Last week I promised to provide you with a simple, amazing tool that would help identify goals for each of your people and a whole lot more.
It’s the GSA (Great Skills Assessment) that uses a spreadsheet to monitors both hard and soft skills. If you already do something similar this post may open your eyes to additional uses.
The best reviews help people grow, not by beating them over the head but by laying out an achievable plan for improving areas in which they are weak.
An accurate GSA that’s frequently updated makes it easy to identify what will enhance a person’s …read more

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
                                    — Rosalyn Carter
This week’s action plan:  It’s easy to believe in yourself, when everyone around you believes in you as well.  But how often is this the case? 
Sometimes the people around us are looking to poke holes in our theories, subvert our decisions, and undermine authority.  How easy it is then to question our abilities.
Put a system into place today, so that you have the support you will need tomorrow.  Whether it’s a pep talk that you can give yourself, a series of affirmations …read more

How we deal with misfortune can make the difference between defeat and victory in our lives.
We’ve all heard stories about Thomas Edison.  He went through thousands of unsuccessful attempts before coming up with the filament light bulb.  When his factory was virtually destroyed by fire, he simply remarked that the disaster provided him with new opportunities to start again, and weeks later he invented the phonograph.
How many of us, when faced with misfortune, have that same outlook as Edison?  We view these misfortunes as failures.  We must learn, however, that these failures, properly handled, lead to great personal growth and professional success.
Here …read more

I’ve been having some problems concentrating lately. 
Earlier in the week I posted about some time wasters.  I have been identifying with them far too much, however.  There are some tasks that I’ve been trying to accomplish, but instead I have become absorbed in all sorts of minutia.  Yesterday I realized what the problem is:  I’ve been concentrating on concentrating!
Concentration is the ability to focus attention and effort to a single goal, while ignoring irrelevant distractions.
Sounds easy enough, but those distractions are all around us.  And some of them are pretty darned interesting.  But, these distractions sap our energy level and reduce …read more

Wasting time can be frustrating, annoying, and, at time, can be a barrier to success. 
There are differing opinions on what constitutes wasting time.  Some people may consider watching television a waste of time.  For others, time spent watching television serves as down time, a chance to relax and re-charge their personal battery.  But I think that we can all agree that there are certain activities that not only serve no real purpose, but also actually hinder our progress in life.
How many of these time wasters do you recognize in your life?
Looking for things.  I read once that the average person …read more

“Some day is not a day of the week!”
 
 
 
 
 

Lisa Haneburg from the Management Craft Blog is looking for 3 special people to take part in a case stiudy for her upcoming book.
What an opportunity!
According to Lisa you must:
1. Have a goal they are passionate about but that they have not yet achieved. I would prefer to work with people who have a larger goal with some complexity – like building a new business or aspect of business or creating an organization or launching a large community project. For internal folks, it might be planning and implementing a large change.
2. Are willing to follow my coaching and suggestions for …read more