Thursday, June 20, 2013

Building and Nurturing Your Professional Relationships


Build and Nurture Relationships. 

It happens to everyone. You try to give constructive feedback, but your comments are misconstrued and now someone is unhappy. Delivering a difficult message in a nonthreatening way, that leaves the other person feeling energized, doesn't always come naturally. But when a trusting relationship is in place and people feel safe, they are more open to feedback, take personal responsibility, and are better at reflecting on the message and self-correcting. While we all seem to be doing still more with less, it can be easy to forget that building relationships is key to accomplishing anything.

Sometimes the Basics Are the 

Hardest Part to Master.



Building and nurturing relationships takes time. It takes awareness of behaviors that influence trust and interactions based on mutuality and personal power. Giving feedback, listening, navigating challenging conversations, and building trust are skills that can be learned and are key to developing people and relationships. 



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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Quotes to Inspire: Spring Is a Time of Renewal and Rejuvenation. Spring into Action!

1. "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." 
Angela's Addition:  We all have something meaningful and powerful to contribute. Start today!

2. "Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself." 
George Bernard Shaw
Angela's Addition:  I should be a better version of myself every day.

3.  "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." 
Walt Disney
Angela's Addition: Walk the Walk, rather than Talk the Talk.




4. "Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else." 
Tracy Kidder
Angela's Addition:  It's normal to worry, just don't give up!

5. "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
Henry Ford
Angela's Addition:  Amen to that, Mr. Ford.

6. "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
Leo Tolstoy
Angela's Addition:  It starts with the man in the mirror.  That were you have the most influence.

7. "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive."
Howard Thurman
Angela's Addition:  Live your Passion

8. "The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life." 
Steve Jobs
Angela's Addition:  When you start anew, you have the world's permission to make mistakes.

9. "There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth... not going all the way, and not starting." 
Buddha
Angela's Addition:  Failure is not final.  

10. "Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Angela's Addition:  Get Busy Trying or Get Busy Dying.