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“Eight Best Tips for Career Women”

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It doesn’t matter in what field you may be pursuing your career – the arts, public service, the sciences, business management, information technology, math, engineering or any other male-dominated fields – these following tips should help strengthen your resolve to succeed in your professional life: Never say “You can’t do it.” Take a risk. The noted director of widely popular Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Ellen Stofan says she took a risk when offered her first management job. She didn’t think she was equipped to handle it but took on the job anyway and discovered she had the skills to make a success of it. Always have a plan B – If plan A doesn’t work, plan B or even plan C should give you another crack at making it work. Decide and concentrate on who you’re going to be and what you will contribute. Remember that your career is a path. You will have to think about the decisions you will have to make as part of traversing this path leading towards your development as a person and as a professional. Take note of how you spend your time – Log it down and note the big time-users and work out how you can reduce these so you can put in more time into those activities that increase your income, boost your well-being and strengthen your impact. Find ways to delegate or drop the other unnecessary stuff. Have a mindset anchored on growth – Angela Duckworth, author of GRIT; THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE says, in essence, that having a growth mindset is important. It’s critical to have a hopeful, optimistic way of viewing your experiences and constantly looking to see what you can learn even during the bad times. Never stop learning. Develop your talent – It’s not a question of either you have it or you don’t. With practice and determination, you can develop a special talent you’re interested in. The trick is to work hard and practice to improve in something that has captured your heart. Learn how to communicate effectively – The Vice President and Global Head Honcho of Diversity and Inclusion for Lockheed, Martin, Rainia Washington say communication is one of her “3 C’s” for career success. Nothing beats having great skills in written and oral communications. Her other “2 C’s” are courage and character. It won’t hurt too to get some expert coaching when you can. Seize the opportunity when it comes up – Taking advantage of opportunities is key to every career woman’s growth and success. In the course of your work, identify the tasks or assignments that promise promotions, then ask for those. You will have to go beyond simply performing in your current position. You have got to show your potential. These are 8 important, tried, and tested tips, that have boosted women’s career in various fields. Try them and don’t worry too much about what your officemates may say, or even about not being liked. Not all successful women are liked.

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“Why you, as a manager, need to develop Emotional Intelligence?”

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One of the most essential traits of effective managers is having emotional intelligence. It is what gives them the ability to motivate people and have a good understanding of the value of connecting with others. It doesn’t matter what kind of business you, yourself might be involved in, but as a company manager, you need to get to know your people. It’s a tough job. It’s tough because there are so many complexities, even idiosyncrasies and personal traits for every individual. In the final analysis, no two persons are really exactly alike. Everyday Triggers. Simple everyday triggers can prompt you to be mad, glad, sad or happy. This is because, over time, we cognitively develop prompters that allow us to feel a certain way about things and events. 6 pm on a Friday can make you feel excited and anticipating. It’s your poker night with the boys! You cry watching some silly late, late soap opera about a forlorn love affair. These emotions and triggers are examples of what make us rare and unique personalities, but it’s also what makes your job as a top honcho pretty darn hard. You must possess enough emotional intelligence to acquire an understanding of the guys who must follow your lead. When you don’t have this, your people would tend to feel disengaged at work. In essence what this says is that if company leaders are not doing a good job at leading, it’s almost a sure thing, they lack the emotional intelligence to motivate their teams and push them to achieving top performance. Here’s What Can Happen When Managers Lack Empathy Or Emotional Intelligence. The worst thing about these managers without empathy is that they’re mostly unaware of it. It’s a sort of a behavioral pattern where they can’t see beyond their own biases and beliefs. As such, people who work with them become not only discouraged, they also get to feel like they’re living in hell! Pretty soon, they’d be dragging their feet going to work. Sure, there are many ways and styles of leadership, but one that doesn’t appreciate the values of working as a team will always bring down a company’s productivity. There is today a continuing low level of job satisfaction among companies This is true surprisingly even among those employees who receive fat paychecks. Reason? Their leaders lack emotional intelligence and are therefore unable to empathize with their people. So, How Do You Develop Your Emotional Intelligence? There is no magic pill for this. Slowly but surely, get to know the guys in your team. Try to get insights and understanding of what’s going on and why these guys respond to orders and decisions in a certain way. The more you get to know about them, the clearer you’ll see their true motivations and how you can help make them better. Naturally, it will depend finally whether or not a person would want to change their bad habits and become a good potential leader, so really, you’ll need to get a feel for your people and hear them out. It can only be good for your organization. Don’t dilly-dally. Start developing your emotional intelligence now!

