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December 2007
Volume 1 - Issue 4 |
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| Dear Tricia,
Happy Holidays from 825 Basics! Welcome to the 825 Basics Bulletin, your source for Career Physical Fitness™ Education tips and tricks for a healthy, fit and high energy career.
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825 Basics Career PE Tip
Naughty or Nice? Market Yourself! |
It's holiday time and holiday songs are singing on TV, in the malls and on our radios. You may remember this one...
He's making a list, he's checking it twice, he's gonna find out who's been naughty or nice! Santa Claus is coming to town!
He sees you when he's sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows when you've been good or bad, so be good for goodness sakes!
Do you ever feel like your boss is making a list and checking it twice at review time? How well have you marketed yourself throughout the year? Does your boss know if you've been naughty or nice or are you leaving it up to him or her to make some assumptions?
Effective career planning and creating a productive performance review process are important to developing a healthy, fit and full of energy career. Marketing yourself - ensuring that others know what you have done, that you're awake, and that you're doing good, productive things for the organization - is a key step in the process. And marketing yourself should not simply be limited to performance review time (see October's 825 Basics Career PE Tip: What's Your Costume? Don't Be a Ghost!). Here are five steps you can take to market yourself throughout the year and to ensure you're on the "Nice" list at performance review time:
- Periodically share achievements with your boss, team and/or colleagues. For example, share achievements at a biweekly staff meeting or send a monthly email progress and accomplishments report to your boss.
- Avoid saying "it was nothing" or "it was no problem" as it minimizes the work you accomplished. If "it was nothing" then perhaps your time is worth nothing, or the accomplishment is worth nothing or you contributed nothing. You know it was SOMETHING or you wouldn't have done it. So say "thank you" or "it was a great accomplishment to get that completed" or "it took more time than I thought".
- Ask for feedback either formally through a 360-degree instrument or informally in conversation or via email. Showing that you're interested in improving and that you value others' opinions can go a long way in the marketability category.
- Show up on time and be prepared. Whether it is for a weekly meeting or a lunch date, showing up on time and being prepared shows respect for others and adds value as time is not wasted.
- Have a voice. This goes hand in hand with being prepared. By being prepared, you can share your insights, offer solutions and contribute to the discussion. Having a voice ensures you are recognized.
Take charge marketing yourself! Eliminate assumptions from the performance review and career planning process and set yourself on the path to a healthy, fit and full of energy career. Sounds like a great New Year's resolution to make! |
| Happy Holidays from 825 Basics |
Have a wonderful and safe holiday season. As you gear up for the new year and set those New Year's resolutions, consider a resolution to take control of your career. Learn how to manage upward through performance review action planning in our exciting new workshop Don't Hit the Snooze: Managing Your Performance Review this January.
What is 825 BasicsTM?
Guided by the 825 Basics principles, the 825 Basics mission is to provide superior training and coaching to students and professionals. Through 825 Basics services, clients gain knowledge and tools that can be immediately applied to their careers.
Sincerely,
Danielle Forget and Tricia Berry
825 Basics, LLC
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Don't Hit the Snooze: Managing Your Performance Review
In this innovative half-day workshop, engage in:
Powerful and structured self-assessment intertwined with interactive discussion and performance review action planning.
An examination of your accomplishments, strengths and growth areas and a framing exercise to manage your performance review.
Workshop takeaways:
A performance review action plan.
An enhanced understanding of your accomplishments, strengths and goals and their tie to your personal career satisfaction, energy and success.
A foundation for current career planning, performance review preparation, career advancement, and/or future career and life decisions.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Houston, TX
Friday, January 18, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Austin, TX
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| Snowflake Science
by Tricia Berry
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Just as no two snowflakes are alike, no two individuals are alike.
Snowflakes are affected by what direction and how fast the air is moving, how much junk (dust, salt, etc.) is in the air, and pressure from the weight of other snowflakes. We, as individuals, are affected by what direction and how fast our environment is moving around us...or how much junk is around us. We often also feel the weight of others or the pressure of deadlines. And just like snowflakes change as they age, so do we.
