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truejhp2006-10-31T06:07:00+00:002006-10-31T06:11:03Z2006-10-31T06:11:03Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-116227506308696933Schein's Career AnchorsUnderstanding what inspires you in your career It used to be that once you decided on a career, you stayed in that career until you retired. Not so anymore: The notion of lifetime employment has been replaced with lifetime employability. This means that you can’t rely on your employers to maintain your employment: You alone are responsible for your career progression and development.
Careerfalsejhp2006-09-08T14:14:00+01:002006-09-22T13:50:15Z2006-09-08T13:14:59Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-115772129977234359Workshop rulesfalsejhp2006-04-25T20:13:00+01:002006-04-25T19:16:00Z2006-04-25T19:16:00Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-114599256032625439Leading ChangeJohn P. Kotter, professor of leadership at Harvard Business School expands in this book on a 1995 article he wrote for the Harvard Business Review. The amount of change in organizations has grown tremendously over the past two decades, and the rate of change will only accelerate in the next few decades. No wonder change, and leadership through change, are foremost concerns of CEO’s today. Whyfalsejhp2006-04-25T20:11:00+01:002006-04-25T19:24:36Z2006-04-25T19:11:13Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-114599227375453552stephen covey's seven habits of highly effective peoplehabit 1 - be proactiveThis is the ability to control one's environment, rather than have it
control you, as is so often the case. Self determination, choice, and the
power to decide response to stimulus, conditions and circumstanceshabit 2 - begin with the end in mindCovey calls this the habit of personal leadership - leading oneself that is,
towards what you consider your aims. By developing thefalsejhp2006-04-25T20:08:00+01:002006-04-25T19:21:30Z2006-04-25T19:08:53Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-114599213333873832Six Styles of LeadershipDaniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, in Primal Leadership,
describe six styles of leading that have different effects on the emotions
of the target followers.These are styles, not types. Any leader can use any style, and a good mix
that is customised to the situation is generally the most effective
approach.The Visionary LeaderThe Visionary Leader moves people towards a shared vision,falsejhp2006-04-12T21:30:00+01:002006-04-12T20:33:34Z2006-04-12T20:33:34Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-114487401451357505Performance - The GROW Coaching ModelThere are wide variety of coaching models around. One of the most successful, and popular, is the GROW model.
Background
Good coaching lets a coachee become more aware of what they can do with their life and prepares them to take more responsibility for it. This is achieved through sessions structured around questioning.
What GROW does is sequence or order those question sessions, asfalsejhp2006-04-12T21:26:00+01:002006-04-12T20:29:33Z2006-04-12T20:29:33Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-114487377376922452Housing Prime Contract CharterDefence Estates, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence, awarded the Housing Prime Contract to MODern Housing Solutions on 14th November 2005. In approaching the delivery of this contract in a spirit of partnering, and being committed to excellence in its delivery, Defence Estates and MODern Housing Solutions agree to adopt the following principles, which are enshrined in thisfalsejhp2006-04-09T11:45:00+01:002006-04-12T20:52:15Z2006-04-09T10:49:57Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-114457979788227937Culture ChangeIn order to set out a view on Culture Change it is necessary to define a view on both culture and change with respect to organisations.
CultureCulture is not just defined by formal things, such as mission statements and a company hierarchy, it is also defined by “soft” factors. Gerry Johnston of Cranfield Business School classified these factors asRituals and routinesStories and MythsSymbols
Thesefalsejhp2006-01-02T18:01:00+00:002006-01-02T18:08:01Z2006-01-02T18:08:01Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-113622528172507172CommunicationEverybody communicates! Modern research shows us that communication has three different but important elements.
WORDS (12%)
the actual written 'symbols' that are spoken - 'the map is not the territory'.
PARALINGUSITICS (35%)
the way the words are spoken; differences in: words, tone, inflection, dialect, tming and errors.
NON-VERBAL (53%)
the physical 'cluster' whihc is not spoken.
Thefalsejhp2006-01-02T17:56:00+00:002006-01-03T05:25:20Z2006-01-02T18:00:36Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-113622483620284631How easy is it to change?There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things." Machiavelli
p = h + d where
performance = habit plus drive
"Give me the strength to change what can be changed, the patience to accept what cannot be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."falsejhp2006-01-02T17:55:00+00:002006-01-03T05:29:35Z2006-01-02T17:55:59Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-113622455961485570On Integration, Consolidation, Reorganisation, etc..."We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralisation."
Caius Petronius, AD 66 falsejhp2005-11-19T09:28:00+00:002005-11-19T10:05:12Z2005-11-19T09:28:54Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-113239253476315720Amplifying Effectiveness - models to considerCongruence Model
The intent of the Congruence Model (Figure 1) is to remind the user that in dealing with different situations, the person should consider oneself, others involved in the situation, and the context of the situation. The inclusion or exclusion of any of these elements results in a stance that that may be blaming, placating, overly reasonable, or congruent.
Figure 1: Congruencefalsejhp2005-11-19T08:39:00+00:002005-11-19T08:41:59Z2005-11-19T08:41:59Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11251210.post-113238971987400314Tips and Ideas for Building Writing Skills and ConfidenceLearn from others. Find role models — people whose writing you like — and study their style. Read with intentionality. Notice what strikes you as good or bad writing.Writing anything is better than writing nothing. Practice makes less imperfect. Make every writing opportunity an opportunity to develop your writing skills.All good writing starts with the initial rough draft. Your first draft isfalse