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Career Advisor Mary Schaefer Puts the Human Back into Human Resources at TEDxWilmington

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. “On Wednesday, August 6th, one our very own Career Advisors, Mary Schaefer spoke at TEDxWilmington and delivered her talk, Putting the Human Back into Human Resources. The post Career Advisor Mary Schaefer Puts the Human Back into Human Resources at TEDxWilmington appeared first on ReImagine Work. Share and Enjoy.

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Do you have what it takes to be a mature leader?

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Does this influence the effectiveness and maturity of your leadership? Some start out ambitious in their careers wanting to advance to higher and higher levels. Are there phases of maturity in leadership? Is leadership taught or caught? Smith offers this structure (Source: Center for Creative Leadership ).

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It’s called human resources for a reason

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About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. These realizations settled in, and having recently survived my first downsizing in IT, I chose to pursue a career in human resources. Many people were afraid they were going to break their computers or look stupid.

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Featured on Paula Vail’s radio show, Why Am I So Happy? Topic: Pro-human workplace

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This is something Mary Schaefer has dreamed of and worked for her entire career, and we’ll talk about it today. A number of organizations have created cultures that serve both the needs of human beings who happen to be employees and serve the bottom line. And there is a correlation between the two. How do we make this happen?

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What Leaders Can Learn From Farmers

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Coincidentally, as an adult, I worked for a crop protection products company for my entire corporate career. What are you doing to release the potential of the seeds of accomplishment in those who look to you for leadership? (I started doing little things to help as young as 5- or 6-years-old.). It just turned out that way.

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Do your motivations undermine your ability to lead?

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For me, this was a turning point in my career. I had many reasons that led me to leave my corporate career. What’s really at stake here? I now knew I would not be there long-term. I would part with my employer at some point because one of us would become disenchanted with the other and terminate our relationship.

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Is Cooperation the New Efficiency?

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It was early in my career. All Posts How to be a More Empowered Manager Survive & Thrive What it Means to Treat People Humanly connection dignity engagement leadership self-development' I commented to her that I think the ability to gain cooperation is an underestimated component of efficiency. I was a mainframe systems manager.

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