
Ten Tips on Surviving Reorganisation
- Resilience
How to prepare yourself for change and not let change overwhelm or stress you out.
- Tips
How to prepare yourself for change and not let change overwhelm or stress you out.
This is how it works: when you feel confident, you’ll try new things, and the more you try the better you’ll get.
Without a firm foundation of your own view of self-worth, your self-esteem can be knocked back quite quickly and easily.
Pretty much all of our behaviours follow patterns and it makes sense that how we react to adversity, setbacks, hurts, disappointments, etc. will follow a pattern as well.
Is there an unspoken agreement to behave ourselves and not make waves if everyone else does the same?
When it comes to individuals making an impact, personal impact, we think in terms of leaving something behind that wasn’t there before.
Lots of people say first impressions matter.
Indeed, the academics and psychologists who study this kind of stuff, say that people take about a nano-second to make up their minds on meeting someone new.
What is it that gets people noticed in a memorable and positive way?
Behind every interview question, there is a concern or another question.
Think of your Curriculum Vitae as a kind of marketing document, an enticement so that people will read it and want to meet you.
It takes an average of 1 to 10 seconds to make a good first impression.
You need to sell yourself as the right person to satisfy that need by carefully formulating your interview answers.
You need to present yourself in the best possible light, no matter what your current work circumstances!
Self-disclosure is all about giving your interviewer more of a flavour of who you are rather than the dry facts of what you’ve done or even what you’re interested in.
The mentor benefits from the opportunity to strengthen their leadership skills. The mentee receives career guidance and helpful career advice to prepare for the next level in their career.
You may have the greatest product or service to offer, but in terms of networking, people relate to people!
Each person you come into contact with is a potential person who may know of someone in the business or know of a job opening.
Visiting an exhibition can give you that awful feeling that you’re intruding into someone’s private club!
Cultivating business relationships and interact with other small businesses is often mutually beneficial and should not be underestimated.
Networking events are about building relationships and not about seeing how many business cards you can acquire!
The success of working relationships is not whether there are conflicts or differences, but how they are dealt with!
Unless you are isolated or living on an island populated only by yourself, you will interact with people every day of your life.
When it really comes down to it, the single trait you really need to do well in business is to be motivated, both to do well and to translate your passion and expertise into success.
How often have you said to someone “how are you” to be met with “I’m fine” when everything about their body language and voice tells you that they are far from fine.