Articles tagged with: 12 Simple Self-Management Strategies
Are You Aligned? Are You Measured?
The 12th and final self-management strategy is to measure your performance to promote yourself. In an ideal work situation, your boss has “aligned” you to department and company goals. Hopefully, …
Know Your Competitors, Inside and Out
Knowing your company’s competitors is the 11th self-management strategy. When you work for an employer, competitive intelligence is everyone’s job. It’s up to you to always know who your competitors …
Don’t Rush Decisions
The tenth of the 12 self-management strategies is to not make rushed decisions. Whenever you need to make a decision, take the time to identify the exact thing you are trying to decide, …
Identifying Your Strategies for Success
Identifying your strategies for success and sharing them is the ninth self-management strategy. What are your strategies for success? List your strategies for success or your plan of action to accomplish …
What are your hidden skills?
The eighth self-management strategy is to unhide the skills you’ve been hiding. What are your hidden skills? Unhide them. List your hidden skills that your boss or coworkers don’t know. Are …
Make a List of the Tools in Your Toolkit
Mastering your work tools in your toolkit is the seventh self-management strategy. Make a list of the tools of your trade such as competitive intelligence templates or …
The sixth strategy is reframing the things we don’t like to do in our job. What things do you not like about your job? Make a list of the things you don’t like about your …
The fifth strategy from the list of 12 self-management strategies is to get into the “Flow.” What is it? People are happiest when most absorbed in their actions, a state that Csikszentmihalyi termed “flow.” The …
The fourth self-management strategy is to throw it out or store it. Are you holding onto something like an old self-concept? Sometimes we carry an image of our old self that doesn’t fit with what …
The third self-management strategy is to leave emotions at home by compartmentalizing. Yes, emotions are healthy. We’re supposed to feel love, happiness, joy, sadness; all the emotions on the continuum of being human. However, …
The second self-management strategy is to get over the things that haunt us. Is there something unsettled or haunting you from a previous job? Did you leave a job feeling angry or hurt? Were you …
The 12 Simple Self-Management Strategies Overview
Why are some knowledge workers lucky while others aren’t? How does that front line worker or new graduate move up the ladder quickly, leaving others in their dust. Successful people …
