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Saturday, July 24, 2010

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Artist Rihanna singer very often changes his hairstyle, but he most often chooses a short hair style. Here is one of Rihanna's hair style is well-liked by fans. Rihanna always choose a trendy haircut and simple.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Building your Dream Team

Any organisation is a strong as the team of people they put together. Each person brings with them a unique set of skills, knowledge, intelligences, attitude and …baggage. Bring a team together and the resource grows potentially to provide not just the individual set, but the huge benefits that interaction between people can create.

Organisations where people pool their knowledge, skills, imagination, ideas and experience have so much more resource to draw upon. If you unpick the elements that make any organisation successful one of the core reasons is the quality of the people within it and the way in which they inter-relate. .

Successful organisations offer regular opportunities for brainstorming, collective solution finding (rather than the usual problem solving), and explore the possibilities for unleashing creative interaction within the organisation and with the outside world. They encourage a professional curiosity and demand professional responsibility. For this to work well they must create a culture where development is celebrated as part of the journey rather than blame and failure being apportioned when things don't work the first time.

So how can we create our "Dream Team?"

There is no magic solution, however creating the best team for your organisation is achievable with some thought and care and an open mind. Follow the 10 steps to achieve your "dream team."

Step 1
Define your dream

Each organisation will need something rather different. You would not hire rugby players to play basketball for example. Remember one person's dream is another's nightmare. Be careful what you wish for as first thoughts are not always the most appropriate - think of Midas.
Take the time to consider:
¨ What does your organisation need?
¨ How do you know?

Step 2
Create The Vision
Think of a lighthouse providing a beacon of light to keep a ship on course and safe from harm whatever the weather and state of the sea. Your vision should sustain your organisation in good times and when things get rocky or through changes of personnel. All those involved with your organisation internally and externally should know what your vision is where you are ultimately aiming for and why.

Consider:
¨ What do you want your organisation to look like in 2 or 5 or 10 years time?
¨ What are the core values you want to live by?
¨ What are your ultimate goals? - personal and corporate
¨ How are you going to create that vision - by yourself or with others?
¨ What elements are negotiable and which are set in stone?
¨ Identify the people you need to involve to make your vision a reality.

Step 3
Create The Culture
It is important to create the right culture for your organisation, ensure that it matches your core values. Consider the reward system you have, does it encourage collaboration?
Collaboration between your team rather than cut-throat competition can provide long-term benefits for your organisation and your customers.

Successful organisations are built on a culture of development rather than blame. Where honest, constructive feedback is given regularly, leading to growth and change. People are encouraged to evaluate their own performance and that of their team, where they strive for excellence and have high expectations of themselves and others.

You must show by example and be consistent in approach.
Articulate your vision, purpose, core values to all involved - regularly, it should be an integral part of your organisations daily living rather than a dog eared poster somewhere in the reception area or on your notice board.

Step 4
Consider your existing situation:
AUDIT -
¨ Where are you now?
¨ What is your decision making process?
¨ People - what are their current roles and responsibilities?
¨ What are your lines of communication? - through the organisation both formal and informal and with your customers and other stakeholders
¨ Current performance - how do you know how well things are going and people are doing? Don't forget to consider your own performance.
¨ Be honest with yourself and encourage others to be professionally honest. Ask others from both within the organisation and outside.

Step 5

YOUR VISION v CURRENT SITUATION

Compare things as they are with how they would be if your dream was a reality. As yourself the following questions:

¨ What needs to be put into place to achieve your goals?
¨ How can you achieve those things?
¨ Start with: What is going well?
¨ How do you know?

Identify your strengths - celebrate, and protect them, share the best practice within your organisation and within your industry.

¨ What are the areas which need to be changed / developed?

Remember if you always do what you have always done - nothing will change. It is possible to become very successful at failing

Step 6
Create Your Road Map

Consider your existing staff
¨ Identify their current roles and responsibilities.
¨ Think about their potential for professional growth and their training, coaching and mentoring needs to achieve that potential.

Create a 'perfect team' plan on paper
¨ Consider the roles and responsibilities needed within your 'Dream Team' to deliver your goals

Map your existing staff onto your Perfect Dream Team Plan

¨ Match skill set/ experience / future potential of existing staff
¨ Identify what is needed in the short, medium and long term

Step 7
Appoint Future Staff
Be clear about what you need to bring your dream closer and the role each person is to play within your organisation both as an individual and as a team player.

Consider the type of people you want and think about how they will live your dream. Ask yourself the questions:
"Will they complement m 'Dream Team'? - What impact will they have on existing staff?
What needs to be done to ensure maximum benefit from the team?

When you appoint new staff have:
Clear expectations and boundaries right from the outset
A detailed person specification which includes the skills needed to interact positively with the rest of your team and with all stakeholders
Make sure your advert reflects your needs and expectations
Create an interview process which will ensure you have the opportunity to see the candidate in different situations e.g. watch the candidate relate to others

Step 8
Induction and Training

All staff need on - going training to ensure that they continue to develop their professional curiosity. Maintaining your "Dream Team" is a continuous process, it requires nurturing and supporting. This can be supported very successfully through the training and development of:
¨ Individual - new and existing staff
¨ Departmental
¨ Whole organisation
¨ Use of mentors
¨ Preparation for delegation / promotion

If you are introducing a different culture or approach induct all staff as if they were new to the organisation. Better still involve them in the creative process. It engages people and gives them a real sense of ownership and motivation if done well.

