This old adage is so true whether applied to recruitment methods, meetings or retaining talent to name but a few areas.
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Be the best you can!
Last Wednesday I had the privilege of delivering a motivational talk to a whole school assembly at a middle school in Bedford as part of the “CIPD’s Inspiring the Future” programme. The particular school as it transpired is about to go through a lot of change as a result of joining another school to create and move to a completely new school. I chose to talk about being the best you can be and presenting your “best self”.
Everyone has a talent(s) and strengths and people in work have things about their jobs they like and things they don’t like just as the children have subjects that they like and subjects that you don’t like!
What makes you like what you like? Do you recognise your strengths and the strengths of others?
Do you even consider this when you talk to your friends, colleagues, teachers, members of your family?
Understanding ourselves is this important. If we understand ourselves better we can then understand others better and build even greater relationships with our friends, colleagues, people we meet. Have you ever looked at a picture and a friend or colleague has looked at the same picture, yet you both see different things?
What we see is based on what we individually know and believe and what we’ve individually experienced in the past. It is our own unique reality. Because what you see is what you’ve learnt, you and your friend or your colleague at work can both see different things and both be right!
What Do You See In The Picture Above?
What you personally see is also linked to your different strengths and challenges. By asking questions, you can learn more and can better understand others and what they may see in a picture that you can’t see and vice versa.
What you experience and learn and the characteristics you associate with these experiences form a memory for you. Think about when you meet somebody for the first time, how much do you remember and what will it be based on?
It is therefore important to recognise and appreciate your uniqueness and differences and those of others.
Do you recognise those talents and strengths of your friends/colleagues? Do you use them when you are working together?
Realise and value differences between one another and build relationships.
Aspire to be the best you can be and be your best self! And
Do tell me what you see in the picture above!
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“If you do what you’ve always done; you’ll get what you’ve always got”Posted by Jacqueline Jardine - Tuesday, 22nd February 2022 at 11:30am
This old adage is so true whether applied to recruitment methods, meetings or retaining talent to name but a few areas.
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One of the positives of the pandemic is that there is no longer the monopoly on leadership due to position.Posted by Jacqueline Jardine - Friday, 17th December 2021 at 9:30am
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I have previously written about "Belonging - what does this mean to you?" (http://j-w-c.co.uk/blog-display/293). I want to now build on this and consider it from a team's perspective and what it means if you are a manager leading a team currently.Posted by Jacqueline Jardine - Wednesday, 8th December 2021 at 8:15am
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Earlier this year, I completed my Mental Health First Aider Training (MHFA) England, something I had wanted to do for a little while.Posted by Jacqueline Jardine - Friday, 19th November 2021 at 8:15am
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Recently, I was delivering the "First 90 Days in your New Role" for LHH. This is a workshop which generates great discussion around helping people who are still interviewing to find their next appropriate opportunity and to think about how they would answer this question at interview.Posted by Jacqueline Jardine - Tuesday, 21st September 2021 at 3:15pm
