BLACKPOOL HEALTH LIBRARY: At the Heart of Quality Information on the Fylde Coast! Management Update from your Library: a collection of interesting articles focusing on leadership and management.

 

How Mindfulness Leads to Emotional Intelligence

If you hear that a new team member or manager is “emotionally intelligent,” you’ll probably nod gratefully. You’ll understand that he or she will likely listen to you, try to see things from your point of view, and resist jumping to conclusions.

Before 1995, though, you may have wondered what on earth that phrase meant. That’s when psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman published his ground-breaking book, “Emotional Intelligence.”

 

How to Be Conscientious: Building Career Success by Being Bothered

A 2007 study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that conscientiousness has two distinct parts. We each have them, to varying degrees.

Industriousness stems from our desire for achievement. Common motivators are chances to produce quality work, to demonstrate expertise, and to increase knowledge. When you’re “industriously conscientious,” you excel in making plans and setting goals. You tenaciously pursue them through setbacks, and you show self-discipline, control and determination.

Orderliness is rooted less in ambition and more in a sense of duty to your team and organization. As an “orderly conscientious” person, you’re good at following rules and norms, and at being diligent, reliable and responsible. You’re organized, diplomatic and punctual. You think before you act, and you care about doing a good job.

If you’re a conscientious person, you resist behaviors that could harm your ability or reputation. A co-worker might be known for being slow to start work, but you avoid procrastination and “buckle down” without delay.

 

9 Ways to Use Your Dead Time Wisely: Staying Ahead When Things Get Slow

You’ve just sent off your latest report to your manager – and before the deadline, too. Great job! You’ve bought yourself a bit of time and can now get a head start on your next project.

But, before you’re able to get going, you need some key information from a colleague, and he says that it won’t be available for a few days.

So, what can you do until then to fill the “dead” time? You don’t want to just “twiddle your thumbs.” Do you catch up with admin? Ask your manager if there’s anything you can do? Or, do you just enjoy the rare downtime?

In this article, we look at why dead time occurs, the challenges that it presents, and how to use it wisely.

 

How to Be Organized: Taking Control and Being Productive

Many people struggle with disorganization. And, while some think they can succeed amidst the chaos, this disorganization can end up costing a high price. Disorganization can hold us back from getting the promotion we’ve always wanted. It can block our creativity, add stress to our lives, and prevent us from being as productive and effective as we could be.

In this article and in the video, below, we’ll look at some strategies for getting organized, so that we can start living and working to our full potential.

 

How to Be a Great Team Player: Maximizing Your Contribution

In this article we show you what makes a good team player, and we offer some tips on how to make a bigger contribution in the future.

 

9 Ways to Future Proof Your Career: Staying Relevant for Tomorrow’s World

What will your job look like five years from now? Will it even exist in five, 10 or 20 years? And what will happen to the organization and industry you work for?

We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know that we live in changing, turbulent times  . This means that your job description could be very different – or even irrelevant – in the years to come.

If your skillset or experience fall “behind the times,” you may struggle to find work or gain promotion. But there are strategies that you can put in place now to ensure that you don’t hit a career “dead end.”

 

You Have to Stop Cancelling and Rescheduling Things. Really.

Why do any of us say we will do things and then fail to do them?

We overcommit ourselves. We don’t like to disappoint people, so we tell them what we think they want to hear. We feel pressure in the moment and don’t stop to consider how much pressure we’ll feel later. We don’t think through how much time things will actually take — and we don’t leave enough slack time in our days to handle the (inevitable) emergencies and delays.

Up until a few years ago, I cancelled or postponed meetings a lot. I would say yes to something (so much easier than saying no). As the commitment approached, I would feel overwhelmed and want to cancel. And often, I would cancel.

Then I read Stephen M.R. Covey’s book The Speed of Trust. It’s about being trustworthy. I had always thought that I was, but the author explains that when you make appointments and you cancel them, then trustworthy you aren’t. When you fail to fulfil commitments that you freely make, trust is not the result…

 

How to Tell If You’re Delegating Too Much — and What to Do About It

Everyone knows leaders should delegate to ensure that they are working on the right projects and deliverables. But if you find yourself frequently miscommunicating with your team on deliverables, hearing about issues at the last minute, and misunderstanding how your team set their priorities, it may be a sign you’ve delegated too much, leaving their employees to feel abandoned and unmotivated. At that point, it’s important to take back responsibility for certain tasks to insure you’re providing your team the guidance and structure they need. Here are three steps you can take.

 

How Self-Reflection Can Help Leaders Stay Motivated

We tend to romanticize leadership. When friends are promoted to managerial positions, we slap them on the back, tell them that they finally made it, and congratulate them for their hard work. Our reactions are understandable. Occupying a leadership role often comes with more prestige, financial resources, flexibility, and future employment opportunities. We often forget, however, that there is a flipside to this coin — leadership is hard and exhausting work…

 

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