The best gift a manager can give her/his employees is inspiring and teaching employees how to become more resilient so they can implement their abilities and willingness to take any situation and make it into something better and more life-enhancing. "The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better." -- Warren Buffett (1930 - ) -- American businessman and philanthropist.
resilience: speedy recovery from problems: the ability to recover
quickly from setbacks
elasticity: the ability of matter to spring back quickly into shape
after being bent, stretched, or deformed. (Encarta)
From time-to-time we all fail due
to:
(a) our own doing (refusing to face
or being blind to the facts);
(b) someone else's actions (stabbing
me in the back);
(c) an external, uncontrollable
events (like the current economic crisis); or
(d) a combination of all of the
above.
That's life. As the saying goes, "Bad
things happen to good people." We can take some perverse comfort in
that it is also true that bad things happen to bad and stupid people.
5 tactics to improve yourself and
your employees...
1. Accept what is. It is the place to start working one's way out of the
present situation. I have to know were I am to get to where I want to go.
2. Focus on where I want to be. Digest the reality that I am after a
better future. Trying is ok. attempting is slacking off. Acting with force and
commitment to making my future happen works.
3. Failures are the classroom for
learning. We all live in the room for
improvement. Stop whining about the crappy, painful situation. Give the
self-centered idea that I am stupid, bad or... because this is happening to me.
Bad, painful experiences are the entrance fees to wisdom.
4. Carry on. With a little help from your friends. We are not alone. We
have people in our lives that are waiting in the wings to offer us a helping
hand. Open your eyes, heart and mind to them.
5. Review, revise, reinforce. Get feedback and "feedforward."
As Marshall goldsmith says, "What got me here will
not get me there." There it is. Go forth and improve -- should you
choose to take the assignment.
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