HR Executive Forum – Silicon Valley –January 2011
Call for Presenters:
Leadership Development
Succession Planning
Organizational Development
and Design Specialist
Engineering Management Recruitment Consultant
Executive Sales Recruiting Practitioner
Human Resources Management-Operational Excellence
HR Technology Consultant
It is January 26th, Have you Set your 2010 Goals and Action Plans yet?
Here is a quick overview of the process that Keen Coaching utilizes with our Emerging and Executive Leaders.
1. List 2009 Successes - Celebrate, pat yourself on the back, kiss the mirror, get a hug, give a hug
2. List 2009 Resentments, In-completions and Disappointments - then say what you need to say, burn them, laugh at them, but get over it.
3. List your 100 Life Goals
4. Look 5 years old and imagine your life as the masterpiece you want. What are you doing? Where are you living? What is your bank balance? How does it feel? Create Affirmations for each area of life that is important to you, be very descriptive of how life looks, feels and is in the future that you create.
5. Create a 1-2 page 2010 Plan - Business & Personal Goals in the areas of life that are important to you. For me it is Fitness,Family, Fun, Financial, Love Life, Work - not in that order. Chose what your overarching area of concentration for 2010 is going to be. Chose the Values that you will use to monitor your behavior. Set dates to each goal. Make them measurable. Add some ZIP and ZAP to the goals. Loose 10 lbs gets old and boring, like washing the toilets. Looking fabulous and sexy in the speedo is a bit more enticing.
6. Create a monthly habits chart - things you will do that bring out the best in your. Drink lots of water, do Yoga, meditate, Say thank you, etc. Download MonthlyHabitschart
7. Create a monthly score sheet for your goals so you can track your progress.
8. Create a Weekly Activity Tracking Sheet Download WeeklyGoalTracking2010
9.Use a daily 6 Most Inspired Actions worksheet to keep yourself attached to the weekly, monthly and annual goal.
10. Create a HOT, Fun, Inspiring Vision Board -See Above..... :)
11. Engage buddy you can count on to schedule weekly accountability calls with you, have a consequence for blowing the call.
2010 - Your Time To Ascend !
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:”
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone..
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you
and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours
back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
One of the most critical Success Principles is using your time wisely. While squandered money can sometimes be replaced, wasted time is gone forever.
The pace at which the world is moving seems to be increasing exponentially: we now have the tools to monitor a universe of information continuously – companies buying and selling; changes of ownership; economic ups and downs; the war on terrorism; the war for talent; the war on drugs; natural disasters; racial tension; campus massacres, and at home my kids growing by inches every time I turn around – things are different now and downtime is diminishing. With the current state of the world, the new issue is getting more done with less.
So, how do you muster enough power to accomplish everything you need to get done in a frenetic world where information overload is the norm, and stay committed to being the best you can be at work and home?
My personal breakthrough in time management has to do with gaining mastery on three levels: leveraging my power, choosing my opportunities wisely, and becoming a power user in Outlook. Each level took me time to grasp, master, and implement.
The breakthrough into power, freedom, and peace of mind I experienced came from a course I attended years ago when I was a Landmark Seminar Leader called Mission Control. That course certainly continues to have an impact on me; it showed me that I was spending a considerable amount of time doing things that either did not “light me up,” that I was not particularly adept at, or that were simply distractions on the path to achieving my goals.
That course made me realize that there were a many things I need to delegate, outsource, or simply stop doing. Over time I built a system in which anything that I am not any good at, or does not add value to me personally, or does not bring forth new opportunities for KeenHire, is delegated. Using the power of talented people and resources has enabled me to essentially clone myself 25 times – through the use of full-time, part-time, “virtual” employees, or off-site consultancy capacities.
Now I have much more time to take care of the important things, like watch my sons’ basketball games, run, bike, make dinners, see friends and loved ones and to be a part of life – and all because I do not try to do everything myself.
This is a continual learning process because discovery takes place each time as I ask, “Is this the best use of my time and, if not, who can I find to take care of this and how can I structure it so it works for everyone?”
The second level that requires me to gain mastery of was attracting and choosing my customers and business opportunities wisely.
Who are the people you find pleasurable to work with? Who are the people who respect and appreciate my 25 years in the recruiting and selection industry as a top performer ranked for quality and integrity?
Who will pay me to save their time? Who has a compelling mission that people can wrap their hands around and to which they want to contribute?
Who offers a well-managed work environment that fosters excellence in employee performance as well as in development?
The more specific I am on what type of customers and opportunities I want to represent, the easier it is to spend my time on things that have a pay off or make a difference, and which use my best skills and talents.
When I compromise any of the above for the sake of ‘getting a deal,’ I always wind up spinning my wheels, becoming frustrated and exhausted.
The technique of choosing your clients wisely can also be applied to attracting and choosing your perfect mate and/or employee and is based on a process called the “law of attraction,” a process detailed in the book, Attracting Perfect Customers (Stacey Hall: Jan Brogniez).
The last level that requires me to become powerful with was using a tool like Microsoft Outlook to foster mastery in productivity and eliminate time bandits. I learned about every function that Outlook offers and how to use those elements of the software to impact the way in which I spend my time as well as to create efficiencies in my work day.
The message is clear: time – there is a limit on it; we only have so much of it; and, as the song says, ‘You only got 100 years to live.’ (if your lucky)
Best in Success
Margo
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What does President Obamas' equal pay bill mean
in real
world human resources for high tech companies?
With a rocky
economy, emerging global competitors on the rise, four generations in the workforce, and
Sr. level leaders on the verge of retirement, how will companies position
themselves to attract, retain and develop high powered female talent.
The Society of Human Resource Management reports that 6 of the top 10 Workplace Trends are directly related to talent acquisition, selection & retention. The number 1 trend to most likely have a major impact on the workplace is workforce retention, and the most critical HR function effecting business strategy is Staffing/Employment and Recruiting.
What are effective and cost efficient ways to improve talent attraction and selection and impact employee development and retention for the high demand women leaders of the future?
Margaret Graziano, of KeenConsulting and KeenHire and previous Women Business Owner of the Year and International Consultant in the Human Capital space is presenting on how ‘Employer of Choice’ organizations are proactively dealing with these pressing issues as well as facilitating an open dialogue forum where frank, engaging conversations and best practices are shared.
What Michael Gerber left out..............
We all have heard of the E-Myth, this program exposes the myth & reality in surviving and thriving in turbulent times.
The world of business we know is changing and what worked yesterday frankly wont work tomorrow without streamlining and developing solid client centric systems and accountabilities that drive profitability.
Efficiency, Service, Integrity and Innovation are aspects that forward a young entrepreneur’s vision, income level and reputation. The strong drive for success leads astute CEO’s down pathways of replication. What companies who live by these values all too often painfully uncover is that the right systems housing the wrong people always fail and that wrong systems housing the right people also fail.
It’s a vicious circle
many companies continuously struggle
with until they come to understand the power of internal planning and corporate
organization.
When interviewed Bill Gates stated that in building Microsoft it was NOT about the products they created. It was always about the talent & brainpower of the people who built Microsoft’s’ global dominating products.
In this 90 minute Webinar you will learn keen methods to evaluate and assess the power of your talent, your processes and the impact they have on your customer retention.
What Keen hire delivers is a transformational process for companies that need to do more with less. This allows organizations to optimize profitability and efficiency during rising markets and also not only survive but also thrive in bad markets.
