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Earlier this afternoon, I published this post on the social media platform, LinkedIn – Enjoy your career week!: “During this past weekend, I visited the Prairie Avenue Historic District of Chicago. I joined other Alumni for a tour of the … Continue reading
Early this morning, I published a Post on the LinkedIn Platform. Here’s the link: https://t.co/n26H2VhXM7 Here is a copy of the text as it was published: “Generates Generated Generation September 25, 2014 Last week I attended a two-day conference sponsored … Continue reading
This brief blog was posted this afternoon on the social medial platform LinkedIn. Please join the conversation.
Social Responsibility, giving back to society and sharing your experience with others are all examples of Servant Leadership. We do what we can with our own resources of time, energy, effort, kindness, creativity and goodness to change our own world.
I recently moved to Chicago and can attest seeing examples of servant leadership on the Chicago Transit system given to others who either have or are perceived to have a disability. Bus Drivers and passengers alike demonstrate these examples of servant leadership. It’s a cultural way of life – treating folks like folks.
This week, the Social Media platform of LinkedIn has undertaken a global social
conversation of how you either change or improve the world at 2030#NOW. Please join
the conversation and share how your own resources of time, energy, effort, kindness,
creativity and goodness change your world.
Thank you.
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Career Management Coach and Change Agent
Blog: careermanagementcoaching.me Twitter: @Coach_Jo_Ann
Here’s a Post which was published by LinkedIn.com within the past half-hour.:
“Have you ever been told, “That’s not what you are supposed to do. That responsibility belongs to someone else.” While you may have a Title for your position, it doesn’t necessarily explain what you actually do. A Form usually relates to one thing and a Function relates to the activity of a specific Form.
The answer may lie in what binds the Function to the Form, whether by a job description, perceptions, testimonials or accomplishments. As we begin to think about our upcoming Labor Day – how would you describe what you do – is it Form over Function or Function over Form?
What do your customers expect from you. . . Function or Form? How often has it happened to you that you visit a retail store and what you wanted to buy is not sold by the Form name of the retail store? Perhaps you contacted an Accounting firm, only to learn that the specialty service you want to hire is not found within the firm’s members? Form over function sounds simple, but it isn’t.
Another way of looking at form over function and function over form is to consider the word “feedback”. Is feedback just a comment or response, or your understanding of what was said, or advice, or an opinion or a demonstration of your listening skills? While you may have merely given encouragement to someone’s decision, it was received as advice, which was not your intention. Perhaps this topic is another puzzle for us to work out in our careers because we live in a fluid, every-changing world.
Consider as you Choose How You Want to be Known As, what is your answer to the Form or Function question. Have a great day!”
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Career Management Coach and Change Agent
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It’s always a new experience to witness what an Editor chooses for the public to read, admire, or enhance an understanding about the world at large. I recently set up a software portfolio of my interests and discovered, yet again how … Continue reading
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During a recent feedback conversation, it was suggested that I publish a few personal stories. I’ve slightly modified the following story to place it in a career management setting. This story was published on the Social Media Platform of LinkedIn … Continue reading
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I published a Post on LinkedIn.com this morning, and hope you find value in it’s message: http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140811163252-32215190-hear-heard-and-hearing “Jo Ann” M. Radja, Career Management Coach and Change Agent
I published this post on another media this afternoon on LinkedIn.com. Enjoy your week as you Choose Who You Want to be Known As. “As questions arise about Ethics and its place in our society, it’s not something people discuss … Continue reading
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce Since we are not perfect, we often place stress on ourselves when we don’t fully understand what happened following a “blip” in our careers. Was it a mistake or a … Continue reading
During your career, I’m sure you have realized it’s not easy to answer the question, “What do you want, right now, at this moment?” Perhaps it’s because we don’t often get what we want or we don’t give ourselves permission to get what we want. The reasons for this are so numerous; they would easily fill an unabridged dictionary. So how would you answer the question, “Right now, at this moment, and no place else, what do you want?”
Perhaps there are actions available to you right now. Are they reasonable, at this moment? If the WANT is within your reach, what impact does not attaining your WANT have in your life right now?
A well-respected Neuroscientist, Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, offers tips on “How to Reset Your Brain” as follows:
Change is Pain. Behaviorism doesn’t work.
Humanism is over rated. FOCUS is power.
Expectation shapes reality.
Start by leaving problems in the past.
Focus on identifying and creating new behaviors.
Self-insight creates change, not advices.
Dr. Schwartz explains that the reasons why goals weren’t met may be valid, i.e. the goals didn’t support or generate change. So give yourself time to think. When you do so, you generate new circuits of thought. And with continued practice, new behaviors of change help you to achieve your WANTS.
Dr. Schwartz also tells us to remind ourselves to think regularly. As you Choose Who You Want to be Known As this Summer weekend in July, consider whether this is an avenue that brings value to you. Enjoy.
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Career Management Coach and Change Agent
Notes: AMEX OPEN FORUM, Strategy and Business Section, “The Neuroscience of Change, or How to Reset Your Brains.” Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine. December 8, 2011.
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