Team and Leadership Excellence Newsletter 

Welcome to the first monthly newsletter.
 
The site was launched on the 11^th of January and we have had 4346 hits so far. The highest number of visits were on the 26^th of March 2012 where we had 332 hits. This is the day I published the blog post and article linked to the future marketers conference and it showed the level of interest the future marketers had to take the post conference learning’s as well.
 
This newsletter is designed to highlight the happenings during the month and to give a preview of the upcoming month. Since this newsletter is associated with my website and since the website was launched in January, the March newsletter will cover news from January to March 2012.
 
This is designed to help you have sight of what had gone on during the month so that you can pick up on anything you might have missed. To facilitate this I will list relevant information with links that will help you to access them with ease. I would also like to hear from you any feedback you may have on the contents as well as anything new you might want me to do. I will do my best to respond.
 
Blog posts
11 blog posts were published during this period. They are listed below for your information.
 

• The first post published on the 8^th of January, the day the site was launched was titled; Experiences and insights during my journeys to guide business leaders – in and out of work! This is an introductory post to inform the objective of the blog and what you should look out for. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/01/08/hello-world/
• The second post was titled: My first personal website… finally! This blog explains why it took so long for me to have my own blog. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/01/11/my-first-personal-website-finally/
• The third post titled ‘Celebrating the life of the father of a genius! This is a tribute to the father of my business partner, coach and dear friend Omar Khan. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/01/11/celebrating-the-life-of-the-father-of-a-genius/
• The fourth post in January was titled; Hardware or the Software … in so many aspects of life? This post features the video of David Damberger who explains the importance of focusing on the software not just the hardware in his charitable work in Africa. This triggered off so many aspects important for our personal and professional life that prompted me to write this blog post. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/01/20/hardware-or-the-software-in-so-many-aspects-of-life/
• The final post for January was titled; how do we break the chains holding us back. This blog post features the YouTube video of Susan Boyle who stunned the world with her singing talent at Britain’s got talent. It inspired me to share some practical lessons that are useful to everyone who is aspiring for success in life. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/01/28/how-do-we-break-the-chains-holding-us-back/
• The first post in February was titled; Marketers are great CEO’s in the making.  This is to inspire students of marketing and those evaluating career options to take ‘Marketing’ as a serious option given its potential to prepare oneself for the position of a CEO in the future. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/02/04/marketers-are-great-ceos-in-the-making/
• The second post in February was titled: Asian retail changing lifestyles. This was written to share my takeaways at the Asia Retail Congress in Mumbai where I was a speaker. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/02/21/asian-retail-changing-life-styles/
• The first post in March 2012 was titled; Forest fire of compassion for the freedom from Kony. The video ‘Kony 2012’ that was going viral on the Internet prompted me to write this to make a contribution towards helping 30,000 forgotten children to get back to a normal life. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/03/07/the-forest-fire-of-compassion-for-the-freedom-from-koni/.
• The second post for March 2012 was titled; Leadership Lessons from Sri Lankan Cricket. This was written to share the many leadership lessons that could be taken from the various cricket matches played by Sri Lanka during January to March 2012. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/03/24/leadership-lessons-from-sri-lankan-cricket/
• The third blog post in March 2012 was titled: Making of a Marketer. This was written to share the key takeaways from the conference organised by the students committee of the chartered institute of marketing – Sri Lanka region; decipher the future of marketing where I was one of the speakers. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/03/25/making-of-a-marketer/
• The final blog post for March was titled: Hatred ceases not by hatred but by love. This was written to address a challenge faced by Sri Lanka in the UNHCR and to provide a contrarian view that could help those involved to take a view that can help Sri Lanka heal the wounds of war and move on. http://ranjandesilva.com/2012/03/29/hatred-ceases-not-by-hatred-but-by-love/

Articles
During the three month I published 4 articles;