Step 9
Making Time For Team Building

A team will become a cohesive unit if it is given the opportunity to form a positive professional relationship. Would you simply put a collection of individuals together and by simply calling them a football team or a choir expect winning results or a balanced harmony? In both contexts they need time to understand each other, their ways of thinking, working and learning. To maximise their potential they need time and structured opportunities to recognise their collective strengths and accommodate their weaknesses. In exactly the same way as groups of singers learn to listen to one another, to harmonise and to adjust volume, pitch and tone by rehearsing on a regular basis or footballers learn which foot their team members favour and who is best equipped to take each position on the field, your team must learn to interact successfully with each other.

There are lots of ways of providing the opportunity for team building:
¨ Tandem Time: ongoing - integral to the daily activities
¨ Specific team building activities:
Training / Social
¨ Ongoing development

I have always been incredibly impressed where the responsibility has been given in part to the team itself to create and run activities to enhance the team building opportunities. Offering a budget or in-house time even a relatively small one can pay real dividends.

Step 10
Creating And Maintaining Effective Communication

The continued development and success of your "Dream Team" is dependent on the ongoing articulation of your organisational vision, core purpose and goals. The importance of a shared understanding is of paramount importance.

To achieve this be aware of the importance of listening and being open to the feedback given verbally and in other ways by your team. Consider both the formal and informal communication within the organisation - across and through and with stakeholders.

Offer opportunities for everyone to have their say, and to feel that their views have been listened to and acknowledged. That does not mean that everyone has to get their own way, rather that they need to understand their position in relation to the shared vision and the needs of the organisation. The best teams value all contributions. It is often a chance remark which will trigger someone's imagination leading to a creative solution.
.
The Benefits Of A Successful "Dream Team"

The benefits of having a highly effective team who work well together in the best interests of the organisation are far reaching. The cross fertilisation of ideas, the support mechanism which allows both the individual and the group to grow in confidence and competence are well documented. Having a pool of talented people who are capable of taking responsibility can be an enormous boon to the boss. One of the huge benefits if having a wonderful "Dream Team" is the opportunity to delegate.


By Gina Gardiner


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Building your Dream Team

Any organisation is a strong as the team of people they put together. Each person brings with them a unique set of skills, knowledge, intelligences, attitude and …baggage. Bring a team together and the resource grows potentially to provide not just the individual set, but the huge benefits that interaction between people can create.

Organisations where people pool their knowledge, skills, imagination, ideas and experience have so much more resource to draw upon. If you unpick the elements that make any organisation successful one of the core reasons is the quality of the people within it and the way in which they inter-relate. .

Successful organisations offer regular opportunities for brainstorming, collective solution finding (rather than the usual problem solving), and explore the possibilities for unleashing creative interaction within the organisation and with the outside world. They encourage a professional curiosity and demand professional responsibility. For this to work well they must create a culture where development is celebrated as part of the journey rather than blame and failure being apportioned when things don't work the first time.

So how can we create our "Dream Team?"

There is no magic solution, however creating the best team for your organisation is achievable with some thought and care and an open mind. Follow the 10 steps to achieve your "dream team."

Step 1
Define your dream

Each organisation will need something rather different. You would not hire rugby players to play basketball for example. Remember one person's dream is another's nightmare. Be careful what you wish for as first thoughts are not always the most appropriate - think of Midas.
Take the time to consider:
¨ What does your organisation need?
¨ How do you know?

Step 2
Create The Vision
Think of a lighthouse providing a beacon of light to keep a ship on course and safe from harm whatever the weather and state of the sea. Your vision should sustain your organisation in good times and when things get rocky or through changes of personnel. All those involved with your organisation internally and externally should know what your vision is where you are ultimately aiming for and why.

Consider:
¨ What do you want your organisation to look like in 2 or 5 or 10 years time?
¨ What are the core values you want to live by?
¨ What are your ultimate goals? - personal and corporate
¨ How are you going to create that vision - by yourself or with others?
¨ What elements are negotiable and which are set in stone?
¨ Identify the people you need to involve to make your vision a reality.

Step 3
Create The Culture
It is important to create the right culture for your organisation, ensure that it matches your core values. Consider the reward system you have, does it encourage collaboration?
Collaboration between your team rather than cut-throat competition can provide long-term benefits for your organisation and your customers.

Successful organisations are built on a culture of development rather than blame. Where honest, constructive feedback is given regularly, leading to growth and change. People are encouraged to evaluate their own performance and that of their team, where they strive for excellence and have high expectations of themselves and others.

You must show by example and be consistent in approach.
Articulate your vision, purpose, core values to all involved - regularly, it should be an integral part of your organisations daily living rather than a dog eared poster somewhere in the reception area or on your notice board.

Step 4
Consider your existing situation:
AUDIT -
¨ Where are you now?
¨ What is your decision making process?
¨ People - what are their current roles and responsibilities?
¨ What are your lines of communication? - through the organisation both formal and informal and with your customers and other stakeholders
¨ Current performance - how do you know how well things are going and people are doing? Don't forget to consider your own performance.
¨ Be honest with yourself and encourage others to be professionally honest. Ask others from both within the organisation and outside.

Step 5

YOUR VISION v CURRENT SITUATION

Compare things as they are with how they would be if your dream was a reality. As yourself the following questions:

¨ What needs to be put into place to achieve your goals?
¨ How can you achieve those things?
¨ Start with: What is going well?
¨ How do you know?

Identify your strengths - celebrate, and protect them, share the best practice within your organisation and within your industry.

