Bosses have a message for younger employees: Get off email and pick up the phone. Some are bringing in consultants to help staff start to use the telephone more for work.
JUST PICK UP THE PHONE!!! Across the great generational divide managers wish their younger employees would use the phone.
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Angela Duckworth is THE preeminent researcher on grit. Here she talks about its cultivation in those of us who don’t come by tons of it naturally.
My favorite line: “Unlike many decisions (e.g., what to have for lunch), choosing to endure rather than desist is a choice that must be effortfully sustained over time.”
Often that’s what we in the human development space work to help clients achieve.
See on www.bigquestionsonline.com
Stop thinking about your tasks and start talking about your vision.
Interesting thoughts. Counting value versus creating value…not sure I completely agree. Curious about others’ thoughts on this one!!
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A young manager accosted me the other day. “I’ve been reading all about leadership, have implemented several ideas, and think I’m doing a good job at leading my team. How will I know when I’ve crossed over from being a manager to a leader?
Interesting comments… Counting value versus creating value, not sure I completely agree. Curious on others thoughts to the ideas here.
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