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Publié par	Penguin Books Ltd
Date de parution	24 septembre 2003
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9788184758580
Langue	English

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SUBROTO BAGCHI
The Professional Companion
How to Make the Best of Your Workplace Skills
Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Introduction
Working with The Professional Companion
Who is a Professional?
1. Capacity to Work Unsupervised
2. Certifying the Completion of Work in All Respects
3. Integrity
4. Self-Awareness
5. Authenticity
6. Seeking Help
7. Avoiding False Comparison
8. A Reasonable View of the Future
9. Affective Regard
10. Deep Listening
11. Reining in Reaction
12. Using Your Own Two Hands
13. Being Proactive
14. Taking Charge: Handling Difficult Situations
15. A Personal Vision
16. Managing Your Time Right
17. Saying No
18. The Power of Networking
19. Future Vision
20. Making an Effective Job Change
21. Seeing the Big Picture
22. Critical Questioning
23. Being Prepared
24. Negotiating New World Imperatives
25. A Leader Among Professionals
Professional Resources
Copyright Page
PORTFOLIO
THE PROFESSIONAL COMPANION
Subroto Bagchi is chairman and co-founder of MindTree, one of India s most admired software companies. He is India s bestselling author of business books, with titles like The High Performance Entrepreneur , Go Kiss the World and The Professional to his credit. His business book for young adults, MBA at 16 , was published in 2012.
Subroto Bagchi s books have been translated into Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Korean and Chinese.
Subroto lives in Bangalore with his writer wife, Susmita. They have two daughters, Neha and Niti.
MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In 1999, Subroto Bagchi started as the chief operating officer of MindTree. Soon after, the company was hit by a global economic slowdown and then the events of 9/11. Many start-up companies collapsed during this time, and Bagchi moved to the US as a consequence and helped the leadership team stay together through the difficult years. During this time, he articulated a new positioning for MindTree as the best mid-sized company from India, which later became a reality.
Between 1999 and 2007, he was instrumental in articulating MindTree s mission, vision and values. He led leadership development, marketing and knowledge management initiatives that differentiated the company from the very beginning. MindTree s distinctive physical locations reflect his thought leadership. He is also the face of the company s outreach beyond business. In 2007, he was part of the apex team that led MindTree from an idea to IPO.
Post-IPO, Bagchi took on the role of Gardener at MindTree. In this new role, he focused full-time on the top 100 leaders at MindTree so as to expand their leadership capacity beyond the founding team. In 2010, he was appointed vice chairman to the board. On 1 April 2012, he assumed the office of chairman.
Bagchi is on the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and a member of the governing council of the Software Technology Parks of India. He is a well-known writer, having penned a number of widely read books and columns for newspapers and magazines. In 2011, he was acclaimed as India s no.1 bestselling business author.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The High Performance Entrepreneur: Golden Rules for Success in Today s World
Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons for the Young Professional
The Professional: Defining the New Standard of Excellence at Work
MBA at 16: A Teenager s Guide to the World of Business
For Udayan Mitra,
A great professional
Introduction
The Professional: Defining the New Standard of Excellence at Work was my third book and it has appealed to a vast cross-section of readers, from doctors, policemen, teachers, lawyers, software engineers and professional actors to even social workers who have reached out to say how much they could relate to the simple, short and straightforward thoughts on the difference between being professionally qualified and being acknowledged as a true professional . I am no great thinker but I have trained myself to observe well, analyse and appreciate good work-and I curate these examples in my books so that others can benefit from them.
Ever since The Professional was released, Udayan Mitra, my publisher at Penguin, has been urging me to design a workbook based on the ideas in it, something that would allow a professional to work by themselves, something that would help them locate where they stand in their professional journey through a broad range of self-assessments. The idea scared me, primarily because I have never designed a workbook in my life. But persistence is one of the hallmarks of professionalism and Udayan has no shortage of it. He kept gently pushing me on how much a practical workbook can help the millions of aspiring professionals across the world to go a step further and put in practice the precepts of the original book. Finally, I agreed-and the result is what you have in your hands.
In this endeavour, I received very valuable feedback from Dr Sumita Raghuram, who teaches at the Pennsylvania State University, Dr Vivek Benegal of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Professor Gautam Rajkhowa of the University of Chester and Ms Lu Ellen Schafer of Global Savvy. I have been greatly encouraged by their attention and kind help. My readers would never know how but they silently present themselves throughout the book and help generously. I am also grateful to my daughter Neha, who has always been a gentle critic of my professional writing. She ran through the early manuscript and gave me her inputs based on her experience as an instructional aid designer drawing from her teaching experience in the Bronx a few years ago.
Finally, I must thank my Administrator, Shanti Uday, who helped with some of the diagrams and the final copy.
Thank you for buying this book; I hope to hear from you, to learn about your experience working with The Professional Companion so that we can, together, further improve this book and benefit countless people who not only want to be competent but be admired; people who have affective regard for their chosen line of work.
Please send your thoughts to me at www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi .
Best wishes, Subroto Bagchi Bangalore 1 October 2012
Working with The Professional Companion
Do I need to read the original book The Professional before I go on to this companion workbook?
If this is a question in your mind, the short answer is: No . The Professional Companion , the book in your hands right now, is a standalone book in its own right.
If you have read the original book The Professional and then are working your way through this one, it will of course make your knowledge and understanding more refined. But then, many may say, I am the hands-on type, I can t read so many books, I would rather try things out right away , and to them , I would just say, go right ahead.
That said, you may, after working through this workbook, actually want to read The Professional . While The Professional Companion makes you delve into your own self, the previous book has many examples from a varied set of professions and goes on to create a great theoretical base-so reading it will be reinforcement for you of valuable lessons learnt.
This is a simple book. That is because simple is good.
The starting premise for The Professional and this workbook is this: If someone is professionally qualified in any discipline, that itself does not make that individual worthy of the term professional . Quite often we think that maybe it is professional competence that makes one a professional. In reality, while professional qualifications and competence are necessary, they are not sufficient conditions for someone to be seen as a professional. For this, an individual must possess, acquire and hone several other qualities.
This workbook will pace you through these qualities. Sometimes it will give you an illustration, and somewhere it will hold up a mirror for you. It will constantly challenge you to look at yourself in a somewhat different manner from what you are probably accustomed to. Finally, the workbook will tell you about additional resources for your professional development.
It will take you a few days to finish this workbook, and you need time for the experience to be meaningful. The best way is to pace yourself. The commitment to professionalism is a lifetime investment, but you can aim to complete the exercises in this workbook in twenty-five sessions. I recommend not trying to squeeze in more than one session in a day. You do need time for reflection, to be able to focus on the takeaways.
This book is designed for quiet, contemplative work. Start with making a physical and mental space that allows you to shut yourself in from the bustle of everyday life: slow down, read a little, think a bit, look at the examples but also look beyond them to reflect on your own rich and sometimes undervalued experiences. Be unhurried. Pause, think and take your time to make sense of things.
Sometimes, I may ask you to write a note to yourself. This is probably going to be the most important part of the inner growth that takes you to the next level in your profession. If there are things you will revisit ten, twenty, or thirty years from now-and thank me for-these are the Notes to Myself .
At other times, I will present an anecdote and ask how you would handle the situation if you were the main character. There are no right or wrong answers here and this workbook is not meant to certify your intelligence or smartness. It is meant to make you reflect, think of possible actions and consequences and help you to build a set of skills that helps you become a better professional than you are now. There are also self-assessments along the way (I do not like to call these tests because many of us will then get caught in the desire to score high). The idea is not to score high but to score right. For every question, try and look within yourself and see who you reall