¨ What are the areas which need to be changed / developed?

Remember if you always do what you have always done - nothing will change. It is possible to become very successful at failing

Step 6
Create Your Road Map

Consider your existing staff
¨ Identify their current roles and responsibilities.
¨ Think about their potential for professional growth and their training, coaching and mentoring needs to achieve that potential.

Create a 'perfect team' plan on paper
¨ Consider the roles and responsibilities needed within your 'Dream Team' to deliver your goals

Map your existing staff onto your Perfect Dream Team Plan

¨ Match skill set/ experience / future potential of existing staff
¨ Identify what is needed in the short, medium and long term

Step 7
Appoint Future Staff
Be clear about what you need to bring your dream closer and the role each person is to play within your organisation both as an individual and as a team player.

Consider the type of people you want and think about how they will live your dream. Ask yourself the questions:
"Will they complement m 'Dream Team'? - What impact will they have on existing staff?
What needs to be done to ensure maximum benefit from the team?

When you appoint new staff have:
Clear expectations and boundaries right from the outset
A detailed person specification which includes the skills needed to interact positively with the rest of your team and with all stakeholders
Make sure your advert reflects your needs and expectations
Create an interview process which will ensure you have the opportunity to see the candidate in different situations e.g. watch the candidate relate to others

Step 8
Induction and Training

All staff need on - going training to ensure that they continue to develop their professional curiosity. Maintaining your "Dream Team" is a continuous process, it requires nurturing and supporting. This can be supported very successfully through the training and development of:
¨ Individual - new and existing staff
¨ Departmental
¨ Whole organisation
¨ Use of mentors
¨ Preparation for delegation / promotion

If you are introducing a different culture or approach induct all staff as if they were new to the organisation. Better still involve them in the creative process. It engages people and gives them a real sense of ownership and motivation if done well.

Step 9
Making Time For Team Building

A team will become a cohesive unit if it is given the opportunity to form a positive professional relationship. Would you simply put a collection of individuals together and by simply calling them a football team or a choir expect winning results or a balanced harmony? In both contexts they need time to understand each other, their ways of thinking, working and learning. To maximise their potential they need time and structured opportunities to recognise their collective strengths and accommodate their weaknesses. In exactly the same way as groups of singers learn to listen to one another, to harmonise and to adjust volume, pitch and tone by rehearsing on a regular basis or footballers learn which foot their team members favour and who is best equipped to take each position on the field, your team must learn to interact successfully with each other.

There are lots of ways of providing the opportunity for team building:
¨ Tandem Time: ongoing - integral to the daily activities
¨ Specific team building activities:
Training / Social
¨ Ongoing development

I have always been incredibly impressed where the responsibility has been given in part to the team itself to create and run activities to enhance the team building opportunities. Offering a budget or in-house time even a relatively small one can pay real dividends.

Step 10
Creating And Maintaining Effective Communication

The continued development and success of your "Dream Team" is dependent on the ongoing articulation of your organisational vision, core purpose and goals. The importance of a shared understanding is of paramount importance.

To achieve this be aware of the importance of listening and being open to the feedback given verbally and in other ways by your team. Consider both the formal and informal communication within the organisation - across and through and with stakeholders.

Offer opportunities for everyone to have their say, and to feel that their views have been listened to and acknowledged. That does not mean that everyone has to get their own way, rather that they need to understand their position in relation to the shared vision and the needs of the organisation. The best teams value all contributions. It is often a chance remark which will trigger someone's imagination leading to a creative solution.
.
The Benefits Of A Successful "Dream Team"

The benefits of having a highly effective team who work well together in the best interests of the organisation are far reaching. The cross fertilisation of ideas, the support mechanism which allows both the individual and the group to grow in confidence and competence are well documented. Having a pool of talented people who are capable of taking responsibility can be an enormous boon to the boss. One of the huge benefits if having a wonderful "Dream Team" is the opportunity to delegate.


By Gina Gardiner


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Team Activities at Work

By Aastha Dogra


Have you ever thought as to why do organizations today emphasize so much on team work? Why is it that along with individual targets, there are team targets given to be achieved as well? The simple logic behind this is that in any organization, there are three kinds of employees, i.e high performers, average performers and below average performers. If teams are formed with a mix of all these three categories, then there are better chances of targets being met and productivity increasing. As the old saying goes, a "TEAM" is "Together Everyone Achieves More". Read more on teamwork.


Organizations today rely on a number of things to build team spirit among their employees. They hold seminars, conduct events and even have their employees participate in a number of team building games, to make them feel bonded and part of a group. Such team activities at work go a long way in breaking the ice between the employees, helping them to know each other personally, understanding their communication and working style and thus, contributing immensely to a better working environment. Read more on team building.
Fun Team Activities at Work

Games
Games are perhaps the most effective of team building exercises. They not only teach the employees a lot of lessons about team work, but they can be lots of fun and serve as perfect ice breaker activities for team building.
Know Each-other Game: This game has to be played in pairs of two so divide the employees accordingly. For this, both the participants should be given ten minutes to know as much as they can about each others life. After that all the employees assemble in a hall. Now, each pair has to come up on the stage and introduce their partner to all of the other employees. Read more on icebreakers for meetings.


Make Your Own Game: This game can be played in smaller as well as larger groups. To play this game, simply divide the employees into teams and give them full freedom to design any activity or game of their choice, which they will afterward present in front of all the other employees. This is an open ended game which requires lots of communication as well as co-operation on the part of the team members. While designing the game, people in the group will automatically assume different roles such as one will be the leader, another will be the facilitator, and another will be the follower and so on.


