Negative Attitudes
I surveyed a group of managers and supervisors recently to be ready for my first day of training with the group. The question was: “What is your single biggest frustration that you find at work?” The most frequent answer was – negative attitudes at work.
PAY ATTENTION!
I was at the driving range the other day and I saw a little girl about 7 years old with her dad. She was hitting the ball sometimes and trading off with her dad. It looked like they were having a lot of fun.
Soon her mom joined them. Mom and Dad started talking. Pretty soon the girl was loudly demanding that both watch her. Mom and Dad would say in unison, “we’re watching”, and return to their conversation. Even though the little girl’s back was to her parents, she could sense that they weren’t watching.
Children aren’t afraid… Continue reading
Players vs. Pretenders
I recently read an interesting article from the John Maxwell Company that offered some great tips on identifying who your players on your team are versus who are the pretenders. Pretenders look the part and talk the part, but fall short in fulfilling the part. They can disrupt your entire team. Pretenders put their personal agenda before the team. Check out these tips to distinguish between the two.
1. Players have a servant’s mindset; pretenders have a selfish mindset. Players do things for the benefit of others and the organization, while pretenders think only of benefitting themselves. A pretender… Continue reading
Stuck?
We all tend to get stuck in certain thinking patterns. Our beliefs can become concrete truths in our minds – yet may not be based on facts or reality. These ideas can limit so many things in our lives and take away “possibility”! Our self talk centers around “I can’t possibly do that…” “I could never….” “That’s impossible….” “It will never work….” Following are some tips about getting unstuck.
Tip 1: Challenge assumptions. Consider putting your assumptions aside. Or better yet, assume you can do whatever you’d like to do. Once you put aside the “why you can’t” and replace… Continue reading
What’s new?
Every year when Labor Day rolls around I return to the feelings of excitement I had growing up. School was starting and I’d see friends I hadn’t seen over the summer. I’d have some new clothes to wear and new school supplies. I would have a new class schedule, new subjects and new teachers. The newness of it all was something I embraced every year.
Keeping an element of the new is important to me. My mind continues to be challenged, I may have new ideas and thoughts because of it. Certainly my experience expands. I resist falling into the… Continue reading
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