I have many of my friends lamenting that they need to change but have not been able to ...well, here are some pointers ...
A. Stay involved in whatever you are doing - if someone else were considering the work you do, what would they think ?
B. Keep an eye on the big picture - our workplace is more than our workstation
C. Talk and listen - we will be better able to interpret the world around us if we talk and listen
D. Look for ways to add value - conduct a personal swot analysis
E. Be flexible - be flexible in your attitude and your responsibilities ; be keen on finding efficient ways to adapt to new realities
F. Learn from your network - if we don't learn together, we hang together ...
As Peter drucker said • Managing oneself (Sept. 13): Drucker says to ask yourself some basic questions in deciding how to guide your career. Are you a reader or listener? How do you work best: alone or with others?
Please refer to the link as well ...
Trust is a beautiful word, it has a positive spin to it and also a negative spin to it. It is in a sense like beauty, which is in the eye of the beholder. All of us examine the trustworthiness of our surroundings at work and at home. At home, we evaluate the trustworthiness of people who are with us all the time while at work, as a manager, we evalute trust of our employees, and employees scrutinize the trustworthiness of managers and organizational practices and organizations. Robin sharma the great man of wisdom says the deeper your relationship with others, the more effective your leadership. People will not follow you if they do not trust you, and before someone will lend you a hand, you must first touch their heart. Trust can be viewed as interpersonal trustworthiness generated or evidenced in organizational policies, practices and top leaders and managers “walking their talk.” The focus on top management has become more acute as the failures of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Lehman ...
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