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YOUR Time
Question, what is the resource that you cannot acquire more of?
Do you think it is money? Do you think it is a specific type of skilled labor or a certain type of raw material? NO! Although you or your company might be feeling financially challenged you can find ways to earn money, you can find [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2010 under Job Performance, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional development.
Tags: bucket list, margaret meloni, precious resource, Time, time as a resource, time is YOUR precious resource, value of time
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Things to Do Today: Ask for Help
“Go ahead and tell me the steps you will take to complete this assignment.”
This is the question that none of my early supervisors ever asked me on the job. And boy was I relieved that they never asked this question. Why? Because I had no clue! When I was new on the job I was [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2010 under Job Performance, Leadership, Professional development.
Tags: ask for help, asking for help, helping others, margaret meloni, need help
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Pick Up the Sword?
That’s it YOU have had it. You are tired of dealing with that person. THEY are always doing things on purpose to make you look bad. THEY are always doing things on purpose to get on YOUR nerves. Well it is time to do something, so YOU are going on the attack. Going on the [...]
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Job Performance, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional development.
Tags: battle with co-workers, margaret meloni, on the attack, peace at work, pick up the sword
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3 Ways to Deal with Differences
“There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish…”
Mary Parker Follett
The above quote is an ideal reminder that there are [...]
Posted: May 17th, 2010 under Job Performance, Leadership, Professional development.
Tags: conflict resolution mode, conflict resolution style, margaret meloni, resolving conflict
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You Decide to Resolve a Conflict, Now What? – Part II
In You Decide to Resolve a Conflict, Now What? we discussed some steps to take when you decide to step in and help resolve a conflict. These steps were designed to help you when you know in advance that you will be facilitating resolution. Today we are going to build on those steps by [...]
Posted: February 15th, 2010 under Job Performance, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional development.
Tags: brainstorming, carry it out, course of action, create an action plan, define the requirements, facilitating resolution, rebuttals to their statements, resolve a conflict, separate the ideal proposal, share their perspective, Start brainstorming
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