EXECUTIVE COACH AND CAREER FACILITATOR AND HATTIE BRYANT'S SMALL BUSINESS SCHOOL
When I am home on Sunday I plan my lunch around watching Oregon Public Broadcasting's
Small Business School http://smallbusinessschool.org/ This program has a wealth of information for they interview successful business owners.
This week they explored the difference between a Manager and a Leader. Keith Grint
author of "The Art of Leadership" pointed out that in the past the manager was considered the supporter of an idea and the leader the conceiver of the idea.
He said he believes that leaders need to be challenged by the people around him/her and it is a powerful relationship when the manager and people around the manager question and make suggestions for improvement -- only then will the organization be truly successful. His point is that the leader cannot "see" all the possibilities that exist.
Grint's view is that today's leader is humble, soft spoken and caring --- he/she understands the need and importance of the people surrounding them.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION TIP:
Treat everyone with respect and courtesy. A person's position in life should have nothing to do with the way you interact with them.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Sunday, February 04, 2007
EXECUTIVE COACH AND CAREER FACILITATOR PULLS HERSELF UP
We have times when we are wondering when we are on the right path. Things get stuck
and you start doubting yourself. That happened to me last week. On Friday, I was wondering
where I fit in etc.
I realized that I have many tools and I should be able to figure out what in the world was going
on with me. So as we would say, I got a grip and noted what made me feel good. I realized that I was spending too much time behind my computer. I was excited about working on my book, yet, I am extrovert and thrive on meeting people and having new experiences.
I should add that my computer was giving this non-high tech person a great deal of grief, so that didn't help matters any. I am thankful to Netfirms http://netfirms.com for their great live people support.
So I made some appointments with people that I wanted to learn more about -- we human are very interesting people with all kinds of experiences that even a soap opera writer couldn't make up. Sure enough, that did the trick---A luncheon appointment and after work cocktail with a new friend did the trick.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS TIP:
We have times when we are wondering when we are on the right path. Things get stuck
and you start doubting yourself. That happened to me last week. On Friday, I was wondering
where I fit in etc.
I realized that I have many tools and I should be able to figure out what in the world was going
on with me. So as we would say, I got a grip and noted what made me feel good. I realized that I was spending too much time behind my computer. I was excited about working on my book, yet, I am extrovert and thrive on meeting people and having new experiences.
I should add that my computer was giving this non-high tech person a great deal of grief, so that didn't help matters any. I am thankful to Netfirms http://netfirms.com for their great live people support.
So I made some appointments with people that I wanted to learn more about -- we human are very interesting people with all kinds of experiences that even a soap opera writer couldn't make up. Sure enough, that did the trick---A luncheon appointment and after work cocktail with a new friend did the trick.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS TIP:
Stayed tuned....I'm about to launch my blog communicationsworkplace on my website Http://www.communicationsworkplace.com I trust it will be up and running within the next two weeks.
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