Wheel of Balance for Job Performance
My Time Management
Satisfied with My Job Performance
Staying Organized
Timely with Duties and Projects
Get Along with Collegues and Clients
Clear about My Role and Duties
Satisfied with My Team Participation
Staying on top of email, voicemail
This wheel is from exercises in the book, “Co-Active Coaching, New Skills for Coaching People Towards Success in Work and [...]
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Balance Tool – Job Performance
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Career, Time Management, Tools on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Balance Tool – Project Assessment
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Tools on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wheel of Project Assessement
Sample project segments to balance a project (click for wheel):
cost
meeting milestones
tracking status
team
clients/customer
sponsor
issue resolution
quality
The concept of a wheel as a tool was adapted from the book, “Co-Active Coaching”.
I added the idea of using it to get a quick assessment for a project and the eigth project slides.
Balance Tool – Wheel of Life
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Time Management, Tools on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sample life segments to keep in balance (click for wheel):
money
family
fun and recreation
physical environment
job/career
personal growth
health
friends
This wheel is from exercises in the book, “Co-Active Coaching, New Skills for Coaching People Towards Success in Work and Life“, by Laura Witwroth, Henry Kimsey-House and Phil Sandal.
Balance Tool – Wheel of Leadership/Management
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Leaders, Tools on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sample segments to balance for a management and leadership (click for wheel):
organizing and staffing
planning
budgeting
controlling
promoting order
promoting change
setting vision
aligning people
motivating and inspiring
This wheel is from exercises in the book, “Co-Active Coaching, New Skills for Coaching People Towards Success in Work and Life“, by Laura Witwroth, Henry Kimsey-House and Phil Sandal.
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The Harvard Business Review Article, “What Makes [...]
Awareness Tool
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Tools on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Answer these questions with YOU, A Person, A Group, or Situation, relevant to a particular area of interest.
What others know and what you know?
What others know and what you don’t know?
What others don’t know and what you know?
What others know and what you don’t know?
Here is a sample about given presentations:
What others know and what you [...]
Awareness Tools and Skills for increasing it
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Tools on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To increase Awareness:
1. Improve your Listening Skills. Do you listen for facts and emotions, to summarize or to marshal your own facts arguments and have your voice heard?
2. Know how to give and receive useful feedback. Useful feedback is specific, descriptive, measurable and timely.
3. Be curious. Ask open ended questions, ask for clarity, ask for [...]
Resume Hints and Tips
Posted in Career, Tools on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The amount of information available for job seekers in cyberspace is overwhelming.
Here are some of the helpful recommendations I send to job seekers when they ask for help:
Top Ten Resume Mistakes that Turn off employers:
http://www.boston.com/bostonworks/galleries/10_resume_mistakes?s_campaign=8315
Resume Tips from a top industry recruiter, Bob Eiland:
http://www.egselite.com/resumetips.html
Six words that make your resume suck:
http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/01/19/6-words-that-make-your-resume-suck/
Then if they ask, I give them [...]
Non-linear time management tools: Grapes and Mind Maps
Posted in Time Management, Tools on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beliefs about time and what works to successful manage it is different for everyone. This makes teaching time management a challenge. Traditional time management tools are very linear, left brain. The USA corporate world is very linear; the standard time management tools work well in business. Many right brainers, non-linear type people just can’t get [...]