#52Books Getting to Yes with Yourself: How to Get What You Truly Want Format: Kindle This is the book where William Ury, master negotiator, admits that it all starts from within you. So much material on negotiation starts with how to manipulate others into doing your bidding. Ury, in Getting to Yes with Yourself, flips […]
How to Create a Reskilling Environment
Reskilling is NOT about providing a library of online tutorials. Reskilling is NOT about providing courses. Or training. Or any of those other singular events. Reskilling is about developing new skills and knowledge to allow you to bring more value to the world. Yes, training is a part of what is necessary for reskilling. As […]
How I Approach Skill-Building in Things I Suck At
I mentioned in my last post that I am skill-building in Marketing and Sales. Because I am doing this skill-building in activities I’m not naturally talented at, I have to do more than just watch a couple online tutorials, listen to Zig Ziglar tapes and presto! Sales and Marketing Genius! Furthermore, there is a LOT […]
How to Choose What to Reskill Next
How to thrive in an unknowable future? Choose the plan with the most options. The best plan is the one that lets you change your plans. – Derek Sivers That quote above guides which skill I build next. What is going to provide me with the most options long term? It’s how I approached choosing […]
How to Reskill as an Individual
For individuals, particularly those under risk of displacement, simply to remain employed will require engaging in lifelong learning and regular reskilling. Additionally, for all workers, continuous learning will not only be key to securing employment but also to building stable, fulfilling careers and seizing rewarding job transition opportunities. – World Economic Forum, Towards a Reskilling […]
Reskilling
The World Economic Forum recently started publishing a series of resources around the changes in the workplace and how to reskill the workforce. Organizations are complaining that they “cannot find the right skills.” Individuals, many of whom have been working to master certain knowledge and skills for years, find themselves with outdated knowledge and skills […]
The Window of Tolerance
The concept of Window of Tolerance is a useful one to help us understand why we feel so stressed in today’s working environments. The original theory comes from Childhood Development. I’ve observed the same behaviors in adults as well. Also, many of the same solutions. Are the environments you are creating around yourself safe or […]
#52books Coaching for Performance
#52Books – Coaching for Performance Fifth Edition: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership UPDATED 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Softcover ————————— My primary skill-building goal for the year – get better at coaching. Any problems I’ve had on projects have, at their core, been people issues. It is to be expected. […]
#52books The Phoenix Project
View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2EW7Rsk ——— #52books – The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Format: Kindle It’s a luxury to sit and consume a book in one sitting. Having the time to do that is half of it. Finding a book you can’t put down is the other. Gene […]
The Importance of Having Many Aligned Visions
The most impactful teams I’ve been on have been teams filled with people who share the same vision. The vision of what the team needs to accomplish aligned with each of their personal visions. That alignment wasn’t something they were “persuaded into.” Each individual member was clear on what he or she wanted. The individual then […]
