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FREE Resources
to help you:
1. United States of
America's primary source
on career info:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates Bureau
of Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job
Search - Post a Question
etc.: www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After
Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine
.com
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_tool
box.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
to help you:
1. United States of
America's primary source
on career info:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates Bureau
of Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job
Search - Post a Question
etc.: www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After
Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine
.com
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_tool
box.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
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go back to work while keeping a healthy life balance of
priorities, family and relationships.
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Articles
Transform Corporate Culture for an
Increased Bottom Line
Corporate Culture is a harmony of people coming together for a common
purpose – their communication with each other, how they manage their time
and energy, the way they organize their work, and the way they are led.
Leaders communicate values – the things that really matter to us, ideas and
beliefs we hold special so that we may gain clarity and focus for consistent
decision making.
Values shape decisions – mutual trust and respect, integrity, empowerment,
strong work ethic, fun, open process improvement, transparency.
If the Values of an organization are not consistently defined, articulated and
continually reinforced by its Leaders, a Culture of cynicism and mistrust
evolves. The results of this are decreased productivity, lack of accountability,
limited engagement, deficient work ownership. And ultimately a reduction in
the bottom line.
If you are not sure if your company has this problem, ask yourself this
question:
Is your revenue what you’d like it to be? Are the employees producing in the
same way as if they owned the business? People make or break
organizations. And they can create productive cultures based on integrity,
teamwork, and results that breed customer loyalty. Or they can function
under the radar screen fostering a culture of underperformance. Is your
company where it could be? How much is that costing you?
A Culture of Accountability provides a positive work atmosphere for both
employees and executive management because everyone shares in the
company’s success – everyone owns it. Accountability does not mean that
when something goes wrong you look for someone to blame. It comes from
appealing to their desire to contribute something meaningful and
empowering people to make a meaningful difference. It inspires their true
desire to be successful. True accountability must be developed from within,
and cannot be imposed. For this reason, sales commissions and bonuses
are an effective way of rewarding accountability, but a poor tactic to create it.
Productivity in a corporate culture is often hampered by procrastination.
Procrastination feeds a common human desire – Drama! Indeed
procrastinating brings on undue stress and anxiety. But the thrill that comes
from completing the task at the last minute brings a greater high than simply
completing an otherwise mundane task on time. Where is the fun in never
testing yourself or realizing your potential to perform on an exceptional
level? The problem is that these short-lived thrills, however, do not out
weigh the feelings of guilt and powerlessness that precede and follow the
work.
In order to control procrastination, you have to be willing to anticipate the
payoff first and translate that feeling into the present instead of transferring it
to the future. You have to be able to feel the part of the experience that’s
superficially positive in the present – the relief in the completion, because
that’s what compels you to keep procrastinating for greater drama!
Repeatedly allow yourself to envision the relief and accomplishment you
would fee if the project were complete. Run this feeling over and over in your
mind when you are putting off work that you could begin today.
The next time you find yourself procrastinating, ask yourself these
questions:
1) Where in my life am I bored and long for drama or excitement?
2) What does procrastinating allow me to feel that is positive?
3) How can I recreate that feeling now and not wait for it to occur later after
much stress and anxiety?
Do the people in your organization need an opportunity to communicate what
they can’t or don’t accept or acknowledge about their organization’s
personality? Start those conversations now!
Follow Mary Lee on Twitter at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “Change – Here’s How!” and “Overcoming
Adversity is an Every Day Slice of Life?” go to Mary Lee's web site at: http:
//www.startingovernow.com/WorksheetsandArticles.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a cultural turnaround and leadership expert who went
from being a stay-at-home mother with four children and a successful
husband living a country club life to the reality of a difficult marriage, divorce,
homelessness, and welfare. As a national guest speaker she demonstrates
turn-around strategies that transform corporate cultures and took her from an
earning capacity of $27,000 to the president and CEO of a hospital
foundation. Her book “Starting Over – 25 Rules When You’ve Bottomed Out”
offer hands-on strategies to reroute your path. Visit her Web site for a free e-
book. Sign up for her free e-newsletter at info@startingovernow.com.
Increased Bottom Line
Corporate Culture is a harmony of people coming together for a common
purpose – their communication with each other, how they manage their time
and energy, the way they organize their work, and the way they are led.
Leaders communicate values – the things that really matter to us, ideas and
beliefs we hold special so that we may gain clarity and focus for consistent
decision making.
Values shape decisions – mutual trust and respect, integrity, empowerment,
strong work ethic, fun, open process improvement, transparency.
