Sandeep Bangia

To avoid making unrealistic promises, set realistic timelines based on thorough scope assessment and data-driven estimates. Offer milestone-based outputs to keep the client engaged and committed, ensuring both parties stay aligned and excited throughout the project. Maintain open communication and include contingency buffers to manage expectations effectively.

Role clarity in the context of the new Business Strategy. Executing a new business strategy typically involves some turbulence in the setup. Therefore, it's crucial that every employee is absolutely clear on their job descriptions, with regular communication about roles and contributions, offering training and development opportunities, and providing ongoing feedback and support to promptly address any concerns or confusion. By ensuring employees understand their unique role and the deliverables expected of them, they will feel valued and engaged, leading to better decision-making, effective collaboration, and ultimately contributing to the success of the new strategy.

Eliminate a culture of conformance & don’t judge. In fostering a culture of creativity, leaders must empower team members by allowing them to contribute freely without imposing their own ideas. When bosses dominate discussions with their ideas upfront, it inadvertently stifles creativity, as team feels compelled to conform rather than offer their own perspectives. This culture of conformance & compliance undermines creativity like nothing else. Leaders must refrain from judging or dismissing team members' ideas outright., Every idea must be evaluated, preferably discussed. It’s important to recognise the constraints of a creativity-deficient environment, esp. early in one's career. Exiting from such a culture, can be liberating.

Cultivate a culture of Agility and sharp focus on customer experience. To navigate industry disruptions effectively, it's imperative to prioritize customer experience and cultivate agility and flexibility within your organization. By delivering exceptional experiences and continuously understanding evolving customer needs, you can maintain a competitive edge despite disruptions. Additionally, fostering a culture of agility and flexibility empowers employees to adapt quickly to changing circumstances, experiment with new ideas, and find innovative solutions to challenges, ultimately enabling your business to thrive in dynamic environments

Impact of leadership. Leadership is most often the leading cause of poor employee engagement. Effective leadership is integral to shaping employee engagement in an organisation. Issues like poor communication, lack of support, unclear expectations, and insufficient recognition contribute to dissatisfaction. Leaders should foster a positive work culture, provide clear direction, recognize contributions, and promptly address concerns. Prioritizing employee well-being and professional growth often leads to improved engagement. Active listening is crucial; leaders who encourage open communication, solicit feedback, and respond to concerns enhance trust and create a collaborative, positive work environment.

Product Lifecycle Manager oversees entire journey of a product, fm conception to retirement. His role involves tailoring strategies for each lifecycle stage. The role extends to end-of-life planning, including exit strategies, enhancments/ facelifts and customer transitions. Additionally, he makes decisions on changes such as product retirements or mid-life upgrades based on market trends. While there's overlap with a product manager, the Product Lifecycle Manager uniquely focuses on optimizing a product's performance, profitability, and relevance throughout its existence. His role differs in the sense that he is also responsible for killing the product (if at all) in favour of an alternate product from his own stable.