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The Best Things You Can Do When Faced With Not-Too-Ideal Situation At The Workplace Or In Any Organization

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Sometime in 2033, NASA plans to send human beings to Mars. Russian, Chinese and private space agencies have planned as well to follow suit. Putting together the best team to perform effectively the functions related to this amazing journey is incredibly challenging. After all, they’ll be travelling in space for 8.5 months confined in cramped living quarters doing routine work as they cover 140 million miles going one way. The psychological pressure on each crew member can take its toll on morale. While various situations in running a business or managing an organization may be a whole lot less astounding, certain sensitive and volatile conditions can sometimes thrive in the workplace. Here’s what you can learn from studies conducted about extreme expeditions such as the mind-boggling journey to Mars: Pay close attention to some informal roles that may crop up. When faced with either too much pressure or boring routine work, employees could informally evolve into being buddies or storytellers, peacemakers or counselors. This transformation can sometimes help in bonding teams together. The thing is … when you get the right combination, the group would tend to do well. If you don’t, they’d do very badly. Make sure you meet the expectations as a leader. An effective leader is generally perceived as having wider experience, articulate in defining goals and flexible but fair when interacting with his teams. He also must have the ability to resolve group conflicts, address issues such as abusive or disruptive team members, keep projects on schedule without overworking his people and during, emergencies, stay calm while making rational, logical decisions. Not meeting these expectations will have just about everyone pointing at you for low morale, conflicts and unsuccessful completion of projects. Welcome some positive deviation among your team members. One informal role that could crop up in a tension-filled situation is “the court Jester.” He’s the person who could provide some comic relief and help everyone get along so they can continually function effectively. When one of your guys informally takes on this role, be glad. He’ll help mitigate the stress or conflict in the workplace. Unlike what could actually transpire on the planned extraordinary trip to Mars, the seemingly disparate, sensitive situation in your business or organization may not be of a make or break nature … but if you feel like it is, the foregoing tips should help you manage the circumstances better.

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Positive Leadership: Its the best kind of leadership

Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Happiness at Work, Leadership, Positive Psychology, Positivity, Productivity, Workplace Culture / My Holland

Positive Leadership is about putting the emphasis on what elevates individuals, teams, and organizations.

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How do you infuse compassion in leadership?

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Today, one of the bigger challenges of modern leadership is developing leaders who earnestly and sincerely give a damn about their colleagues in the workplace, their organization, community, and the bigger world. As it should be. A strong, compassionate leadership, along with a healthy corporate culture, after all, is a key factor to a business company’s growth and success. You, as a serious manager, should recognize that injecting compassion in your top people’s brand of leadership in itself is serious business. It cannot be an afterthought like a half-baked pizza. It needs no less than a well-planned, perfectly calibrated and adequately tempered heating system to beat those that come out from the ovens of the Yellow Cabs and Pizza Huts of this world. You will need an integrated approach. And here’s how : In a nutshell, look into creating an environment where employees feel okay to share their feelings and speak up at any turn and not feel judged or fearful. As they begin to value themselves, their confidence will reach new heights leading to better job performance.

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“Eight Best Tips for Career Women”

“Why you, as a manager, need to develop Emotional Intelligence?”

The Best Things You Can Do When Faced With Not-Too-Ideal Situation At The Workplace Or In Any Organization

Positive Leadership: Its the best kind of leadership

How do you infuse compassion in leadership?

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