7 Habits of Highly Effective Employees 31inShareinShare31 We’re fortunate to have built a great team at crowdSPRING. What makes one employee highly effective and another average? For some of our job postings, crowdSPRING receives hundreds of resumes. How do we find the the most effective people to join our team? Contrary to the way most companies hire – we never hire the best candidate from a pool of candidates. When interviewing, I look for the following seven habits – every highly effective employee with whom I’ve worked (at crowdSPRING and elsewhere possessed most of these habits): 1. It’s not a secret that talented people are effective when they’re in good mood or excited about a project. For example, our customer service team manages a community of 200,000 people. If even one of our customer service agents is bored when dealing with mundane customer requests, we lose the opportunity to create a happy customer - an opportunity we value a great deal. 2. We all make mistakes. Think about your own employees. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Social Media Strategist Leaders: Get Back To Putting First Things First Jan 29, 2012 With the evolution of technology we have become grossly more productive. We can read our email while pouring coffee, we can respond on the walk to lunch. Our mobile devices allow us to stay connected to every single thing that is happening every minute of the day. Isn’t it great? It sure is, but would I be stepping out of line if I suggested that all of this productivity is making us wildly unproductive at times. Over the past few years as more and more information has been made available and as the on demand world has led to on demand people we have become increasingly unable to spend adequate time focused on the right things. However, we have become so unbelievably busy that we feel like we are working non stop around the clock. While ultimately an issue of time management, if we want to see greater levels of success in our businesses we have to go back to one of the simple business rules of business (Via Covey and others)… “Put First Things First”
10 Creative Ways to Make Money Just about everyone I know has experimented with a variety of creative ways to make money. Here is a list of 10 creative ways you can make money starting today! 1. Busking – Street Performance Do you play an instrument exceptionally well? 2. You’ve probably never seen those two words together. 3. A list of creative ways to make money would be incomplete without a mention of Etsy. 4. Why not combine your love of decor and design with your love of all things wedding? 5. Do you love making something beautiful with glue and scissors and bits of colored paper? 6. Are you the family historian trying to catch on video every major milestone? 7. There are thousands of folks with industry knowledge from real estate to bee keeping who would love to start a blog. 8. Since the dawn of time, man has loved stories. 9. While we’re on the topic of writing, we can’t overlook one of the best creative ways to make money online. 10.
Translation of social ideas into the language of HR and Organizational Development is the big challenge! As we are having again another Google Hangout session on the HR topic this Wednesday (see this Facebook and/or this Google event) I just wanted to share with you my views on how I see the appreciation of Enterprise 2.0 within the HR sphere. Actually these notes of mine are the English answers I have given to Marco Minghetti of “Il sole 24 ore” in the preparation to the Social Business Forum 2012. But as Italian is not everybody’s first language I am happy to share this with you. Enterprise 2.0 (McAfee); Management 2.0 (Hamel); Social Organization (Bradley/McDonald): which is the best definition for the new model of 2.0 organization in the “social business era”? The key idea of the future organizational model is certainly turning around Gary Hamel’s systemic perceptions of a changing environment for the enterprises and the need to adapt fast and effectively to it. For playing the 2.0 game communities are certainly a central part. Which kind of leadership does a 2.0 organization need?
I'm not sure if I've been fired (MoneyWatch) Dear Evil HR Lady, I was fired over the phone for what my supervisor is calling "an untruthful absence" for which I used vacation days for. They are now emailing me demanding that I come into the office at my scheduled start time and report to our General Manager once there. I don't feel it necessary as I have already been told that it is in my best interest to not go back to the office and that I was fired. First go in. Additionally, very few companies allow a direct supervisor to simply fire someone over the phone, on their own, without concurrence from their manager and HR. Now, the question is, what did you do wrong? But, otherwise, there shouldn't be any punishment for what you do on your scheduled day off. Who told you that it wasn't in your best interest to go back to the office? If that's the case, be grateful and get your behind back to work. But, go in. Have a workplace dilemma?
The Map of Meaning [eBook] [PDF] This book can make a major impact on the lives of many, wherever they work and whatever their faith. It provides a highly practical, easy-to-follow yet thorough treatment of what we mean by ‘meaning’ in our lives, and how we can increase that meaning. In a world where there is ever-growing stress and where the economic and social system based on individualism is being challenged, it is a very timely publication. The authors provide a great welcome balance of theory and practice: Marjolein is Associate Professor of Management Studies at the University of Canterbury NZ and Lani is an independent practitioner in organisational behaviour. By asking people to describe the things that give meaning to their lives and work, Marjolein was able to draw up the Map, which can then be used by us all as we seek to increase the meaning and balance of our lives. The Map is not prescriptive, nor does it classify or judge. The book is effectively a “how-to” manual. The book is in two parts.
Leveraging the Benefits of Being a Rookie Employee - JD Schramm by JD Schramm | 11:57 AM July 5, 2011 Hundreds of my Stanford students graduated last month and are about to enter new jobs, along with hundreds of thousands who graduated from other universities. They will all be “rookies” yet again in their careers. Yet, I will buck conventional wisdom and suggest that there are some amazing advantages to being a rookie that new employees should milk while they can. First let me offer some of the benefits. Enjoy the “honeymoon period”. Remember you’re not expected to know it all. Start fresh. To get the most out of these advantages, rookies need to deploy specific strategies to successfully leverage their newness. 1. 2. 3. Finally, let me offer few items I’d urge rookies to avoid when communicating inside a new organization: • Limit references to the past. • Avoid considering “differences” as “wrong”. Note: JD Schramm has a forthcoming book on the topic of success strategies for rookie employees.
www.fastcompany You show up to the office on time, you’ve never missed a project deadline, and you always refill the coffee pot when you’re done. What could you possibly be doing wrong? Maybe nothing. After all, we don’t want to make you paranoid. But, just for peace of mind, check out this list to see if you’re unwittingly doing anything that could be derailing your full career potential. 1. If you’re an overly motivated worker, dealing with setbacks at the office--like losing an important account or having your (surely awesome) ideas passed over in an important meeting--can be daunting. Disappointments at work can stop you from asking crucial questions or taking on responsibilities that could potentially move you ahead in your job. Related: The Top 5 Stressors at Work What to do instead: Change your mind-set, suggests Harris. 2. In most work environments, it’s up to you to toot your own horn from time to time when it comes to a job well done. 3. 4. 5.