Screw Around Vigorously) . CYA leads to failure.

Believe in SAV*

• Cost of correction is HIGH. Prevention is way forward. Publish Prevention plans today.

• Engage your team with Aim today.

Prevention is better then Cure.

• Calculate & Publish today, or it will be notified to you

Aim & Acceleration – Target & Velocity

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Excellence in everything...

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Target

Train

Execute

Attain

• Advertise: Clear & Precise declaration of Targets to Aim & Achieve

• Competency Improvement : Everybody to train and Everybody to receive trainings.

• The discipline of getting things done. Implement it Today.

• The art is to get things done faster, better & with less resources.

• Establish the culture of execution. Measure Goals every week.

• Reward the achievers. Celebrate & derive Best Practices, lessons learnt.

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Remember…

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Managed Services is like

Music, feel the rhythm.

QA is technical art,

learn the strokes.

TAC is like Poetry, know

the feel.

Dev is essay, punctuation is

the key.

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Play to Win: TIC TAC TOE

Anthem – Raise the Bar

© Hirdesh Kumar Gupta Anthem – “Raise the Bar”

Play to Win

Play to Win.

1. First Mover’s

Advantage

2. Act Pro-actively

3. Secure the

Corners

4. Hold the centre, if you have lost the corner

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Corporate Jingles

• If you can’t take Right turn, take 3 Lefts quickly.

Hirdesh Kumar Gupta

• No Games, Just Sports.

Movie ”What Women Want” for Nike Campaign

• Always account for variable change.

Movie “21”

• Carpe Diem – “Seize the day”.

Movie “Dead Poet Society”, Odes 1.11-Horace

• Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things , and no good thing ever dies.

Movie “The Shawshank Redemption”

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Thank You

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