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Even when there is no law, there is conscience. Publilius Syrus It’s Ethics and Compliance Week and I would like to share with you two anagrams for you to consider. Have a great week! E nvy crept into the conversation … Continue reading
It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney
Earlier today I published a post on LinkedIn Pulse with the Title of The Three R’s. http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/three-rs-jo-ann-m-radja. Here is a modified version of that post.
A man in a creative job had been working on a new project. He submits it to the client and a discussion ensues. Even though the project was deemed unacceptable for the marketplace, he believed the discussion was fair. It was such a shock and a setback to subsequently learn his staff was hired away from him (except one man) by the company who deemed his work was out-of-fashion. This story occurred sometime during the 1920’s. Whether it is a myth or a restatement of history, unfortunately, this story rings true for many people.
The terms of reinvent, re-engineered, retooled or right-sized were not spoken in this creative man’s era; his story has universality for us today, some 90 years later. What Walt Disney did with his one employee was to collaborate and re-work his original drawings. Mickey Mouse was then born and introduced to the community. Many of the action terms we use today – customer driven, vision and focus, brain-storming new ideas and visualizing real-world activities for the new character – took place in the development and implementation of the Mickey Mouse character.
How quickly do you rebound from a serious let-down? What did you tell yourself to regroup and continue on? Did you re-frame the situation or just recognized perhaps the timing was all wrong? Stating these questions another way: What feedback did you receive that continued the spark in you to recognize, relate and resolve your actions to the next step? How frequently do you rely on YOUR three R’s As You Choose Who You Want to be Known As?
During the month of October, I hope your three R’s work to your best advantage as you recognize, relate and resolve.
“Jo Ann” M. Radja Executive and Career Management Coach
Earlier today I published two anagrams you might enjoy reading on LinkedIn Pulse at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-contrary-you-jo-ann-m-radja. The text of that post now follows:
C onventional wisdom
O ften, yet not always, is right.
N ow is the time
T o consider whether the
R isk we’ve focused on merits,
A n all-out program
R oll-out this quarter. I vote
Y es. How about you?©Jo Ann M. Radja
E nergy to keep up with
T he reading
H as its downside. The upside
I s the kernel of applicability to understand
C onsequences we face in the
S hort term.©Jo Ann M. Radja
Have a great Fall Season in your career as you Choose Who You want to be Known As.
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive & Career Management Coach
I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along. Betand Russell
I’m not sure when it exactly happened; I think it started with my first photography course at college. Lines fascinate me, perhaps because what they represent in your mind becomes a design that you live with in your life and your career. As we approach the end of the month of August, another opportunity presents itself to create, enhance or begin a new line, lined or lining in your career.
Earlier today, I published another version of this theme as a LinkedIn Publisher at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lines-lined-lining-jo-ann-m-radja. Here is a copy of the text for your review:
“It’s somewhat rare that we do not find a line running through our careers. When our career began we had straight lines between a resume + interview + job offer. Within a year or so our performance may have warranted a testimonial or recommendation. Our performance lined a file and formed a lining within our portfolio.
Today, many of us have accepted we move though our careers via a step line of asking many questions. How are we able to >>>>>? How can I modify my >>>>> to achieve >>>>>? What do I have to do to complete >>>>>? What are the expectations for this assignment and how will my performance be measured? What questioning gives us are steps to embrace whatever perceived or real negative may lie before us. More importantly, we exercise whatever control we have to accept and choose a line of action.
We are presented with options and possibilities as we approach the last four months of 2015. As you choose Who You Want to be Known As, what questions will you ask yourself to continue lining your portfolio? Enjoy your 4th quarter of 2015!
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive and Career Management Coach'”
As is often the case when you are looking for something, you come across another idea. Here is an idea that may be of interest to you when you want to create a storyboard for your next writing, presentation, or meeting at the office. It’s called, “Talk to Inform – Visual Aid Mate.” [I am not the author and unfortunately, this color visual aid shows no company name or copyright information.]
