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, …
