The professional based on the book written by author subrato batch

Annam amass Centre for
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Prof. Dr.P.Muthukumar

Each one of us would like to be
successful in their life. One of the
ways to get success is
“Professionalism ………”
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What are the top ten
Characteristics of a professional?
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Is usage of word “professional” –
depend on type of Job ?
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Mahadev – “ The Undertaker”
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• His name is Mahadeva. He
came to Bangalore as a child
only with his mother.
• Mother and son lived on the
streets; she worked to support
him.
• One day she fell ill.
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She brought herself and her son to the government
Victoria Hospital.
There she was admitted in a state of restlessness and
her little son, Mahadeva, Stayed in the street outside the
hospital.
He found many playmates there.
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• It was the first time he had anyone to play with.
• For little Mahadeva, it was his first experience of relationship
and he lost himself completely in this new world.
• One day someone told him that his mother had died.
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• Where had he been when that
happened?
• Died? What was that?
• The hospital had been unable to
wait for him and they disposed his
mother’s body
• Now Mahadeva had nowhere to go.
No family.
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• A few people in the hospital ward, where his mother had
been admitted, raised some money to help him go back to
his village.
• He refused.
• Instead, he grew up running errands in hospital.
• A man who had helped his mother’s admission process
asked him to move in with him.
• He was an old man who had no one either.
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• Mahadeva grew up under his guidance;
the hospital became his universe.
• And then, one day, the cops asked him
to bury an unclaimed dead body and
paid him Rs. 200 for the job.
• This was how Mahadeva entered his
profession.
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• Every time the police picked up a dead body that had no
claimants, Mahadeva was summoned.
• He had to do a turnkey job: Pull the stiff body from the
morgue, hire a horse-drawn carriage, put the body in it , take
it to a burial ground,
and dig the ground to bury the dead – all by himself, only for Rs.
200.
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Mahadeva did his work with such dedication, focus, care and
grew.
He bought his own horse and carriage.
One day, the horse died.
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• People who had watched Mahadeva all
these years, came together and bought
him an auto-rickshaw.
• The white auto-rickshaw, carries the
picture of the horse in memory of the
animal who helped him take thousands
of people to be laid to rest.
• It became the logo of his business and
appears on his business card even today.
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Mahadeva has buried more than
42,000 corpses in his lifetime and his
dedication has earned him
phenomenal public recognition.
Local petrol pumps do not charge him
when his auto rickshaw is topped up
and the chief minister of Karnataka
felicitated him for his selfless service to
the abandoned citizens of Bangalore.
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Mahadeva is proud of his work and business, and
today his son has joined him.
Mahadeva: the high performer,
and a true professional
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What are the two qualities that Mahadeva has,
which differentiate a professional from someone
,who is simply professionally qualified?
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1. The ability to work
without supervision.
2. The ability to certify
the completion of
one’s work.
Whenever Mahadeva
got a call to reach the
morgue, day or night,
hail or high water, he
arrived.
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• Most of the time, it was a horrible
experience dealing with a dead body;
there was no telling what had been
the cause of death or state of
decomposition.
• In his business, Mahadeva does not
choose his clients. He accepts them
in whatever size, shape or state they
come.
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• He treats them with respect and care, with due
dignity, covering them with a white sheet and placing
a garland around their necks before burying them.
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• Everyone deserves respect and no one should feel ‘unwanted’ in death,
even if life had treated them that way.
• Mahadeva bought a garland for all the corpses as a mark of respect in
remembrance of the man who supported him after his mother’s death.
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•The cop do not supervise Mahadeva.
•He is not an employee of the hospital;
•He is an outsourcing agency.
•The hospital has engaged him for the
disposal of all unwanted cadavers.
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He does not have a boss who writes his
appraisal, giving him constructive feedback for
continuous improvement.
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• In most work environment,
people who produce anything of
economic value usually need
supervision.
• A person who needs supervision
is not a professional.
• He is an layperson, may be even
a trainee.
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• Whenever Mahadeva picks up a
corpse, it goes straight to the burial
ground – no place else.
• He completes the task without any
delay.
• He certifies his own completion of
the task even there is no one to
question him.
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Top 10 Markers of Unprofessional
Conduct
1.Missing a deadline
2.Non-escalation of issues
on time
3.Non-disclosure
4.Not respecting privacy of
information
5.Not respecting ‘need to
know’
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Top 10 Markers of Unprofessional
Conduct
6. Plagiarism
7. Passing on the blame
8. Overstating qualifications and
experience
9. Mindless job hopping
10. Unsuitable appearance
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Top 10 attributes of a
professional1. Integrity
2. Commitment and ownership
3. Action orientation and goal
seeking
4. Continuous learning
5. Professional knowledge / skills
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Top 10 attributes of a
professional
6. Communication
7. Planning, organizing and
punctuality
8. Quality of work
9. A positive attitude,
approachability, responsiveness
10.Leadership
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Japan Cherry (Sakura)
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This Sakura is
marked for its
beautiful blossoms.
Though the flowers
are short-lived, it
makes the country
beautiful and makes
the people to
celebrate a
carnival..
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Professional
Makes a mark
in the short
span of Life
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So be a Professional and establish
yourself
ALL THE BEST
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