Events
Organizing special events once in a while is another of the team activities at work which brings people closer. An organization can have unique events like "Karaoke Lunch" or even simple celebration of birthdays of their employees, where employees can interact and get to know each other personally. Having theme days such as "Red Clothes Day" where everyone comes dressed in red or, a "Hawaiian Day", where everybody comes dressed in casual tees and shorts, is another team activity at work, where people can have fun together and enjoy each others company. Read more on team bonding activities.


Seminars
Conducting seminars on topics such as importance of teamwork in business and giving the employees practical advice on how to handle different situations at the workplace when working in teams, will help immensely in better communication among the employees. During these seminars, training should be provided to the employees, both managers and subordinates, on how to work together, listen to each others opinion patiently, understand each others expectations, etc. so that they can work together efficiently and productively in teams.


Team activities at work should be conducted on a regular basis as working together in teams has a lot of advantages. Teamwork leads to proper division of work and specialization of work too, where work is assigned to a person in accordance to his skills and experience. This leads to increased output as well as job satisfaction, both of which contribute immensely to targets being met and high quality output, resulting in goodwill generation for the business.

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Team Activities at Work

By Aastha Dogra


Have you ever thought as to why do organizations today emphasize so much on team work? Why is it that along with individual targets, there are team targets given to be achieved as well? The simple logic behind this is that in any organization, there are three kinds of employees, i.e high performers, average performers and below average performers. If teams are formed with a mix of all these three categories, then there are better chances of targets being met and productivity increasing. As the old saying goes, a "TEAM" is "Together Everyone Achieves More". Read more on teamwork.


Organizations today rely on a number of things to build team spirit among their employees. They hold seminars, conduct events and even have their employees participate in a number of team building games, to make them feel bonded and part of a group. Such team activities at work go a long way in breaking the ice between the employees, helping them to know each other personally, understanding their communication and working style and thus, contributing immensely to a better working environment. Read more on team building.
Fun Team Activities at Work

Games
Games are perhaps the most effective of team building exercises. They not only teach the employees a lot of lessons about team work, but they can be lots of fun and serve as perfect ice breaker activities for team building.
Know Each-other Game: This game has to be played in pairs of two so divide the employees accordingly. For this, both the participants should be given ten minutes to know as much as they can about each others life. After that all the employees assemble in a hall. Now, each pair has to come up on the stage and introduce their partner to all of the other employees. Read more on icebreakers for meetings.


Make Your Own Game: This game can be played in smaller as well as larger groups. To play this game, simply divide the employees into teams and give them full freedom to design any activity or game of their choice, which they will afterward present in front of all the other employees. This is an open ended game which requires lots of communication as well as co-operation on the part of the team members. While designing the game, people in the group will automatically assume different roles such as one will be the leader, another will be the facilitator, and another will be the follower and so on.


Events
Organizing special events once in a while is another of the team activities at work which brings people closer. An organization can have unique events like "Karaoke Lunch" or even simple celebration of birthdays of their employees, where employees can interact and get to know each other personally. Having theme days such as "Red Clothes Day" where everyone comes dressed in red or, a "Hawaiian Day", where everybody comes dressed in casual tees and shorts, is another team activity at work, where people can have fun together and enjoy each others company. Read more on team bonding activities.


Seminars
Conducting seminars on topics such as importance of teamwork in business and giving the employees practical advice on how to handle different situations at the workplace when working in teams, will help immensely in better communication among the employees. During these seminars, training should be provided to the employees, both managers and subordinates, on how to work together, listen to each others opinion patiently, understand each others expectations, etc. so that they can work together efficiently and productively in teams.


Team activities at work should be conducted on a regular basis as working together in teams has a lot of advantages. Teamwork leads to proper division of work and specialization of work too, where work is assigned to a person in accordance to his skills and experience. This leads to increased output as well as job satisfaction, both of which contribute immensely to targets being met and high quality output, resulting in goodwill generation for the business.

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LinkedIn

By Tamara Dowling, CPRW


What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is a rapidly growing online system where you post a profile and establish an online network. Have your ever played the six degrees of separation game? The game often proves that two people are separated by a maximum of six connections. If it is true for Kevin Bacon, is it true for you? That's why online social networks are booming. People are proving it is true daily, and building a valuable network and personal brand along the way. A social network, such as LinkedIn, is not a silver bullet or a quick fix. Relationships require trust and time. So, have realistic expectations as you dive into LinkedIn.

As of 3/2008 and according to LinkedIn sources, "more than 20 million professionals are on LinkedIn, including executives from all five hundred of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as a wide range of household names in technology, financial services, media, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, and numerous other industries."


Why LinkedIn?

  • Companies use LinkedIn to recruit passive candidates for employment.
  • Recruiters use LinkedIn to uncover candidates with particular skills and work experience.
  • Your peers and associates are on LinkedIn and sharing vital news that could impact your career.

If you are not on LinkedIn, you are missing opportunities! It is about increasing your visibility, expanding your network, and enhancing the quality of your network.


Getting Started

Visit LinkedIn.com. Explore the site to learn all it has to offer. There are so many resources and tools to enhance your experience. After you join, create a detailed profile, including many things you would find on a résumé: employment highlights, education, industry, associations, and websites. Spend time on your profile, as much as you would on your résumé. It is important to be comprehensive so you attract interest. You must also be truthful so you can build credibility.


