* Nevoia de social

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
                                       

                                                 -- Jane Howard

 

* Discernamint

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.
                                              

                                                  -- Brian Tracy

 

 

 

 

Helping Our People Deal With Change

Whether it be in the form of yet another revised policy or procedure
to adopt, a new product to make and sell, the latest technology
upgrade to learn, a corporate restructuring to figure out (and
survive), a new set of job duties to make "happen" – or one of a
myriad of other possibilities – continual change is a reality of
business life. And can be a painful reality for many people –
including the folks who report to us.

Certainly, as leaders, we also are subject to change. And we're not
exempt from the discomfort that comes with it. But we have to get
passed that … we need to "suck it up." We have to focus on our people
(rather than ourselves) and be sensitive to their fears, concerns, and
needs about stepping out of the comfort zones. Ultimately, we must be
facilitators of change – not dictators, nor mere messengers, nor
"victims" of it, ourselves. That is what leadership is all about …
that's part of the heat that comes with our leadership kitchens.
HOW TO HELP EMPLOYEES DEAL WITH CHANGE

Explain WHY the change is required / necessary.

Describe the expected benefits to be gained ("What's in it for us").

Provide training and resources necessary to implement the change.

Solicit / address any employee questions and concerns.

Be patient – expect mistakes as new habits are formed.

And most importantly …

Demonstrate support and commitment to the change, yourself.

Today's lesson is from LEAD RIGHT: Every Leader's Straight-Talk Guide
to Job Success

By Steve Ventura

 

 

 

 

* E la moda gindirea pozitiva

As Blessed As You Want to Be
The Power Of Staying Positive

Our thoughts are not simply ethereal pieces of information that enter
our minds and then disappear. The words and ideas that we think can
shape our lives and drive us toward success and happiness or failure
and distress. How you think and feel can have a profound effect on
your ability to recognize opportunity, how well you perform, and the
outcome of the goals that you've set for yourself. When you maintain
an optimistic outlook and make an effort to harbor only positive
thoughts, you begin to create the circumstances conducive to you
achieving what you desire. You feel in control and few of life's
challenges seem truly overwhelming because it is in your nature to
expect a positive conclusion. An optimistic mind is also an honest
one. Staying positive does not mean that you ignore difficulties or
disregard limitations. Instead, it means spending time focusing only
on the thoughts that are conducive to your well-being and progress.

Positive thinking dramatically increases your chances of success in
any endeavor. When you're sure that you are worthy and that
achievement is within your grasp, you start to relax and look for
solutions rather than dwelling on problems. You are more likely to
imagine positive situations or outcomes and disregard the thoughts
related to giving up, failure, or roadblocks. What the mind expects,
it finds. If you anticipate joy, good health, happiness, and
accomplishment, then you will experience each one. Thinking positively
may sound like a simple shift in attention – and it is – but it is a
mind-set that must be developed. Whenever a negative thought enters
your mind, try immediately replacing it with a constructive or
optimistic one. With persistence, you can condition your mind to judge
fleeting, self-defeating thoughts as inconsequential and dismiss them.

It is within your power to become as happy, content, or successful as
you make up your mind to be. Staying positive may not have an
immediate effect on your situation, but it will likely have a profound
and instantaneous effect on your mood and the quality of your
experiences. In order for positive thinking to change your life, it
must become your predominant mind-set. Once you are committed to
embracing positive thinking, you'll start believing that everything
that you want is within your grasp

 

 

 

 

 

* Cinti, nu esti dzeu

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
                                                 -- Maya Angelou

 

 

 

* Raspunde la provocare prin imaginatie

When someone offers you a challenge, don't think of all the reasons
why you can't do it. Instead say, "Yes!" Then figure out how to get it
done.
                                              -- Katherine Hudson

 

 

 

* Misterul e concret
Enchantment is destroyed by vagueness and mystery exists only in precise things.
                                                  -Jean Cocteau