If the Values of an organization are not consistently defined, articulated and
continually reinforced by its Leaders, a Culture of cynicism and mistrust
evolves. The results of this are decreased productivity, lack of accountability,
limited engagement, deficient work ownership. And ultimately a reduction in
the bottom line.
If you are not sure if your company has this problem, ask yourself this
question:
Is your revenue what you’d like it to be? Are the employees producing in the
same way as if they owned the business? People make or break
organizations. And they can create productive cultures based on integrity,
teamwork, and results that breed customer loyalty. Or they can function
under the radar screen fostering a culture of underperformance. Is your
company where it could be? How much is that costing you?
A Culture of Accountability provides a positive work atmosphere for both
employees and executive management because everyone shares in the
company’s success – everyone owns it. Accountability does not mean that
when something goes wrong you look for someone to blame. It comes from
appealing to their desire to contribute something meaningful and
empowering people to make a meaningful difference. It inspires their true
desire to be successful. True accountability must be developed from within,
and cannot be imposed. For this reason, sales commissions and bonuses
are an effective way of rewarding accountability, but a poor tactic to create it.
Productivity in a corporate culture is often hampered by procrastination.
Procrastination feeds a common human desire – Drama! Indeed
procrastinating brings on undue stress and anxiety. But the thrill that comes
from completing the task at the last minute brings a greater high than simply
completing an otherwise mundane task on time. Where is the fun in never
testing yourself or realizing your potential to perform on an exceptional
level? The problem is that these short-lived thrills, however, do not out
weigh the feelings of guilt and powerlessness that precede and follow the
work.
In order to control procrastination, you have to be willing to anticipate the
payoff first and translate that feeling into the present instead of transferring it
to the future. You have to be able to feel the part of the experience that’s
superficially positive in the present – the relief in the completion, because
that’s what compels you to keep procrastinating for greater drama!
Repeatedly allow yourself to envision the relief and accomplishment you
would fee if the project were complete. Run this feeling over and over in your
mind when you are putting off work that you could begin today.
The next time you find yourself procrastinating, ask yourself these
questions:
1) Where in my life am I bored and long for drama or excitement?
2) What does procrastinating allow me to feel that is positive?
3) How can I recreate that feeling now and not wait for it to occur later after
much stress and anxiety?
Do the people in your organization need an opportunity to communicate what
they can’t or don’t accept or acknowledge about their organization’s
personality? Start those conversations now!
Follow Mary Lee on Twitter at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “Change – Here’s How!” and “Overcoming
Adversity is an Every Day Slice of Life?” go to Mary Lee's web site at: http:
//www.startingovernow.com/WorksheetsandArticles.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a cultural turnaround and leadership expert who went
from being a stay-at-home mother with four children and a successful
husband living a country club life to the reality of a difficult marriage, divorce,
homelessness, and welfare. As a national guest speaker she demonstrates
turn-around strategies that transform corporate cultures and took her from an
earning capacity of $27,000 to the president and CEO of a hospital
foundation. Her book “Starting Over – 25 Rules When You’ve Bottomed Out”
offer hands-on strategies to reroute your path. Visit her Web site for a free e-
book. Sign up for her free e-newsletter at info@startingovernow.com.
StartingOverNow.com
Articles
| Mary Lee Gannon is interviewed on Mind Your BIZness |
FREE e-book.
Get Mary Lee's FREE
e-book "Make Your
Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
clicking here. Mary Lee
Gannon's work as a
newspaper reporter,
trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over."
Get Mary Lee's FREE
e-book "Make Your
Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
clicking here. Mary Lee
Gannon's work as a
newspaper reporter,
trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over."
People who use the
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this site are:
* Starting over in
their career or
personal life
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* Entrepreneurs
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again
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opportunities
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career advice and
education
* Finding mentors
* Setting new life
goals
To chart your road
map to success
click here for FREE
"Worksheets and
Articles."
FREE resources on
this site are:
* Starting over in
their career or
personal life
* Empty nesters
* Entrepreneurs
* Networking
* Job Seekers
* Starting all over
again
* Going through a
divorce
* Looking for career
opportunities
* Seeking FREE
career advice and
education
* Finding mentors
* Setting new life
goals
To chart your road
map to success
click here for FREE
"Worksheets and
Articles."
Mary Lee Gannon's
Book "Starting Over"
will be released in
November of 2009.
Look for it in stores or
order it from
Amazon.com.
Book "Starting Over"
will be released in
November of 2009.
Look for it in stores or
order it from
Amazon.com.
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