The problems pile up and soak up your time. They glare at you from your to-do list and you’re not quite sure of the next step.
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Communication
Given the opportunity to understand how his oftentimes painstaking and pedantic ways affect his colleagues, and then given the tools and encouragement to make positive changes, Eeyore could be perceived very differently. With a different communication style alone, his valuable contributions to the team would be recognised as beneficial and potentially indispensible.
If your self-orientation is too low, it can lead to a lack of boundaries and low self-advocacy.
. How many of us feel we have the ability to point out weaknesses or flaws in the management team? Could you tell your boss that his communication skills could do with a little smoothing around the edges? If your line manager is terrible at time management and this has a negative impact on the team, how do you let him know?
It’s a deliciously proven fact, the findings of which have been published in the Journal of Nutrition, that consuming chocolate, wine and tea daily actually helps improve our cognitive performance.
An admirable trait of Owl’s is that he is very happy to offer his advice, anecdotes and opinions irrespective of his friends wanting it or not!
What do your people THINK you measure, or place importance on,
and are they right?
Unfortunately, having been given the task of implementing the assessment and then the feedback session itself, John’s lack of understanding on the process has given him a very negative viewpoint towards it. This will inevitably filter down through the ranks to the team members who are taking part in the appraisal itself.
People are different, so what would YOU need to do so that you genuinely smile more often?
Encourage their thinking, and use the opportunity to coach them,
rather than tell them.