In this show we discuss A Stone* of Solutions™ including:
1. What? 2. Really? 3. It is. 4. “Why "That's Not Part of My Job" Should be Banished From Your Vocabulary […] Supervisors, bosses, even co-workers appreciate team players. If you immediately deny assistance to someone who asks for your help, you come off as unkind, selfish, and possibly even lazy. A supervisor may interpret your response to mean that you care more about your own workload than the overall success of the company. This will not win you any favors. In fact, the next time you ask for one, you may find your favor account overdrawn.” (http://www.hcareers.com/us/resourcecenter/tabid/306/articleid/958/default.aspx) 5. There are people who would be grateful for this job. 6. You are [...] In this show we discuss A Stone* of Solutions™ including:
1) Not for a Mandatory Performance Review or Evaluation. 2) When did you voluntarily ask on your own accord? 3) I know that you're busy. 4) I know that you would ask if you had the time. 5) I know that you can't remember the last time that someone asked you about your goals. Don't change the subject or deflect. 6) When have you really asked them in an appropriate setting and location (not in front of other people in a meeting break, not while walking by in a busy hallway, etc.)? 7) When have you really listened to their answer? 8) I know that it is a privilege to [...] In this episode, our topic is, “Why Telling Someone to ‘Think Different’ or to ‘Think Outside The Box’ Always Fails.”
In this show we discuss A Stone* of Solutions™ including: 1) It fails because you are telling them how to think. 2) People who think differently already do so. 3) You can hire them but you cannot transform someone into that type of person. 4) “Some specimens of consultant-speak are so cliched that they have long lost any real meaning and have turned into the conversational equivalent of an "ummmm." The most common of these may be the hoary exhortation to "think outside the box. […] The phrase means something like "think creatively" or "be original," and its origin is generally attributed to consultants in the 1970s and 1980s who tried to make clients feel inadequate by drawing nine dots on a piece of paper and asking them to connect the dots without lifting their pen, using only four lines:” -http://www.fastcompany.com/53187/outside-box-inside-story 5) If you thought differently you wouldn’t need others to do so. 6) If you tell them how to think differently they will do it (as they are obedient), yet that would result in “Think Same” instead of “Think Different.” 7) Why do you think that they need to “Think Different”? 8) Were you told to do so by someone else? If so, doesn’t that illustrate the absurdity and lack of logic of the premise? 9) How will they simultaneously “Think Different” (i.e., create innovative products and services never before imagined) while continuing to “Think Same” and [...] Our MANAGEMENT MAGICIANS™ series is dedicated to those exceptional few who step forward to serve as guides, sages and responsible parties for others in pursuit of the greater good for society and their organization! These are managers who redefine their job titles to ensure their own personal contentment as they motivate, monitor and mentor their team members each day. The “magic” that a talented manager is able to create changes their lives, the lives of their team members and ripples throughout the larger society. We salute their sacrifices and share their techniques and “secrets” to achieving sustained positive experiences for themselves, clients, customers, peers, team members, and the public at large! In this episode, our topic is, “I love being a leader! Yet, I am lonely. Is it really lonely at the top?”
Yes. I usually advise that we avoid using absolutes, but in this case, they are appropriate. It is lonely at the top. It is not your imagination. You are not the cause of the loneliness. It is a result of the structural nature of serving as a manager (and/or leader). Those that are in charge have the trust of their team members. To maintain that trust you must maintain your managerial behavior. “It seems that the higher up the corporate ladder one travels, the more lonely the journey. […] If left unchecked, this loneliness and sense of isolation can severely limit executive careers and in the worst cases it can be a precursor to depression and self- harm. Anecdotally [...] |
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