Yesterday I received a presentation on Philips Lighting Sustainable New Business Initiatives. When this project was started in 2004, I was very active as a member of a small team of four...now only two of the original members remain in the team..(that is what I presume !!!). We decided to have project managers to handle the day-to-day affairs to take the project to success....even after appointing project managers at fat salaries, the project is limping.....the project managers are on their own trejectory....establishing their own network within and outside Philips Lighting....why am I talking all these....are they relevant...YES
Now I don't find my name in the Project team published by one of the project managers...I have become an outsider in my own project !!! I don't want to make a noise about this.....but the learning is clear...."If you spend your time and energy in an area away from your Core area of competence (as decided by the organization), it is almost certain that you don't reap the benefit of your efforts"...someone else, who has more contacts, will hijack the whole programme...you have helped them to build their own empire....losing in the process precious time and effort.
Looking back, I believe there were so many instances like this in my career....sweet talks and "right things to do" , "team work" talks have made me work in areas which were not my core areas...essentially what I was doing was helping others to build their career...as these contributions were never considered in my appraisals....Those guys presented the results (bosses bother about the results...to hell with process, even if they profess that they would insist on the right process) and got their rewards. If I had spent this time and effort in my area, the situation would have been different...who knows.
If you look back you will have enough experiences already like this...be careful in the future.
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Dear brother,
I had a bitter experience of this sort in my official life. What all done by me was grabbed by my immediate superior and he used to high light them in his appraisal. Since the subordinates are not expected to see what his superior is writting, this was going on for some time and that gentle man used to get promotions.When a situation came and he was not able to handle, the problem was posed to me by the President of the company.At that time only the President realized my superior's cunningness.After that I was rewarded.That is the reason why I got extension for nearly 5 years.
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