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Importance Of Skills Emphasis On Job Interviews
Skill emphasis during the interview is important to show the employer what makes you different from all the other job candidates. In this competitive world, companies search for the most qualified employees by weighing skills of the candidates and...
Job Interviews -- What Your Pre-Interview Research Should Cover
When you go in for a job interview, you're not just a candidate seeking a job. You're a potential problem solver and contributor. To play that role effectively, you must be armed with the right kind of information. That's what pre-interview research...
Practice Speaking
For many people, interviewing is not a natural act any more than going on a blind date is. You are asked a bunch of questions about your work. You answer them. They ask a bunch more; you answer them. You’re graded on your performance (you receive a...
Role of Frame of Mind, Attitude and Motivation
Role of Frame of Mind, Attitude and Motivation
It is important to have right frame of mind, attitude and to
stay motivated till the time you achieve success in whatever
field you want. It applies to your studies too.
Having Right Frame...
The Categories of Multiple Intelligences
According to Dr. Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences
determine how we process information, meaning, how we learn.
There are nine categories of Multiple Intelligences, as follow:
(1) Verbal/Linguistic, being the ability to understand...
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So You Were Wrong
I once worked for a boss who was never wrong, never made a
mistake or a bad decision. All you had to do was ask him. To his
staff he was Teflon-man. Nothing stuck to him and everything
came sliding toward us.
Accountability was not a concept he practiced unless things
turned out well and then, he claimed the credit. But if they
didn't, he immediately embarked on endeavors to identify someone
responsible. Being called to his office typically meant he was
looking for information and trying to decide whom to blame.
Justify. Justify. Justify. Like a battle cry, he commissioned
reports, graphs, charts and enhanced documentation whenever his
boss questioned him. He found it easier to dig his heels into a
position than admit he might have been wrong or change his mind.
Working for someone I couldn't respect eventually led me to
transfer departments.
But it still baffles me. People do make mistakes, they do trip
up sometimes and they do, on occasion, speak or act in error.
And while there's nothing that says we should be happy about it
when we do it ourselves, trying to act like it didn't happen,
covering up our mistakes, or trying to justify inaccurate
positions leads nowhere.
You see, unlike that early boss of mine, people who are winning
at working speak up and admit when they've made a mistake. They
take
accountability for fixing resulting problems. And even if
they have to gather their courage and swallow hard, they
acknowledge when they're wrong.
I learned in twenty years in management that playing it safe,
isn't. One of the biggest mistakes you can make if you want to
be winning at working is pointing fingers, blaming others or
offering excuses. Own your decisions, choices and actions. Admit
when you're wrong. Fix your mistakes. Then learn from them and
move on. These are the signs of confident, accountable,
initiative-filled people. And these are the people you want on
your team.
There's a story I love about the famed British economist, John
Maynard Keynes, who was confronted by a young man after one of
his lectures. The man insisted Keynes give him an explanation of
why he contradicted himself with something written years before.
"Well," Keynes replied. "When I'm wrong, I change my mind."
Seems to me, that's pretty good advice for work and for life.
(c) 2005 Nan S. Russell. All rights reserved.
About the author:
Sign up to receive Nan's free eColumn, Winning at Working, at
http://www.winningatworking.com. Nan Russell has spent over
twenty years in management, most recently with QVC as a Vice
President. Currently working on her first book, Nan is a writer,
columnist, small business owner, and instructor.
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