Grow your Network

Cultivate a network of trusted associates. As you increase your connections, you will increase your chances of meeting a valuable contact. You have many options and based on your situation, you may determine how selective you want to be with your network. In networking, you must give to receive, so share your advice and resources. Submit recommendations and obtain recommendations. Don't forget to ask for endorsements from former managers.

Please don't wait to contact people when you require help. That can be a "turn off." Build a relationships before you ask for help. You will find people will be more likely to support someone with whom they have an established relationship.

Get creative with your network building. Identify target industries, associations, and companies. Determine if your contacts have a connection. If so, contact them asking for referrals. Soon you'll have a robust network.


Know the Etiquette

Be kind and use general netiquette regarding LinkedIn. The simple rules of givers gain, think long-term not quick score, be trustworthy, and respect the system. It is like traditional networking, only immensely more effective. As you promote, support, and connect with others, you too will gain.


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LinkedIn

By Tamara Dowling, CPRW


What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is a rapidly growing online system where you post a profile and establish an online network. Have your ever played the six degrees of separation game? The game often proves that two people are separated by a maximum of six connections. If it is true for Kevin Bacon, is it true for you? That's why online social networks are booming. People are proving it is true daily, and building a valuable network and personal brand along the way. A social network, such as LinkedIn, is not a silver bullet or a quick fix. Relationships require trust and time. So, have realistic expectations as you dive into LinkedIn.

As of 3/2008 and according to LinkedIn sources, "more than 20 million professionals are on LinkedIn, including executives from all five hundred of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as a wide range of household names in technology, financial services, media, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, and numerous other industries."


Why LinkedIn?

  • Companies use LinkedIn to recruit passive candidates for employment.
  • Recruiters use LinkedIn to uncover candidates with particular skills and work experience.
  • Your peers and associates are on LinkedIn and sharing vital news that could impact your career.

If you are not on LinkedIn, you are missing opportunities! It is about increasing your visibility, expanding your network, and enhancing the quality of your network.


Getting Started

Visit LinkedIn.com. Explore the site to learn all it has to offer. There are so many resources and tools to enhance your experience. After you join, create a detailed profile, including many things you would find on a résumé: employment highlights, education, industry, associations, and websites. Spend time on your profile, as much as you would on your résumé. It is important to be comprehensive so you attract interest. You must also be truthful so you can build credibility.


Grow your Network

Cultivate a network of trusted associates. As you increase your connections, you will increase your chances of meeting a valuable contact. You have many options and based on your situation, you may determine how selective you want to be with your network. In networking, you must give to receive, so share your advice and resources. Submit recommendations and obtain recommendations. Don't forget to ask for endorsements from former managers.

Please don't wait to contact people when you require help. That can be a "turn off." Build a relationships before you ask for help. You will find people will be more likely to support someone with whom they have an established relationship.

Get creative with your network building. Identify target industries, associations, and companies. Determine if your contacts have a connection. If so, contact them asking for referrals. Soon you'll have a robust network.


Know the Etiquette

Be kind and use general netiquette regarding LinkedIn. The simple rules of givers gain, think long-term not quick score, be trustworthy, and respect the system. It is like traditional networking, only immensely more effective. As you promote, support, and connect with others, you too will gain.


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Are You a Professional?

Source : Tipsforsuccess. org


How you look, talk, write, act and work determines whether you are a professional or an amateur. Society does not emphasize the importance of professionalism, so people tend to believe that amateur work is normal. Many businesses accept less-than-good results.

Schools graduate students who cannot read. You can miss 15% of the driving-test answers and still get a driver license. "Just getting by" is an attitude many people accept. But it is the attitude of amateurs.

"Don't ever do anything as though you were an amateur.

"Anything you do, do it as a Professional to Professional standards.

"If you have the idea about anything you do that you just dabble in it, you will wind up with a dabble life. There'll be no satisfaction in it because there will be no real production you can be proud of.

"Develop the frame of mind that whatever you do, you are doing it as a professional and move up to professional standards in it.

"Never let it be said of you that you lived an amateur life.

"Professionals see situations and they handle what they see. They are not amateur dabblers.

"So learn this as a first lesson about life. The only successful beings in any field, including living itself, are those who have a professional viewpoint and make themselves and ARE professionals" — L. Ron Hubbard

A professional learns every aspect of the job. An amateur skips the learning process whenever possible.

A professional carefully discovers what is needed and wanted. An amateur assumes what others need and want.

A professional looks, speaks and dresses like a professional. An amateur is sloppy in appearance and speech.

A professional keeps his or her work area clean and orderly. An amateur has a messy, confused or dirty work area.

A professional is focused and clear-headed. An amateur is confused and distracted.

A professional does not let mistakes slide by. An amateur ignores or hides mistakes.

A professional jumps into difficult assignments. An amateur tries to get out of difficult work.

A professional completes projects as soon as possible. An amateur is surrounded by unfinished work piled on top of unfinished work.

A professional remains level-headed and optimistic. An amateur gets upset and assumes the worst.

A professional handles money and accounts very carefully. An amateur is sloppy with money or accounts.

A professional faces up to other people’s upsets and problems. An amateur avoids others’ problems.

A professional uses higher emotional tones: Enthusiasm, cheerfulness, interest, contentment. An amateur uses lower emotional tones: anger, hostility, resentment, fear, victim.

A professional persists until the objective is achieved. An amateur gives up at the first opportunity.

A professional produces more than expected. An amateur produces just enough to get by.

A professional produces a high-quality product or service. An amateur produces a medium-to-low quality product or service.

