Habits, blue planners (and crisps)
Iām not naturally great at scheduling and planning in a structured way.
But Iāve had to learn those ādisciplineā skills and practise them over the years with varying amounts of success.Ā
Otherwise my days are unfocused and itās easy to jump onto LinkedIn or Facebook for a 5-minute check-in ā which frighteningly then lasts an hour. And donāt even get me started on the Daily Mail sidebar of shame (my guilty secret when Iām in full procrastination mode).
My best purchase recently was one of those quarterly organisers. (Luddite, I know). And itās a gorgeous shade of blue which I love looking at. (Stationery fans will understand exactly what I mean!). And then one of my clients suggested different coloured pensā¦ā¦.Ā
Heaven!
The point of this?
Itās worth learning a new habit if it makes you happier, more successful, more fulfilled or more productive (or whatever else you want more of!). And if thereās something of beauty that will help you with this (like my blue planner) then treat yourself ā yo...
Your faulty thinking is killing your resilience
As always Iām taking a break from writing new blogs in August to recharge my batteries (I try to practise what I preach) so over this month I will be sharing four of this yearās most popular blog posts with you. If you havenāt read them yetā¦.hereās your chance!
This week itās about resilience.
In the series I wrote on theĀ Six Characteristics of a Resilient Team, we looked at the topics of common purpose, team norms, trust and candid conversations.Ā
I wrote about thinking traps fairly recently so Iām not going to repeat myself on that front.
But I will say this. The more teams can become aware of their own āfaulty thinkingā, particularly the faulty thinking that is eroding their resilience, the better.
One of the teams I have been working with recently had a collective āthinking trapā of āexternalisingā. Blaming each other for lack of collaboration on key projects, complaining to the CEO about other...
Are you giving out the wrong messages?
Iāve been reminded of a phrase this week for a variety of reasons and as a result of numerous conversations. Thereās definitely been a theme emerging!
The phrase is this: āYou teach others how to treat youā.
Itās a bit of a variation on the theme of ātreat others as you would like to be treated yourselfā:
Hereās what I mean:
- If I want you to trust me, I have to demonstrate trustworthiness;
- If I want to be respected, I have to respect myself and respect you;
- If I want you to value what I bring, I have to value myself, value what I bring AND value what you bring.
Some time ago, I worked with a wonderful lady who was the team comedian. Which is all very well, but she wanted a promotion and nobody could imagine her in a more senior position ā after all, she was the team joker and they couldnāt always take her seriously! She eventually had to leave the organisation and re-invent herself in a new role - (not losing her humour and sense of fun of course ā just dialling it down a li...
4 ways to throw off the safety blanket of Busyness
LastĀ time I wrote about the safety blanket of Busy-ness.
This week I want to share with you four key things to help you or your teams throw off that safety blanket! I wrote the article for Strategic HR Review a while back and thought it was worth a re-share! I do have permission to share it with you! (The article starts on page 2.)
