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Change Creates Opportunity For A Fresh Start

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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you could do better, but were in an environment that made change extremely difficult?  Or, have you been in a situation that wasn’t going in the direction you wanted?  If so, you were probably in an environment where you needed a fresh start.  Change creates an opportunity for a fresh start.

Change Creates Opportunity For A Fresh StartDragos Roua is a blog writer at DragosRoua.com.  He specializes in goal setting.  He wrote a post called 50 Ways To Start Fresh.  In it he said, “Defeat. Boredom. Lack of meaning in your life. All these symptoms, and many others, of course, are a sign that you need to start fresh. To run again. To leave the old behind and embrace the new.”

What Is A Fresh Start?

A fresh start happens when you leave behind something old and start something new.  You meet new people, have new experiences, and start something new.  A fresh start brings new challenges and opportunities.  It also stretches you in ways that you have never been stretched in the past.  The fresh start can happen as a result of monumental or incremental change.

Making Monumental Change to Create a Fresh Start

There are many major changes you can make that will give you the opportunity for a fresh start.  Some monumental changes are:

  1. Taking a new job and/or getting a promotion
  2. Moving to a new city
  3. Starting a new business
  4. Going back to school
  5. Joining/starting a club
  6. Changing your profession
  7. Getting married

Each change listed takes you away from your old environment and puts you into a new one.  Some of the changes mentioned, however, are significantly bigger than others. Some take you out of one aspect of your life while others completely flip your world upside down.  The largest changes take you away from all that you know to put you into a completely new environment.  The smaller ones are still major changes, but they only take you away from one aspect of your life. [Read more…] about Change Creates Opportunity For A Fresh Start

Change in Leadership

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In the business world change is constant. The change that has the biggest effect on the employees is the change that involves management. Whether it is someone new to leadership or someone that has been in leadership for a long time, change is always a challenge within an organization. When a new leader comes into or is moved within an organization, they bring new rules, quirks, and viewpoints. Even though each leader has their own personality and leadership style, there are a few approaches that seem to be similar amongst many leaders. There are two approaches I have experienced in my career from many different leaders that seem to have a significant impact on the morale of the employees.

Change in Leadership

Micromanage the change

The first approach is that of the micromanager. The micromanagers have the tendency to jump into a new system and make it into their own without learning the existing system first. The National Federation of Independent Business explains a micromanager as, ” The micromanager is the manager who must personally make every decision, take a lead role in the performance of every significant task and, in extreme cases, dictate every small step the workers take.” They are change drivers. They take the approach that every system needs to be fixed, so they will fix it. These types of leaders have a hard time seeing the positive aspects of the existing system. From what I have seen, these leaders have a tendency to rub people wrong in the beginning. With time the subordinates get used to their new leader and their leadership style. Those who are under this type of leader, either learn to work with them or go on to different positions. [Read more…] about Change in Leadership

Label Yourself And See What Happens

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How do you label yourself?  Are you too fat or too skinny?  Are you the workaholic or the one that skates by with little effort?  When you label yourself, it has a powerful effect on how you see yourself and the decisions you make.Learn What Happens When You Label Yourself

How do you label yourself?

In the article, How Do You Label Yourself on drphil.com, Dr. Phil said, “Believe it or not, labels are incredibly powerful influences in your life. You may not be consciously aware of even a fraction of the names assigned to you, whether they come from the outside world or from within.”

In leadership, many people will label you.  Some will label you as “the great leader.”  And others will label you as a bad leader.  There are also many other labels people will give you; too confident, smart, arrogant, etc. [Read more…] about Label Yourself And See What Happens

Getting To The Root Of The Problem

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Most leaders face challenges or problems on a regular basis.  Some of the problems are very extensive while others are simple.  As a leader, how do you handle problems?  How do you determine a solution when you have a reoccurring problem?  It is easy to look at something that isn’t going right and brush it under the rug or fix the symptoms without looking any deeper.  Each problem, however, has a root cause and the key is to get to the root of the problem.

Identify the root of the problem

To solve those problems, leaders use a variety of methods or techniques.  Some techniques correct the symptoms of the problem, while the more valuable and effective techniques get to the root of the problem.  Of the different problem solving techniques, I have seen three general approaches that are commonly used. [Read more…] about Getting To The Root Of The Problem

How To Learn From Experience

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In many ways everyday leadership is just a big experiment.  Leaders do everything they can to do what they have to do in the “right” or most efficient way possible.  Sometimes they will be very successful and everything will go right, while other times everything will seem to go wrong.  No matter the outcome, you can always learn from experience.  You can also learn from experience of others.

Learn from experience

What to do to learn from experience

If you are anything like me, the more you learn, the more you realize how little you really know.  You probably also do all you can to learn from experience so you don’t repeat your past mistakes and you can mimic your past successes.  There is a lot you can do to learn from experience whether it is your own or from someone else.  If you want to learn from experience, however, it is very important to have an open mind.  To learn from  experience, I suggest four actions you can take.

1.  Reflect On Each Experience

After you go through an experience, reflect on what happened.  What was the expected outcome and what was the actual outcome?  As you reflect, identify what choices and actions led to successful and unsuccessful results.  From there, determine what principles were followed and how those principles can be used/adapted to solve future problems. [Read more…] about How To Learn From Experience

Change Creates Opportunity

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In leadership, change is a very common word.  Some people say that change creates opportunity while others say change is scary and negative.  In the fast paced, ever changing business world, one of the few constants is change.  Change is all around us.  From new leaders and job transfers to new policies and procedures, change is always occurring in one form or another.

Change Creates Opportunity

Change Creates Opportunity

In my life, I’ve found that change creates opportunity.  Some of the most difficult changes I have ever experienced also helped me to grow by leaps and bounds.  Several years ago, I was working for one boss that transferred to another department.  At that time I got a new leader.  I got along great with my first boss and we had a great working relationship.  I really enjoyed working for him and felt very sad when I got the new leader.  When I got the my new boss, I did everything I could to make it a smooth transition.  It was, however, quite a challenge to create a great working relationship. [Read more…] about Change Creates Opportunity