• You can create a positive work culture – This article highlights my practical experience of creating a positive work culture that helped turn around a retail business in Bangladesh as their CEO. http://ranjandesilva.com/articles/you-can-help-create-a-positive-work-culture-company-wide/
• The Marketing Mix Up – This is the first of a series of articles that looks at the challenges faced by marketing specialist in companies and solution on how to overcome them to make the most of the opportunities available. http://ranjandesilva.com/articles/the-marketing-mix-up/
• Asian Retail - Changing Life Styles – This article gives the synopsis of the various presentations made at the Asia Retail Congress in Mumbai held on the 14^th and 15^th of February  2012. Each of the presentations has some key lessons that are useful for retailers, marketers and shoppers as well. http://ranjandesilva.com/articles/515-2/
• My Journey to the top: This details the presentation I made at the future marketers conference in Sri Lanka on the 17^th of March 2012. It is a useful article for those starting off work life and embarking on a career. http://ranjandesilva.com/articles/my-journey-to-the-top/

Online Audio and video:

• The 3 part video ‘Gearing Up for Excellence, a live presentation done in Dubai in 2009 was uploaded on YouTube on the 22^nd of December 2011. This video introduces some powerful and simple to use tools that can help you achieve excellence. We had 1000 views in 3 months [22 March 2012] and as at today it has gone up to 1135. http://ranjandesilva.com/videoandaudio/

 
Events
Two events were highlighted during this period. They are the Asia Retail Congress in Mumbai on the 14^th and 15^th of February and the CIM Future Marketers conference in Colombo on the 17^th of March 2012. http://ranjandesilva.com/events/
Research projects
The white paper related to one research project titled: Human Performance Index was loaded on this page. This is a research done by a team of Sensei Consultants including myself and presents a method to measure and improve ‘Human Performance’ and we believe it is the first time a tool for this purpose was developed. http://ranjandesilva.com/ranjans-research-projects/
Gallery
This gallery of photos are from;

•  Trainings done for the International Cricket Conference [ICC]Match Referees and Umpires in Dubai, Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Colombo and Novartis in Singapore and Bangkok.  
• Consultancy visit to the Svitzer Wijsmuller facility in Qatar.
• Conference presentations at the Human Resources Summit in Bangalore, Asia Retail Congress in Mumbai and Future Marketers conference in Colombo.

http://ranjandesilva.com/gallery/

Other pages
The following pages have more information of interest and value;

• Learning products – details of the books, audios and videos done by me available for purchase. http://ranjandesilva.com/books/
• Services: A list of services I provide for organisations. Those interested in obtaining my services can get a view of what I do on this page. http://ranjandesilva.com/ranjans-services/
• Testimonials – Testimonials by those who have benefited by my services. http://ranjandesilva.com/testimonials/
• News – Links to various websites that has published news regarding me. http://ranjandesilva.com/news/
• Many roles of Ranjan – descriptions of the current and past roles played by me. http://ranjandesilva.com/the-many-roles-of-ranjan/

 
Tweets
I have sent out 139 tweets during this period. Given below are some of them;

• We are all miracles happening! Just think about it!
• Enthusiasm comes from the Greek word “entheos.” “Theos” is God. When we’re enthusiastic, god is with us more. Enthusiasm brings success.
• Big shots are small shots that kept shooting! This is for all the small shots out there aiming to be big shots. Keep shooting!
• Use your knowledge, experience and ideas when you think, convert them to the receivers mind-set when you communicate. My Aha today.
• If you want respect & responsibility, courtesy & care, love & laughter, knowing & kindness, give it away. It will come back in multiples.
• Always find way of value adding to family, friends, alma mater, work, profession and society. The satisfaction gained is amazing!
• CFO: "What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave the company?" CEO: 'What happens if we don't, and they stay?"
• Leaders teach the new, leaders coach the struggling, leaders support the trying and leaders delegate to the self-driven
• Leadership is inspiring others to rise when they fall, rise above petty differences and rise to the occasion.
• Hatred ceases not by hatred but by love! Is it Sri Lanka’s turn to be reciprocated?
• Tough times never last, tough people do, leaders use tough love during tough times to prepare for future success.

 
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