How to "Huff-and-Puff-Proof" Your Career
- Dec 8, 2006
- Article is provided courtesy of Financial Times Prentice Hall
Coaching and Developing Your Whole Staff
Motivating Those You Lead
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Truth About Managing Your Career, The
Truth About Being a Leader, Adobe Reader, The
Truth About Being a Leader, The
Truth About Managing Your Career, The: ...and Nothing But the Truth
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- Mentoring the Mentors - Availability
THE GIVENS:
Mentoring others is a Sacred Duty of All Leaders
To mentor someone he or she needs to be:
· Convinced something needs to change
· Willing to self-correct as they work
· Willing and able to try out new ways of behaving
- 5 Tips for Making a Great Impression!
I have coached executives for more than 20 years. In working with successful leaders and professionals, I have found that making lasting impressions on the people you work with is pivotal to your advancement.
- Chinese Leadership: What's the Same and What Has Changed
After sixteen days in
China China
From the author of
Truth About Managing Your Career, The: ...and Nothing But the Truth
Build on Relationship Bedrock
One of my favorite children’s stories is the Three Little Pigs. In the story, the big bad wolf gets two easy meals by blowing down the pigs’ houses made of straw and sticks. When he gets to the third pig’s home made of brick, though, he hyperventilates trying to blow down the house. So much for a third meal of the other white meat.
Throughout my career, I’ve seen people build professional relationships as if they were erecting houses made of sticks or straw, with a thin façade:
- Dan built a less-than-trustworthy reputation for himself.
- Sue was viewed as a rude jerk by some people in the office.
- Bill saw networking as something that only codependent weaklings did.
More often than not, the lack of focus on relationships hurts a career, causing someone to have to rebuild his or her "relationship house" by healing old wounds and changing bad habits. Not a pretty picture—and often completely avoidable.
Maybe your relationship house has been blown down, or you’re building a house of sticks or straw through poor relationship management. Perhaps you think you just don’t have time for that stuff.
Think again.
There are three easy ways to build your relationship house of brick: Build trust, mind your manners, and network regularly. These three behaviors will make a big difference in your professional life. Make the time for them every day.
