I have something more to thank 2020 for.
Last year, I read 53 books, against 45 books in 2019. That was a great feeling. It was a mix of fiction and non-fiction books.
You can read about it on my Goodreads profile.
I have just finished reading my first book of 2021 - and it was about becoming an Agile leader. Read my review here
Please share your thoughts and questions about the book or if you want to become a more effective leader, do write to ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com
To ensure your friend has a decent chance to get a call for an interview, do the things I have suggested in this video.
What would you like to have? An ice-cream - which flavour? something from the picture above? Or perhaps a sandwich or a burger? A toy car or a football? An easy project or a challenging assignment? A job close to your home, or a job in another city?
Throughout our life, we are offered preferences. A preference is about stating a choice from among different possible like-able options. I think it is important, to have and state a preference when offered, because the chances of instantly and completely liking whatever is placed in front of us, is not a surity. Strangely, we hesitate to state our preferences.
At a party many years ago, a friend was offered a choice of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. The friend kept saying "anything will do". The more the host pressed him, he gave the same response. So finally the host told him "Ok, you shall have water", to which an instant choice was stated, much to our laughter.
This kind of indecisive behaviour also enters our workplace. Sometimes, you hear it at office meetings when the boss says "I'm buying ice-cream for the team - what will you have?" Perhaps it's our upbringing or we're just shy.
Normally, this behaviour is not going to impact our lives very much. There are some dangers however, as we may come across as indecisive and get a reputation of not being able to make up one's own mind. Not really positive, is it? And unfortunately, some of us take this approach into our career and life choices. How? We say things like "Any job will do", "I'm looking for any opportunity to show my skills" or other such phrases when we are asking someone to help us find a job. This is a common thread, particularly with those who have lost their jobs during the past 10 months. It's predominant among freshers, most of whom have little or no access to a career counsellor or career coach who is not selling them an education course.
This approach is quite ineffective, because now, your friend or consultant has no idea what sort of job to refer you for. For freshers particularly, the friend or consultant may not know your skills well enough to make a judgement call on sending your resume to another organization in his network for a particular role. Additionally, a lot of resumes come in a common template format, which makes it hard for any reader to distinguish one resume (and by that extension, a candidate) from another. And so your resume remains in the back since no preference was mentioned to keep it at the top of the mind, and you remain unemployed longer.
So here's the deal - Freshers and seasoned professions MUST tell their network in very clear terms-
This is applicable to both fresh graduates and seasoned professionals.
So don't just ask for 'any' job. Get clarity about your job preferences by doing the following:
Want to know how to do this? Contact me. I am a Strengths-based Career Coach and Career Transition Coach who can help you do this. Call me on +919820155778 or email me at ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com for a discussion.
Welcome to the 6th Webinar on this topic.
Register here:- https://www.townscript.com/e/Nov-20-sell-yourself-webinar
Why this webinar?
Despite the lockdown, organizations are still hiring people. But managing people isn’t getting easier with different generations in the workforce. The best way is to lead with your strengths while leading your team.
Why not prepare to grab that promotion or next new role, by signing up for this journey of 2.30 hour interactive Zoom webinars on 05th December 2020 from 5.00 pm to 7.30 pm. Subsequent sessions would be held on the following Saturdays or as per participant’s needs.
Who should attend?
https://hbr.org/2019/03/the-feedback-fallacy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr
An outstanding detailed article on #givingfeedback to your team. Here are two lines that made me think, among others - "Excellence seems to be inextricably and wonderfully intertwined with whoever demonstrates it." and "Focusing people on their shortcomings or gaps doesn’t enable learning. It impairs it."
#cliftonstrengths #strengths #strengthsdecoder #strengthscoaching #feedback #learning #teamcoaching #teammanagement
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