I’m the New Year

I am unused, unspotted, without blemish.

I stretch before you three hundred

And sixty-five days long.

I will present each day

In its turn, a new leaf

In the book of life

For you to place upon

It your imprint

I am the New Year

Each hour of every day, I will

Give you sixty minutes that

Have never known the use of man.

White and pure I present them;

It reminds for you to fill them

With sixty jeweled seconds of

Love, hope, endeavor, patience

And trust in God.

I am the New Year

I am coming-

But once past, I can

Never be recalled.

Make me your best!


Wishing you Happiness, Success and Good Health in the New Year!

RECIPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL LEADER

4 cups of intelligence

1 1/2 cups of responsibility

2 cups of open-mindedness

1 quart of understanding

1 1/2 teaspoons of initiative

dash of judgment

 1 3/4 cups of sifted positive attitude

3 cups of ambition

2 cups of unbeaten patience

1 cup of tactfulness

4 cups of ability

Have all ingredients at body temperature.  Sift intelligence,

ambition, and understanding together.  Mix cooperation,

initiative, and open-mindedness until dissolved. 

Add gradually

ability, tactfulness, and responsibility.  Stir in positive

attitude and judgment thoroughly.  Beat patience until smooth.

Blend all ingredients well.  Sprinkle liberally with cheerfulness

and bake in oven of determination.  When absorbed thoroughly,

cool and spread with kindness and common sense.

(author unknown)

 

This is allegedly a true story. Engineers at a major aerospace company were instructed to test the effects of bird-strikes (notably geese) on the windshields of airliners and military jets. To simulate the effect of a goose colliding with an aircraft travelling at high speed, the test engineers built a powerful gun, with which they fired dead chickens at the windshields. The simulations using the gun and the dead chickens worked extremely effectively, happily proving the suitability of the windshields, and several articles about the project appeared in the testing industry press.

It so happened that another test laboratory in a different part of the world was involved in assessing bird-strikes - in this case on the windshields and drivers' cabs of new very high speed trains. The train test engineers had read about the pioneering test developed by the aerospace team, and so they approached them to ask for specifications of the gun and the testing methods. The aerospace engineers duly gave them details, and the train engineers set about building their own simulation.

The simulated bird-strike tests on the train windshields and cabs produced shocking results. The supposed state-of-the-art shatter-proof high speed train windshields offered little resistance to the high-speed chickens; in fact every single windshield that was submitted for testing was smashed to pieces, along with a number of train cabs and much of the test booth itself.

The horrified train engineers were concerned that the new high speed trains required a safety technology that was beyond their experience, so they contacted the aerospace team for advice and suggestions, sending them an extensive report of the tests and failures.

The brief reply came back from the aero-engineers: "You need to defrost the chickens...."

(Ack S Money)

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Effective managers do more than just supervise employees. They take responsibility for ensuring that an individual succeeds, and that the team, department, or business unit achieves expected results. Effective managers are like successful coaches who develop teams that win championships year after year.  

Like winning coaches, successful managers are both talented and skilled. Of course, managerial skills can be developed through training, mentoring, and experience. But if a manager lacks natural talent, his or her odds of success will diminish significantly. 

Over the years we have identified eight signs of incompetent managers:

1. Poor communication skills
2. Weak leadership capabilities
3. Inability or unwillingness to adapt to change
4. Poor relationship-building skills
5. Ineffective task management
6. Insufficient production
7. Poor developer of others
8. Neglectful of own personal development

 Sound familiar?
 Read the full article:  8 Signs of an Incompetent Manager 

CHARASMATIC LEADERSHIP ==Raising Productivity and Profitability

CLICK HERE to listen to the 30 minute Webinar.
http://www.rodinconsulting.com/Webinars/LeadershipCharismaBlog/LeadershipCharismaBlog.html

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In your organization,

   Are people intellectually and emotionally committed to the organization’s goals?

   Is the atmosphere full of energy and optimism that inspires people to perform at their best?

   Is there a common sense of purpose where people willingly invest extra energy in their work?

You and your leadership team are responsible building and sustaining an environment where your people are engaged, productive and committed.
 

The relationship between Manager and Employee plays a major role in retention of high performers, productivity and engagement.

A greater than 50% gap in operating income exists between highly engaged versus minimally engaged organizations.  Further the need to increase productivity and quality with fewer people is paramount.

These can only be accomplished through strong and compelling leaders.

It begins with your own leadership style or Charisma.

Charisma for its own sake is good for little more than ego - but when you and your leadership team put it to work in the service of your business its impact can be enormous. Focused properly, Charismatic Leadership fosters a highly engaged workforce.

Find out how you can become more personally charismatic in your leadership role.

Learn which skills you can develop that will lead to a more highly engaged workforce, which directly impacts financial performance.

Other things you will walk away with:

• What drives Leadership Charisma (based on current research with more than 40,000 leaders worldwide)
• What are the critical interpersonal behaviors shared by all charismatic leaders
• How to determine just how charismatic you are currently
• How to raise your leadership charisma to drive organizational excellence.

Behavior-Based Interview Questions (download)

For your hiring process, you need the best resources possible.

Please find attached a set of BEHAVIOR-BASED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, for your use during interviews.

 

These are open-ended questions designed to allow the candidate to explain how he or she would respond
in various situations.
After reviewing them, jot down some of your own questions - ones that come to your mind.

Of course, when you use any of our pre-hiring assessment tools, you also have a set of interview questions unique to each candidate.

Remember in the hiring process, use the 1/3 – 1/3 – 1/3 rule:
   1/3 of your decision should be based upon the Candidate’s PAST:
                      Experience, Education, Background Checks, References
   1/3 of your decision should be based upon the PRESENT:
                      Interviews, Site Visit, Overall Responsiveness, Demeanor, Interest
   1/3 of your decision should be based upon their FUTURE behavior:
                      Results from PREDICITVE assessment tools,
                      behavioral-based interview answers.

 

Please let me know if I can assist you in any other ways with your hiring, on-boarding and team-building processes.

 

Sincerely,

KRISTINA M. KWALIK, Ph.D. | President

The Rodin Consulting Group, LLC| 2951 Marina Bay Drive #130-209 | League City, TX 77573
Office: (888) 537-6308 | Cell: (713) 816-9026 | FAX: (409) 515-0617 |  

 

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