Madhusudan Rao - AVP - Delivery at Mahindra Satyam

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Recruitment, especially at the higher levels, is such a costly affair. It becomes more expensive once the recruit fails in the task he is expected to perform. The current recruitment process is... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on July 2, 2010 3 Comments

HALT your Managers

HALT stands for Highly Accelerated Life Test. It is a stress testing methodology for accelerating product reliability during the engineering development process. Why not apply a similar approach to... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on September 1, 2010 0 Comments

Working the Farmville Way

Bring back the enthusiasm of all employees in your organization by going the direction of Farmville (popular game on Facebook). Measure the work you or other employees are doing in terms of an... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on June 28, 2010 5 Comments

Centralizing your experts to improve project management

Ask any Project Manager on the most critical factor for success in his project execution. Most often than not, the PM will come back to you with the answer - give me the best resources for the... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on June 23, 2010 2 Comments

Corporate Leaderboards

In Tennis, rankings are given to players based on their performance - check the ATP site for more details. This is updated continuously with a 1-year window. Why not apply the same for measuring your... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on June 23, 2010 2 Comments

Start the PIF Way for Managers

PIF stands for Pay it Forward The Wikipedia link talks about the concept and has a link to the movie that was made as well. Why not introduce this concept to Managers within organizations? This... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on August 23, 2010 3 Comments

Implement a AAU4M in your organization

AAU4M stands for Agony Aunts & Uncles for Managers. As the title stands, this will be a virtual group within an organization that will be a help-line for Managers. Modelled on similar lines as a... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on August 2, 2010 5 Comments

MCTube within the organization

MCTube (Management for Crisis - Tube) will be an ideal tool for Managers to understand crisis projects and the various attempts made by Managers to bring back projects to Green. Typically,... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on July 18, 2010 3 Comments

Create multiple CEOs

As an organization grows from few hundred millions to more than a billion, you need people who manage the various groups with a characteristic of a CEO. He/she should be given the freedom to run his... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on August 31, 2010 1 Comments

Should employers expect a "money-back offer" on new hires?

Money-back offer – almost all products in the retail segment carry this tag. If you are not happy with the quality of the product, you have the option to return it back and get your money refunded... Read more

Hack by Madhusudan Rao of Mahindra Satyam on August 19, 2010 9 Comments