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Reputation management

04/04/2012 /

More on Diplocalendar 2012 that explores in both a serious and lighthearted way, some elements of interpersonal relationships and management that can help in daily activities.
The subject for the month of April is Reputation.
“Reputation differs from credibility. It deals with the perception of others, built over a long time. A person may have a ‘good’ reputation for being inspiring, or a ‘bad’ reputation as someone to be feared. Reputations can travel far without us ever moving. We hear of a person’s reputation before we ever meet them, or see them. ‘Their reputation precedes them.’ It does not take much to lose a good reputation but once lost, it is likely lost forever.”

Avoid common leadership and management mistakes

29/03/2012 /

Mind Tools lists 10 of the most common leadership and management errors.

1. Lack of Feedback
2. Not Making Time for Your Team
3. Being Too “Hands-Off”
4. Being Too Friendly
5. Failing to Define Goals
6. Misunderstanding Motivation
7. Hurrying Recruitment
8. Not “Walking the Talk”
9. Not Delegating
10. Misunderstanding Your Role

If you want to know more on what you can do to avoid them read the full article.

 

Khan Academy: Using videos to reinvent education

25/03/2012 /

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script — give students video lectures to watch at home, and do “homework” in the classroom with the teacher available to help.

[…] imagine what that does to the adult learner who’s embarrassed to go back and learn stuff that they should have before […]

The importance of Credibility

17/03/2012 /

Diplocalendar 2012 explores in both a serious and lighthearted way, some elements of interpersonal relationships and management that can help in daily activities.
The subject for the month of March is Credibility.
“Regardless of our position in an organisation, credibility is fundamental to our effectiveness as professionals and as individuals. Without it there can be no trust; without trust, organisations become frozen in inactivity and negative feelings. Credibility is hard to build, but well worth it.“

Five leadership lessons from Star Trek

07/03/2012 /

Alex Knapp (Social Media Editor at Forbes since October, 2011) analyzes the leadership qualities of the famous Captain Kirk. “In his many years of service to the Federation, James Kirk embodied several leadership lessons that we can use in our own lives. We need to keep exploring and learning. We need to ensure that we encourage creativity and innovation by listening to the advice of people with vastly different opinions. We need to occasionally get down in the trenches with the members of our teams so we understand their needs and earn their trust and loyalty. We need to understand the psychology of our competitors and also learn to radically change course when circumstances dictate. By following these lessons, we can lead our organizations into places where none have gone before.

New frontiers : Measuring, counting, self-tracking

05/03/2012 /

“The use of metrics by individuals is rather less widespread, with the notable exceptions of people who are trying to lose weight or improve their fitness. Most people do not routinely record their moods, sleeping patterns or activity levels, track how much alcohol or caffeine they drink or chart how often they walk the dog.

But some people are doing just these things. […] What they share is a belief that gathering and analysing data about their everyday activities can help them improve their lives—an approach known as “self-tracking”, “body hacking” or “self-quantifying”………”

Read the article published by the Economist on this subject

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