It consists of 10 boxes printed on legal size paper, landscape print setting. Talking to Inform not only requires a Subject, but the Importance of the Benefit to your audience as well as an Outline of how you are going spend the audience’s valuable time during your Talk on the Subject. [Boxes 1 through 3]
Boxes 4 through 8 contain the Body of the Talk that may contain your personal experiences, expert opinions, analogies, statistics, facts and examples of how your Subject Matter relates to the audience. Boxes 9 and 10 represent how you Recap and Confirm the Benefit to the audience. So completing these 10 boxes and you’re done!
We all look for ways to streamline our work flow and I hope this brief idea is helpful to you when you need a self-management tool. Have a great week in your career!
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive & Career Management Coach
It usually comes down to what may be expedient, most likely to occur or even, “What’s in it for me?” I found the above Dilbert cartoon, shared from tumblr, as an example of how we may inadvertently show ourselves as not demonstrating integrity, as in, “When is Right, right?”
Described as the most active public Philosopher in America, Tom Morris, explains that,
“The distinction between what is right and what is easy is one of the most important contrasts that can guide us in our lives and in our careers.”
If we are uncomfortable, uneasy or afraid to take the right step, we place roadblocks to do what is right in our actions at work. We may even “self-sabotage” ourselves in our careers because we do not trust in our abilities. Even though the cartoon character, shown above, was labeled as a work avoider and gave an “only if than” response, he quickly recognized it was wrong, then ran to make it right.
However, you Choose Who You Want to be Known As, be true to yourself in your decisions. Have a great Day!
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive and Career Management Coach
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Notes: Morris, Tom. If Harry Potter Ran General Electric, Leadership Wisdom from the World of Wizards. Currency Doubleday Publisher (2006), page 159.
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Thanks to all of you for your Comments and Likes this year. It is much appreciated. With gratitude, Jo Ann M. Radja
Today’s Musings on the 2nd Day of July, 2015: We continue our preparations for celebrating the 4th of July. Taking a moment to learn about what is also occurring on this day, A federal website shares information on the history and why so many Americans are excited to celebrate the 4th of July at http://usafederalholidays.com/independance-day/
The publication, “Medical Daily” printed a number of quotations on the 4th of July Celebration, which were posted by Anthony Rivas last year on the 3rd of July, as follows:
Freedom lies in being bold. Robert Frost
The real American Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change of the people was the real American Revolution. John Adams
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. William Faulkner
Scientists also share the happy news that during this month of July, there are two full moons and accordingly, the second full moon is called a Blue Moon – http://www.earthsky.org/tonight.
Enjoy your Day!
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive and Career Management Coach
It’s the first Day of July and here in the Midwest, many people begin to prepare for the 4th of July weekend, here are a number of ideas and thoughts to consider:
F orever and always we say
T o celebrate and
H old our values high.
O nly in America do we truly enjoy
F reedoms other countries only admire.
J ustice wrapped
U p in red, white and blue.
L iberty, life and the pursuit of happiness for
Y ou.©Jo Ann M. Radja
May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely than our own. Daniel Webster.
The United States is the only country with a known birthday. James G. Blaine
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. Benjamin Franklin
Enjoy your day!
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive and Career Management Coach
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It’s interesting how people want others to know who they are. We like to be known either by our strengths, by our family position or by what we do for a living. Yet, there are times when a situation arises where we may say, “Please don’t label me as . . . . .” We express those words because we want to choose how we are evaluated, and perhaps because the label we heard “rubbed us the wrong way.”
Our salary depends on our performance for a position that we chose to accept. So, our employer does label us for the position we hold and we agreed to that label. Under what circumstances does labelling come into play in our careers? While researching a few blog ideas, I came across a fresh presentation of how people can be defined in their roles at the office. It is called Dr. Edward de Bono’s “SIX THINKING HATS” [registered mark]. The California State University at Los Angeles prepared a brief slide share presentation explaining each “Thinking Hat” …
http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/jpark/Six%20thinking%20hats.ppt
Should you be a Red Hat and strive to become a Green Hat, how would you obtain the educational training to do so? Online and brick and mortar classes are available as well as many Human Resource Departments. Business and Civic organizations also offer programs for self-development. As you Choose Who You Want to be Known As let your Label shine though as you manage your career. Enjoy your day!
“Jo Ann” M. Radja, Executive and Career Management Coach
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Notes: http://www.debonothinkingsystems.com/tools/6hats.htm
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