A professional earns high pay. An amateur earns low pay and feels it’s unfair.

A professional has a promising future. An amateur has an uncertain future.

The first step to making yourself a professional is to decide you ARE a professional.

Are you a professional?


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Are You a Professional?

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How you look, talk, write, act and work determines whether you are a professional or an amateur. Society does not emphasize the importance of professionalism, so people tend to believe that amateur work is normal. Many businesses accept less-than-good results.

Schools graduate students who cannot read. You can miss 15% of the driving-test answers and still get a driver license. "Just getting by" is an attitude many people accept. But it is the attitude of amateurs.

"Don't ever do anything as though you were an amateur.

"Anything you do, do it as a Professional to Professional standards.

"If you have the idea about anything you do that you just dabble in it, you will wind up with a dabble life. There'll be no satisfaction in it because there will be no real production you can be proud of.

"Develop the frame of mind that whatever you do, you are doing it as a professional and move up to professional standards in it.

"Never let it be said of you that you lived an amateur life.

"Professionals see situations and they handle what they see. They are not amateur dabblers.

"So learn this as a first lesson about life. The only successful beings in any field, including living itself, are those who have a professional viewpoint and make themselves and ARE professionals" — L. Ron Hubbard

A professional learns every aspect of the job. An amateur skips the learning process whenever possible.

A professional carefully discovers what is needed and wanted. An amateur assumes what others need and want.

A professional looks, speaks and dresses like a professional. An amateur is sloppy in appearance and speech.

A professional keeps his or her work area clean and orderly. An amateur has a messy, confused or dirty work area.

A professional is focused and clear-headed. An amateur is confused and distracted.

A professional does not let mistakes slide by. An amateur ignores or hides mistakes.

A professional jumps into difficult assignments. An amateur tries to get out of difficult work.

A professional completes projects as soon as possible. An amateur is surrounded by unfinished work piled on top of unfinished work.

A professional remains level-headed and optimistic. An amateur gets upset and assumes the worst.

A professional handles money and accounts very carefully. An amateur is sloppy with money or accounts.

A professional faces up to other people’s upsets and problems. An amateur avoids others’ problems.

A professional uses higher emotional tones: Enthusiasm, cheerfulness, interest, contentment. An amateur uses lower emotional tones: anger, hostility, resentment, fear, victim.

A professional persists until the objective is achieved. An amateur gives up at the first opportunity.

A professional produces more than expected. An amateur produces just enough to get by.

A professional produces a high-quality product or service. An amateur produces a medium-to-low quality product or service.

A professional earns high pay. An amateur earns low pay and feels it’s unfair.

A professional has a promising future. An amateur has an uncertain future.

The first step to making yourself a professional is to decide you ARE a professional.

Are you a professional?


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Looking for a Job - Conduct a Self Assessment and Appraisal

When it comes time to look for a job or gainful employment – whether it be an entry level position or a major upgrade up the corporate or career ladder one major step that is often overlooked is a clear self evaluation and assessment of a person’s own skills and abilities. After all who knows your inner strengths and personal weaknesses better than yourself and none other?

Self evaluation is often a most difficult process. That is why is so often gets overlooked. If it is hard to take criticism from others – whether it be at a baseball or football game , a spouse or a boss in what is so supposed to be a most positive and learning experience – the oft feared "yearly or even quarterly "evaluation" it is never pretty nor a fun task to enjoy or endure. It is the same and similar as to why people usually miss this step in the job seeking process – that is the self evaluation.

Yet a self evaluation can make the difference between you getting or not obtaining that offer of employment – be it that promotion you never seem to get or that entry level job which gets you up the ladder from that ordinary "Big box" store somewhat menial and certainly lower paying job.

The product that you are selling in job interviews is "you". Most likely you spent a fair amount of time and expense preparing that resume and cover letter. Yet the general and overall purpose of a resume is not to get a job – few people ever got a job offer simply by submitting a resume. If they did gain employment its most likely because either the firm or the field was desperate for employees or it was not a good place – indeed a terrible place to work. The purpose of the resume and cover letter is to get the product into the door – into an actual face to face interview situation.

Most people in an interview situation generally only think of the skills and attributes that they have used in the last while or in their current or last job. They short change themselves and even the potential employer. Most people have skills and attributes that may never have thought of to portray or mention. It is a situation analogous to the iceberg that hit the Titanic – only a small percentage of any people being interviewed actual and inherent skills and talents come to the surface and are visible to the naked eye – the interviewer and indeed the interview subject.

A full self appraisal may well identify these traits, talents and attributes to you, before that actual interview – perhaps even before the resume is made and updated as well. By being forewarned and informed you are in a much better situation to identify yourself as self as the talented soul best suited for the job at hand and as well market yourself well and hopefully better.

As well if you do have faults or shortcomings that either have not been identified by yourself , or need explanation a self evaluation is the best place to start either becoming comfortable to an answer to that situation or questions or take steps to rectify any situations or provide yourself with extra training or education.

It’s about getting that job, seeking employment, getting ahead in life - all by presenting yourself in the best possible light and manner.

If you do not take the time and effort to present yourself in the best way and means in order to either get better employment and remuneration who else will ? It’s all up to you.

A genuine and real self assessment and appraisal is one of the best things you can do. It is more than worth the time and effort spent in the ordeal. Believe it.

