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October
2007
Volume 1
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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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| Featured Article |
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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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