Embracing your uniqueness is a critical aspect of the performance review and career planning processes. Knowing how you are affected in times of change or when there is a bit of junk in the air is important. Being able to identify how you adapt, how you grow with your experiences and what direction you may be moving in can lead to enhanced performance review and career planning discussions.
As you watch the snowflakes fall this winter, embrace your uniqueness....and remember, unlike snowflakes, we shouldn't melt when it gets too hot.
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| Dear Tricia,
Welcome to the 825 Basics Bulletin, your source for Career Physical Fitness™ Education tips and tricks for a healthy, fit and high energy career.
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825 Basics Career PE Tip
What's Your Costume? Don't Be a Ghost! |
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Halloween is upon us. Are you a superhero, a villain, a team player or a ghost this haunted performance review season? It's not too late to alter your costume, put on a fresh mask, grab your trick or treat bag and head out into the neighborhood for all those goodies.
Do you grab a costume off the shelf, throw it on right before you head out the door, dash back inside to grab the trick or treat bag you forgot and then wander from door to door in search of the good candy? This approach may get you some of your favorite candy on Halloween, but will it get you the promotion you want, the bonus you need or deserve or the corner office with the fantastic view? If you throw together material for your performance review and don't prepare to manage the process, you are not taking full advantage of the opportunity to advance your career or set yourself apart from your peers.
Don't be a ghost for your performance review. Grab your Boston Red Sox uniform, don a batman or batwoman cape, or deck yourself out in pirate gear. Use a simple "ghost busting" documentation technique and become that superhero you've always wanted to be.
Ghost Busting Performance Review Documentation
- Create a table with three columns.
- In the first column, list your goals for the year. What were you to have accomplished this year or what were your company's goals this year?
- In the second column, detail your accomplishments for each goal. Use specific examples, references, dates, etc.
- In the third column, list your next steps or follow-on goals for each original goal.
Use your company's rating system to rate yourself. Add more columns if necessary to provide as much detail as possible. Incorporate professional career goals into the document and create a tool to drive the performance review and a career planning or career advancement discussion.
Provide this documentation to your manager prior to your performance review. Use it and review it as you move throughout the year. Put your ghost to rest, grab your cape, discover your superhero powers and manage your own performance review and career!
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| What's New With 825 Basics |
What's New With 825 BasicsTM?
We're excited to launch a new workshop this January on managing performance reviews. Learn how to manage upward through performance review action planning in the workshop Don't Hit the Snooze: Managing Your Performance Review. If you're interested in learning more or know of persons or organizations who may benefit from our workshops or services, let us know or forward this on to them.
What is 825 BasicsTM?
Guided by the 825 Basics principles, the 825 Basics mission is to provide superior training and coaching to students and professionals. Through 825 Basics services, clients gain knowledge and tools that can be immediately applied to their careers.
Sincerely,
Danielle Forget and Tricia Berry
825 Basics, LLC
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Don't Hit the Snooze: Managing Your Performance Review
Whether you have just had your performance review or you are heading into it, learn how to turn your performance review into an energetic and productive exercise. Explore your accomplishments, strengths and growth areas through structured self-assessment and interactive discussion. Develop a performance review action plan and a foundation for career planning and future career decisions. In this innovative half-day workshop, engage in:
Powerful and structured self-assessment intertwined with interactive discussion and performance review action planning.
An examination of your accomplishments, strengths and growth areas and a framing exercise to manage your performance review.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Houston, TX
Friday, January 18, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Austin, TX
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| Mountaintop Energy
by Danielle Forget
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Quick! What was your high point - your singing from the mountaintops point - yesterday? What was your low point - your tunneled underground point?
For the rest of this week, spend a few minutes each day jotting down your high and low points. At the end of the week, review what you have written.
Do you see commonalities? Do your high points occur during work or outside of work? What in your life is sending you to the top of the mountain? What is dragging you down underground?
To have a fit, healthy and full of energy career, you must be energized by your daily activities and environment. Add more of the high point activities into your work and your life and find ways to let go of the lows.
Life is more fun when we are singing from the mountaintops and are full of ENERGY.
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