By Syd Nohcud


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Looking for a Job - Conduct a Self Assessment and Appraisal

When it comes time to look for a job or gainful employment – whether it be an entry level position or a major upgrade up the corporate or career ladder one major step that is often overlooked is a clear self evaluation and assessment of a person’s own skills and abilities. After all who knows your inner strengths and personal weaknesses better than yourself and none other?

Self evaluation is often a most difficult process. That is why is so often gets overlooked. If it is hard to take criticism from others – whether it be at a baseball or football game , a spouse or a boss in what is so supposed to be a most positive and learning experience – the oft feared "yearly or even quarterly "evaluation" it is never pretty nor a fun task to enjoy or endure. It is the same and similar as to why people usually miss this step in the job seeking process – that is the self evaluation.

Yet a self evaluation can make the difference between you getting or not obtaining that offer of employment – be it that promotion you never seem to get or that entry level job which gets you up the ladder from that ordinary "Big box" store somewhat menial and certainly lower paying job.

The product that you are selling in job interviews is "you". Most likely you spent a fair amount of time and expense preparing that resume and cover letter. Yet the general and overall purpose of a resume is not to get a job – few people ever got a job offer simply by submitting a resume. If they did gain employment its most likely because either the firm or the field was desperate for employees or it was not a good place – indeed a terrible place to work. The purpose of the resume and cover letter is to get the product into the door – into an actual face to face interview situation.

Most people in an interview situation generally only think of the skills and attributes that they have used in the last while or in their current or last job. They short change themselves and even the potential employer. Most people have skills and attributes that may never have thought of to portray or mention. It is a situation analogous to the iceberg that hit the Titanic – only a small percentage of any people being interviewed actual and inherent skills and talents come to the surface and are visible to the naked eye – the interviewer and indeed the interview subject.

A full self appraisal may well identify these traits, talents and attributes to you, before that actual interview – perhaps even before the resume is made and updated as well. By being forewarned and informed you are in a much better situation to identify yourself as self as the talented soul best suited for the job at hand and as well market yourself well and hopefully better.

As well if you do have faults or shortcomings that either have not been identified by yourself , or need explanation a self evaluation is the best place to start either becoming comfortable to an answer to that situation or questions or take steps to rectify any situations or provide yourself with extra training or education.

It’s about getting that job, seeking employment, getting ahead in life - all by presenting yourself in the best possible light and manner.

If you do not take the time and effort to present yourself in the best way and means in order to either get better employment and remuneration who else will ? It’s all up to you.

A genuine and real self assessment and appraisal is one of the best things you can do. It is more than worth the time and effort spent in the ordeal. Believe it.

By Syd Nohcud


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How To Find A Legitimate Online Work At Home Business

By Steven Fu

There's an out cry in the internet world of online business scams blossoming each day. Choosing a legitimate online work at home business requires a little more detective work than before. Many online business owners and even more online business newbies have fallen victims to these despicable frauds. Here I would like to share with you a few tips on how to identify legitimate businesses online.

Normally when they seem too good to be true, it means they are too good to be true and the more reasons why you should be cautious about them. One of the most obvious scams that I see online are businesses that claim to make you thousands in the first week or the first month, but surprisingly enough these are the offers that attract the most responses.

Here are a few precautions you can take to avoid being scammed. On the online business opportunity website or your choice, go to their 'About Us' page, then look for their business address and check if they are valid. Call them if their contact number is listed. You are also checking if their contact number is real at the same time. Find out who their investors are. Where their references and testimonials come from. Ask questions like do they really exist? Are they reliable sources you can trust?

Respectable legitimate work at home businesses online normally offer free training. Most include training manuals and online video tutorials to go with. Marketing tools such as banners, squeeze pages and high converting sales letters or a combination of the above, should be readily available to their members. There must also be a good support system or a support team standing by to answer queries and questions that members have. You should be cautious if they ask for a deposit from you to start your online business though.

Legitimate home businesses online don't normally ask for advance payments or the sort. If they do, it would for upgrading your membership status to receive better benefits. For example to receive a higher commission, gain access to informations normal members don't and so on. Here's a rule of thumb that I would like to share with you.

That is if you find particular online businesses that are being promoted by most of the popular sites or internet marketers, those are most probably safe businesses to look into. They would have most probably done all the homework to ensure they are worth their effort promoting. If you want to be even more certain, post questions in online forums. Bad apples are revealed in forums most prominently.

The next thing you need to do after choosing a legitimate online work at home business to promote is to take note of its performance for a few months. In that I mean how is the commission payment like. Is it prompt and make sure the commission percentage payout is as promised. How is the support system like. Are they helpful and attentive. Most importantly, how do you feel about promoting it. If you feel comfortable working with the online business you have chosen and the conversion is good, then build a long term business relationship with it.

Steven Fu, the author is dedicated to researching and recommending the best ways to start a legitimate online work at home business with proven residual income opportunities. Discover how you can easily start a legitimate home business online by downloading our FREE Passive Income Toolkit.


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How To Find A Legitimate Online Work At Home Business

By Steven Fu

There's an out cry in the internet world of online business scams blossoming each day. Choosing a legitimate online work at home business requires a little more detective work than before. Many online business owners and even more online business newbies have fallen victims to these despicable frauds. Here I would like to share with you a few tips on how to identify legitimate businesses online.

Normally when they seem too good to be true, it means they are too good to be true and the more reasons why you should be cautious about them. One of the most obvious scams that I see online are businesses that claim to make you thousands in the first week or the first month, but surprisingly enough these are the offers that attract the most responses.

