Experience

Podcast Episode #6 — How to Develop Confidence and Influence

By Brandon W. Jones on July 10, 2017 0

Hello and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 6 – How to Develop Confidence and Influence.

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How to Develop Confidence and Influence

This is one of my favorite quotes from Marianne Williamson and then later used by Nelson Mendela.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

What is confidence?

Confidence is not arrogance. Confidence is belief in oneself and one’s powers or abilities; self-confidence; it’s self-reliance; it’s assurance. When someone has confidence, they know that they can do what it takes to be successful themselves and they can help others to be successful. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #6 — How to Develop Confidence and Influence

Important Questions you should ask during interview

By Brandon W. Jones on November 22, 2014 0

This is a guest post by Marry Adams. She is works for a multinational company in the United Kingdom. She shares experience through writing articles on Research Paper Papa. She has had three jobs in five years and has great knowledge about the questions you must ask the employer at the time of interview.

In this present age, people are always looking for a better job opportunity where they work and earn money. Lots of job seekers are working hard to prepare themselves for answering the interview questions. On the other side, job seekers often forget to ask the questions from the employer at the time of interview. In this article, we will discuss important questions that you should ask from the employer.

Ask questions about skills and experience

At the time of asking questions from the interviewer, you must ask first the required skills and experience regarding a particular opportunity. This is a good question in which you can clearly understand the job description for a specific vacancy. If the interviewer wants those skills and qualities that you are not able to do, then you should tell them. You don’t want to put yourself in a position where you are in over your head. [Read more…] about Important Questions you should ask during interview

5 Steps to Be Prepared For Your Moment

By Brandon W. Jones on October 7, 2014 0

When you have a desire to be a leader, it is important to be prepared for your moment to come. Every great leader had to go through many experiences before they were the great leader.

How to Be Prepared

In order to be prepared for your moment to come, you must take the right preparatory steps. You can’t just show up and expect to be ready without going through the necessary preparation. The following five steps indicate things you can do to be prepared for your moment.

1. Identify your Strengths and Weaknesses

Before you know how to improve, you must know where you need improvement. You can know where to improve by identifying your strengths and weaknesses. There are several books and even tests that specifically address how to find your strengths. Some of the top rated strength finder books are: [Read more…] about 5 Steps to Be Prepared For Your Moment

Extensive Job Specific Knowledge or Previous Leadership Experience?

By Brandon W. Jones on March 12, 2014 2

Lately, I have thought a lot about hiring new leaders. What is more important: someone with extensive job specific knowledge or someone with previous leadership experience? When hiring a new person, the ideal situation would be to hire someone with both extensive job specific knowledge and previous leadership experience. However, this is not always possible. What do you do then?

Well first let’s look at what characteristics the two types bring to the table.

Extensive Job Specific Knowledge

The person with extensive job specific knowledge knows the ins and outs of the existing working environment. They know what has worked well in the past and what hasn’t. They also know how to deal with people specific to the working environment. All these aspects create a foundation from which they can lead.

Because this type of person only has job specific knowledge without the leadership experience, they also have some downsides. They may struggle in making quick decisions regarding personnel. They also may have limited knowledge of how to respond when faced with challenges. Their inexperience as a leader can appear as a lack of confidence in their personal abilities which could show through to their employees. [Read more…] about Extensive Job Specific Knowledge or Previous Leadership Experience?

How To Learn From Experience

By Brandon W. Jones on March 22, 2013 2

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.

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

Practice Makes Perfect, Or Does It?

By Brandon W. Jones on November 5, 2012 0

When I was in high school I had a great wrestling coach that coached a lot of champions. He was an excellent coach because he knew how to bring the best out of people. My coach had a long history of doing well as a coach. The teams he coached placed in the top four in the state nearly every year. When I started wrestling my freshman year, I was brand new to wrestling. I didn’t have any experience as a wrestler and about half the other wrestlers didn’t have experience either. We were completely new and fresh to wrestling.

Because we were all new to wrestling, my coach had to start out by teaching us the basics. Once he taught us what to do, he made us practice it over and over again. We did repetition after repetition until we were completely warn out. With each repetition we did, our coach watched us very closely. When he saw us do something wrong, he would tell us to do it over again and do it the right way. As he corrected us each time, he taught us a valuable lesson. There is an old saying that, “Practice makes perfect,” but that is false. If you practice the wrong thing over and over again, you will still do it wrong. When you practice something over and over again, you make it into a habit. You cement it into how you do things and it becomes second nature for you to do it again. [Read more…] about Practice Makes Perfect, Or Does It?