ReImagine Work

JULY 11, 2016

Providing feedback to others is a skill that requires tact and finesse. Often, this is because leaders don’t communicate well enough or put enough time or energy into making the review useful to everyone. However, the process doesn’t have to be uncomfortable.

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ReImagine Work

AUGUST 23, 2017

The recommendation to “ take an active, genuine interest in the lives of your employees ” assumes a certain level of trust and comfort with your employees and a certain level of skill. If this intrigues you: I can help you practice skills to become the manager and leader of people that you want to be.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

When I train people on coaching skills, one of my favorite discussions is about the value of expressing keen interest in your coachee. Yet if you are going to grow your skills you may have to give it a try. To put a finer point on it, a successful communicator expresses a keen interest in the coachee’s thinking.

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ReImagine Work

APRIL 16, 2015

This way you can develop the skills and the relationships with them so they can hear the message from you.”. The skill of gaining cooperation. But given your level in the organization I think it might be better for you to present this to them. I don’t even know where that came from.

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ReImagine Work

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Then please, I beg you, take in their feedback on your accomplishments, skills and talents, and let the positivity wash over you. Do you believe they will give you (or have given you) sincere and accurate feedback? Do you believe they don’t hold anything back? But am I doing enough?

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ReImagine Work

MARCH 20, 2015

They are smart enough to ask for help to overcome an obstacle, or master a skill. Good coaching clients take responsibility for their growth, but also know they don’t know everything. Their vulnerability is courage in action.

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ReImagine Work

DECEMBER 14, 2015

I don’t know where we stand on whether leadership skill is inherent or can be learned or is a little of both. She says she finds it easier to get to know an individual’s strengths and apply them in the best way for the organization. Lydia is of the millennial generation. From my observation, her approach comes naturally to her.

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ReImagine Work

MARCH 10, 2017

Do they have the skills? As I consider this incident, and many others that wound up in my office as an HR manager, I offer these points to check yourself. Has the person done everything within their power to improve the situation? If not, are you coaching them on that? What would “cut him some slack” look like?

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

I believe that if there is something you are skilled at or talented at, and have a passion for, there must be some way for it to fit in this big, wide world of ours. Will they even hire someone my age? Can I get that kind of job at my age? I don’t even have any recognized experience in that area.

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

You don’t have to change everything at once when you try to develop new skills or try out new concepts. The human beings you work with start to respond because they want to hear how their contribution made a difference. They might even learn how to appreciate each other too. It doesn’t have to be in every moment.

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I also knew he had the skills to get a particular job done. Around that same time, one of my project team members warned me about another team member. She said all he wanted to do was get in my good graces, make a name for himself, and use me to do so. I already knew that. I was going to let him do it. No harm, no foul.

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ReImagine Work

JULY 12, 2017

You are not a leader only because of your knowledge or skill. The furrows dug to plant those plants had to be at the right depth or we were wasting our time. Become educated in your craft. You also have others to bring along with you, so they grow and blossom to support the goals of the organization.

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ReImagine Work

JUNE 22, 2017

I remember once asking a boss to fund an affordable 2-year skill-building program related to my work. Whether you appreciate the differences or not, ignoring the diversity of human motivations can negatively affect productivity and retention over time. He didn’t see the connection and turned me down.

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ReImagine Work

DECEMBER 8, 2016

We all have a skill, a quality, a passion, a project, or a dream that is meant to gift the planet. Check it out and see where it leads you. It’s like a treasure hunt. Our Collective Gifts Are Essential For Our World To Thrive. We are here to do more than work to survive. Give yourself permission to seek yours out.

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ReImagine Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

She’s doubting her skills and choices. She has reported to several different supervisors. She views her career as spotty. She’s been promoted, and she’s been overlooked or set up to fail, depending on the day. As I listen to her story, my heart aches at how her experience has depleted her self-confidence.

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

“Mary, give me some feedback.”. This is from Lydia, my favorite coffee shop manager, who I visit on a daily basis. She asks me this three to five times a week. One day the café was a little quiet, so I asked her what inspires her to asl. Let’s all listen closely to the role model leader at my coffee shop.

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ReImagine Work

MAY 4, 2016

Forbes online, May 4, 2016: “It’s easy to misinterpret what other people say and do, but this can lead to internal conflicts. A team that spends a lot of time dealing with misunderstandings loses valuable time devoted to being productive. Correcting a misunderstanding is much harder than learning to think before acting.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We know it’s important to present feedback so others hear you. You want them to leave the conversation hopeful about going forward with something to act on. It’s also important to not blurt everything out at once. Humans can only take in so much at one time–thus the importance of two-way interaction.

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