Tag: Actions

3 Ways To Reduce Our Fear Of Failure

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Entrepreneurs at the #startupshow managed their fear of failure

By the 5th of February some new year resolutions have long been abandoned.

“A vision without an action, is just a dream”

We settle for our old approach to being healthy, thrifty or creative.

Perhaps we were afraid of what others would say if we failed to transform ourselves fully.

We can reduce our fear of failure in 3 major ways

Remind ourselves that we are free to be successful, not tied to past failures we encountered

Connect our objective with the benefits we and others will get  

Surround ourselves with people who selflessly support our goal

What route do you take to manage your fear of failure?

Happy New Year!

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New Year New Goals

I hope 2025 is treating you well, especially if you are making changes to improve your life.

If you are two days into your goal of boosting your wellbeing, how is that working out?

There are some thoughts in the video which should help.

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Consider The Job Choice Closest To Your Goal

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There are several options after receiving feedback following a great job interview

After planning our next career step and performing well at an interview we might earn an opportunity to be of greater service. We then have a choice:

  • Accept the employers’ offer (it is exactly what you wanted).
  • Decline the employers’ offer (you know you can do better).
  • Learn why there was no offer and take action to improve interview performance (if you simply hear nothing back they aren’t a reliable employer).

Here’s a YouTube Short reminding us that it takes time to ensure we are making the right choice (the one closest to our goal). Please leave a Like if this reminder is helpful.

How To Perform Well At Interview

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Performing well in interviews involves effective planning and preparation for the big day

Our performance during a job interview reflects our hard work in planning our career and preparing for our moment in the spotlight.

The interview involves us talking about how we solve even the trickiest customer problems; what our team-working skills are like; and where our skills will benefit the organisation.

Here’s an illustration of how the planning, preparation, performance process works. Feel free to Like and Share if this video helps you.

Keep watching, in a few days there will be a chance to get more helpful insights supporting your journey toward a better job.  

How Self-Awareness Shapes Or Goals

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Our career aspirations can be shaped by self-awareness

The key to #change is taking #action to reach our #goal.

Almost twenty years after Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at #Stanford, his words remind us that – where our working lives are concerned – we already know what we truly want to become.

What is the key principle which has shaped your goals? Feel free to leave a Like if this reminder is helpful.

How Leaders Inspire Respect And Accountability

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There is nothing better than spending time with loved ones away from work during the summer months.

When it is time to pack away the shorts and T shirts too many people are unhappy to get back to their day jobs, because they feel stuck in a rut.

To make matters worse, way too many people have to face the morale sapping problem of bullying in their team once they cancel their out-of-office alerts.

Here’s a quick reminder that smart leaders create a climate where would-be bullies think twice before throwing their weight around.

Why?

Because the potential bully knows they will be held accountable for the damage they cause to morale, the team’s reputation and the unit’s production schedule.

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How To Be SMART When #GoalSetting

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The Summer is a great time to take stock.

We can ask ourselves questions while we spend time with family and friends.

Are we getting what we want from work?

Does our personal life feel satisfying?

If there is something missing professionally, or personally, we can decide what we want instead.

Then we can create a smart goal to kickstart our development plan.

Feel free to leave a Like on the YouTube short, if you find the reminder about goal setting helpful. You can subscribe for similar content too.  

How To Be A Better Manager When It Comes To #Diversity

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Story time – How We Can Manage Diverse Relationships Better By Listening

The first step to managing in diverse spaces involves listening.

If we know the people around us well enough, we can tell when something isn’t right.

That’s when we can step up and ask how are things going?

Showing we are ready to listen and to support goes a long way to improving tricky situations.

The story in the video shows how this principle works in the real world.

Why not share what works for you when you manage diversity in your team (and don’t forget to leave a Like on the video)!

Managing #Diversity Means Improving Results

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My latest YouTube video to help you think about how to achieve a Simpler Life

Diverse leadership produces great results. That isn’t a slogan, experience tells me that’s true.

For instance, when I led an initiative to improve engagement with local educational, health and environmental opportunities it was brilliant to draw on the wisdom from project workers who weren’t all the same.

Tapping into the minds of people of different ages, faith backgrounds, sexualities, and social classes made a difference.

Having many voices in the conversation, offering different perspectives, kept the ideas flowing and the creative solutions coming.

The result? A successful set of outcomes, within a tight timeframe, which improved on previous results and achieved greater value for money.

Who could argue against better results?

If you want to start thinking about the advantages of diversity for your team, network or service users you can check out the video.

Feel free to leave a Like, or Comment and check back for more ideas later on.   

3 Tips For Improving Your Next Zoom or Teams Call

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Joining A Zoom Or Teams Call – Photo by ANTONI SHKRABA: via http://www.pexels.com

Like it, or not, the Covid pandemic has changed the way we communicate. I mean, how many of us had regularly used Zoom or Teams before 2020?

We learnt a lot about videoconferencing software can do (and what its limitations are, especially for users with disabilities).

However, one of my main take-aways is pretty simple, it involves being camera-aware.

No one is saying we should all be as skilled as a television presenter, but now and again you see people being interviewed and blunting their message, due to their camera technique.

Here are my 3 favourite tips:

  • Make use of daylight – ideally use morning or late afternoon rather harsh noon light
  • Speak at eye level – this is a natural way to engage and to avoid up the nostril shots
  • Avoid the built-in Microphone – A clip on microphone, or one attached to earphones will cut down unwanted sounds from the surroundings.

What is your video call secret?