Here are a few precautions you can take to avoid being scammed. On the online business opportunity website or your choice, go to their 'About Us' page, then look for their business address and check if they are valid. Call them if their contact number is listed. You are also checking if their contact number is real at the same time. Find out who their investors are. Where their references and testimonials come from. Ask questions like do they really exist? Are they reliable sources you can trust?

Respectable legitimate work at home businesses online normally offer free training. Most include training manuals and online video tutorials to go with. Marketing tools such as banners, squeeze pages and high converting sales letters or a combination of the above, should be readily available to their members. There must also be a good support system or a support team standing by to answer queries and questions that members have. You should be cautious if they ask for a deposit from you to start your online business though.

Legitimate home businesses online don't normally ask for advance payments or the sort. If they do, it would for upgrading your membership status to receive better benefits. For example to receive a higher commission, gain access to informations normal members don't and so on. Here's a rule of thumb that I would like to share with you.

That is if you find particular online businesses that are being promoted by most of the popular sites or internet marketers, those are most probably safe businesses to look into. They would have most probably done all the homework to ensure they are worth their effort promoting. If you want to be even more certain, post questions in online forums. Bad apples are revealed in forums most prominently.

The next thing you need to do after choosing a legitimate online work at home business to promote is to take note of its performance for a few months. In that I mean how is the commission payment like. Is it prompt and make sure the commission percentage payout is as promised. How is the support system like. Are they helpful and attentive. Most importantly, how do you feel about promoting it. If you feel comfortable working with the online business you have chosen and the conversion is good, then build a long term business relationship with it.

Steven Fu, the author is dedicated to researching and recommending the best ways to start a legitimate online work at home business with proven residual income opportunities. Discover how you can easily start a legitimate home business online by downloading our FREE Passive Income Toolkit.


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Employee Motivation

Source : Motivation123


The #1 Motivation Mistake
Managers around the world are committing a fatal error that is depriving their people and companies of improvement, progress, and success. While very few know of the dilemma, its solution is the most important and powerful principle that any coach or manager will ever learn.

Imagine stepping into an enormous kitchen overflowing with uncooked meals and desserts. All of the necessary ingredients for a countless assortment of dinners are there - you simply have to prepare them.

Now imagine preparing and cooking them in identically the same way. It doesn't matter what meal you are dealing with - you follow one set of instructions without fail.

Perhaps your favorite meal is a thick and juicy hamburger. If you're actually preparing and cooking a hamburger, you're right on track. But what if you're dealing with ice cream sandwiches. How well do you think throwing some ice cream onto a grill would work? Trying to flip it so both side get evenly cooked?


The Greatest Management Mistake
Preparing and cooking ice cream in the same manner as a hamburger would obviously result in failure. You can't treat all ingredients and meals as the same thing - they are all different, requiring different methods and techniques to achieve their particular result.

The greatest management mistake should be painfully clear: many managers treat all employees as the same assortment of ingredients trying to motivate them toward greater success using one cookie-cutter approach.

Just as failure results from throwing ice cream on a grill, so too will a manager fail in inspiring his people if he attempts to do so using a single method.

The people on your team are as different as baked beans and apple pie. They each work from a unique set of motivators, responding to some with excited action and others with boredom or even anger.

It's up to you to discover what drives each one of your team members. What elements excite them? What elements turn them off? It may take a little time and concerted effort on your part, but uncovering the powerful motivators that drive your people will be the best thing you can do for you and your team.

Remember, you may respond to financial rewards or incentives, but that doesn't mean everyone on your team will share your sentiments. Listen to your people. Recognize and utilize their motivators. You are dealing with a wide assortment of ingredients, and following this principle will allow you to prepare each one with amazing success.

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Employee Motivation

Source : Motivation123


The #1 Motivation Mistake
Managers around the world are committing a fatal error that is depriving their people and companies of improvement, progress, and success. While very few know of the dilemma, its solution is the most important and powerful principle that any coach or manager will ever learn.

Imagine stepping into an enormous kitchen overflowing with uncooked meals and desserts. All of the necessary ingredients for a countless assortment of dinners are there - you simply have to prepare them.

Now imagine preparing and cooking them in identically the same way. It doesn't matter what meal you are dealing with - you follow one set of instructions without fail.

Perhaps your favorite meal is a thick and juicy hamburger. If you're actually preparing and cooking a hamburger, you're right on track. But what if you're dealing with ice cream sandwiches. How well do you think throwing some ice cream onto a grill would work? Trying to flip it so both side get evenly cooked?


The Greatest Management Mistake
Preparing and cooking ice cream in the same manner as a hamburger would obviously result in failure. You can't treat all ingredients and meals as the same thing - they are all different, requiring different methods and techniques to achieve their particular result.

The greatest management mistake should be painfully clear: many managers treat all employees as the same assortment of ingredients trying to motivate them toward greater success using one cookie-cutter approach.

Just as failure results from throwing ice cream on a grill, so too will a manager fail in inspiring his people if he attempts to do so using a single method.

The people on your team are as different as baked beans and apple pie. They each work from a unique set of motivators, responding to some with excited action and others with boredom or even anger.

It's up to you to discover what drives each one of your team members. What elements excite them? What elements turn them off? It may take a little time and concerted effort on your part, but uncovering the powerful motivators that drive your people will be the best thing you can do for you and your team.

Remember, you may respond to financial rewards or incentives, but that doesn't mean everyone on your team will share your sentiments. Listen to your people. Recognize and utilize their motivators. You are dealing with a wide assortment of ingredients, and following this principle will allow you to prepare each one with amazing success.

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