DOer to Get-it-Done-er with J Veeraraaghavan

Getting the right breaks through his career

Managing projects, taking up middle managerial roles and moving into executive management

Getting exposed to and experience in roadmap planning for products

Curbing the tendency to jump in and act when team members were facing challenges, rather than taking an approach of helping them

What helped him get over this:

Emotional intelligence

Being aware of self and being empathetic and sensing how others feel

Having a technical background

In addition, approachability and ability to guide

On dealing with managers, when he took on larger responsibilities

How he overcame the sudden feeling that one had nothing to do, as a manager, while being responsible overall

His first experience in managing a program and what he learnt from not having prior experience

What he realized by inadvertently stepping into the shoes of the project manager and realizing the impact it had on the project manager

His thoughts on luck v/s hard work for a successful manager

Four dimensions of success for a middle manager - Engineering excellence; Delivery oversight; Self leadership; Coaching skills

How executive leadership can enable middle managers to go beyond performance reviews

Establishing communities of practice to help middle managers

His take on managing time