What's the value of a good manager? "People leave managers, not companies" is a headline that immediately grabs our attention. Or it should if we're serious about being good managers. Why is that? Well, probably because it has a ring of truth about it. Whilst there may be many things we dislike about our jobs, the relationship between managers and employees is arguably the most critical. Employees who are well managed can forgive many of an organisation's shortcomings. When people are badly managed, there can be unhappiness, reduced efficiency and high staff turnover. When we resign, we often leave poor managers, not the organisation.
To develop good leadership qualities it's therefore critical to build continuous learning into our own routine and into the fabric of our organizations. To paraphrase Peter Drucker: its difficult to distinguish the important from the time wasting and the potentially effective from the frustrating. On your own there is never enough time to do this, and if there was, finding the valuable ideas would probably still take too long anyway! This is where it helps to recognize leading thinkers, and the value they can bring.
Improving management skills is not just about improving what and how we do things. It's also about improving the things we choose to do: getting the right things done?
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Special Time with my Grandchild Ethan!
Hello to you all again! Life in general has been very busy these days! I love spending time with my grandbaby Ethan! He has been such a blessing and an uplifting joy to have around the house. He's just turned 3 years old now and he is coming up with the most profound little statements. Here is an example:
I was getting out of the shower the other day when he walked in and just looked at me with this serious little man look and stated out of the blues while holding on to one of his toys concentrating saying "I think I know what's going on here." Now how about that for a 3 year old. I was shocked that such a statement could come from a 3 year old, but be as it may I heard what I heard. I just looked at him and asked him what he said when he repeated it again. I started to laugh because he was just so serious.
One of our special little times together is his bath time. He loves for me to sit in the bathroom while he takes a bath. It's part of his special talking time with me.
Another special talk time is at night before getting ready for bed. He sits on the arm of the couch straddling it like a horse and just looks at me in the rocking chair begginning to jabber away with all the hand and eye motions. It's quite cute. We talk for a while and then it's bed time, so off we go.
Just some special little moments that I hope and pray you all don't take for granted in your family. It is those little times that make our lives worth living and waking up the next day. It's those special little times that make you really think about the type person you are or that you want to be. Children are so impressionable and they pick up on more than you will ever know. Keep your life simple, stress free, and pray to God every day to keep you going on that right path and then sit back and relax. Trust me things will all be just fine in the outcome.
There was a billboard I saw on my way to work the other day that stated, "Don't worry about anything, Pray about everything." Phil 4:6 I believe.
I think of this every time I wake up and my feet hit the floor first thing in the morning.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!!
That is my moto now and you should follow the same path.
May God bless you all and keep you all safe.
Suzanne
I was getting out of the shower the other day when he walked in and just looked at me with this serious little man look and stated out of the blues while holding on to one of his toys concentrating saying "I think I know what's going on here." Now how about that for a 3 year old. I was shocked that such a statement could come from a 3 year old, but be as it may I heard what I heard. I just looked at him and asked him what he said when he repeated it again. I started to laugh because he was just so serious.
One of our special little times together is his bath time. He loves for me to sit in the bathroom while he takes a bath. It's part of his special talking time with me.
Another special talk time is at night before getting ready for bed. He sits on the arm of the couch straddling it like a horse and just looks at me in the rocking chair begginning to jabber away with all the hand and eye motions. It's quite cute. We talk for a while and then it's bed time, so off we go.
Just some special little moments that I hope and pray you all don't take for granted in your family. It is those little times that make our lives worth living and waking up the next day. It's those special little times that make you really think about the type person you are or that you want to be. Children are so impressionable and they pick up on more than you will ever know. Keep your life simple, stress free, and pray to God every day to keep you going on that right path and then sit back and relax. Trust me things will all be just fine in the outcome.
There was a billboard I saw on my way to work the other day that stated, "Don't worry about anything, Pray about everything." Phil 4:6 I believe.
I think of this every time I wake up and my feet hit the floor first thing in the morning.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!!
That is my moto now and you should follow the same path.
May God bless you all and keep you all safe.
Suzanne
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