Love Your Job - Helping you to love your job or to find a job you do love.
Good morning to you, I'm delighted to be in touch with you this June and I hope you've a lovely summer planned. I love music and will be attending quite a few festivals this summer. It can do us good to get outside our usual life and try something new. It's a great way to refresh and refocus. I get to see The Levellers tonight!
Have you been busy? and have you been focused on your career future? I've been working with some students, helping them to focus on study techniques, business people wondering whether to return to paid employment or stay as a small business owner and a number of employees who have lost the sparkle for their current job.
If you are one of the 29 people who have joined my mailing list recently, welcome. I hope the 10 steps programme is helping and please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
In this issue you will find:
- The Importance of customer service - it's a real story that will have relevance for almost any job, and using some of the excellent points could provide a real positive impact at work.
- Networking for Introverts - if you hate networking I've got some helpful suggestions - read the introduction then download the recording.
- An update on what Denise did last month
- A quote for you to reflect on. I give careful thought to these quotes and I've shared this particular one with a couple of clients to get them out of a negative state.
- STOP PRESS: How well do you handle conflict? I've got a special offer of an assessment with a 10% introductory discount.
I hope you enjoy reading this. Do get in touch if you think I can help in any way, and I look forward to talking to you again next month.
Kindest regards,
Some times Clients want to chat with me about how to make improvements at work. I've recently been reminded about an article which is excellent for reviewing people in a story the importance of focusing on the customer and ways to increase sales.
‘And you think strawberries are for eating . . .’
The following are excerpts from a speech first delivered as the keynote speech for the American Marketing Association annual meeting in New York City in 1973. It was published the Saturday Evening Post in 1974, October issue.
James Lavenson owned a marketing and advertising company before being invited to become a senior management executive with Sonesta International Hotels. He was given responsibility for the company's hotel and food interests and and some non hospitality businesses, including the famous Mad Magazine and Hartman Luggage. For the last three years of that period he was president and chief executive officer of the chain's ‘flagship’, the famous Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Unprofitable in the year before his assumption of the hotel’s direction, the Plaza was profitable each year of Lavenson’s tenure until it was sold in February 1975 to Western International Hotels.
I decided to record this session as so many of my clients hesitate when I suggest using network to help them achieve their goals –whether it be to find a new job or to increase sales. I empathise with them, as networking doesn’t come easy to me. As an introvert I can get overwhelmed by being with a group of people, and small talk fills me with dread – I like to have a purpose to my conversation.
I know I should go to a meeting or event and do some networking but at the last minute I will often find an excuse not to go. If I do go I feel nervous when walking into a room full of strangers, and feel overwhelmed before I even get there. If I do go I get drained really quickly so overall it feels like too much effort.
Would you like to know what might help? I've a 30 minute recording to talk you through why we feel like we do and what will help.
Right click and choose save target as. Then save it to your desk top for easy access.
I refer to an active listening leaflet and you can access it from my resources page, or use this link to download it now. >>
- Undertook 28 client sessions on career discovery, career management and job search, phew!
- Just in time coaching with Martin before his interview - he got the job!
- Continued to work with some students at my local university, helping them to develop study skills, plus helped Hannah with revision techniques via skype and email.
- Tried to talk to The Internet Marketing Group about Networking for Introverts, but the technology failed, but you can get the audio recording
- Got my web cam to work - it really wasn't easy. Next step is to get video clips on my website
- Wrote 23 entries on my blog
- Got my CPD accepted by the British Psychological Society
- One day of assessing with UK Trade and Industry, working as part of a team of 5 on an assessment centre
- Created a MySpace account as a means of reaching out to new people and finding out about new music
- I can run (well jog!) for 17 minutes, non stop!
- Went dancing to see The Peatbog Faeires, went to Chester Folk Festival, plus went to see Steve Knightley - excellent song writer, quite political too!
- Getting excited about Wychwood Festival on 1-3 June
- Still no time to work on my book, the time scheduled got used up with a new business partnership - details to follow
Are you reading my blog? I'm making regular entries on anything relating to careers. Why not have a peak http://www.amazingpeople.co.uk/blog/
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| "No one can make you feel
inferior without your consent" Eleanor Roosevelt One of my clients was recently telling me of his concerns over a job application. His partner was making comments such as "You're useless - why are you bothering to apply for that job, you'll never get it". He was lacking in confidence and this wasn't helping, even though we both knew he was well qualified for the job. I shared this quote with him and we talked about all his positive qualities. I got him to imagine he was covered in Teflon so that any comments would just roll off and not stick. Why not try this if someone is trying to make you feel inferior? |
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