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Executive Coach's Tip: Tag Your Requests with a Due Date and Time

Leaders, managers .... how often have you asked a team member to do something and found that it didn't get done when you expected?

Try this today .... Tag ALL of your requests with a due date and time, particularly those that are time senstive and impact a due date or deadline that you have ownership date.  Ask them:

• When can it be done -- date and time?
• Is there anything else I have given you that you'll need to re-priortize to get this new request done at that date and time?
• What will be the obstacles to getting it done by that date and time?
• How will you overcome those obstacles?
• Are you fully committed to your indicated date and time?
• If not, what date and time would you be fully committed to?

Make a habit of tagging your request from others with a due date and time and observe the difference it makes.

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: [email protected], 239-285-5575

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Today's 2-MINUTE CHALLENGE: How to Make Delegation Easy

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact:  [email protected]

www.CareerSuccessCommunity.com - The Premier Interactive Career Development Community

 

18 Proven Ways to Help Recruiters Find You on LinkedIn

By now, most people know that LinkedIn is an excellent resource for improving a job search by allowing job hunters to make new contacts with recruiters and companies that might not have found them otherwise. But there are varying degrees of success among those on LinkedIn, and the simple fact is that some job seekers are doing a much better job than others when it comes to getting exposure on the site. They're not engaging in complicated schemes, just plain proven ways to become more prominent.

The following are simple ideas that you can put to work in order to get your profile in front of more recruiters who can make a difference for you. From better keyword placement to strategic recommendations, these are all great ways to help recruiters locate you on LinkedIn.

Read about these 18 tactics and strategies here .... "18 Proven Ways to Help Recruiters Find You on LinkedIn."

 

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Today's 2-MINUTE CHALLENGE: Do What You Say You'll Do

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact:  [email protected]

www.CareerSuccessCommunity.com - The Premier Interactive Career Development Community

 

Executive Coach's Tip: Say NO to Say Yes

Great leaders, top performers and high achievers are constantly receiving requests for their time. Their success and ability to get things done is like a powerful magnet ... drawing more and more requests toward them.

Learning to be SELECTIVE in what you say YES to is a key time management and productivity skill that highly effective leaders MUST master.

Saying "NO" can be difficult, particularly with respect to requests for things you LIKE to do or from people you feel you "OWE" some time to.

But remember this .... Saying "NO" to anything is saying "YES" to something else --- you WILL spend your time on SOMETHING, so make sure your choice in HOW you spend your time is in alignment with your personal and professional goals.

Try this today .... For the next week, track what you say "YES" to and note the following for EACH of those "Yes's":

1. What exactly did you say yes to (are you clear on the request)?
2. How much time and effort (in hours or days) are you committing to (including all preparation time)?
3. Why did you say "Yes" to the request -- what were the compelling reasons? ... and finally, 
4. What will you likely be saying "NO' to if you say "Yes" to the request -- what will you likely be giving up?

Tracking your "Yes's" and noting answers to the above will bring AWARENESS to the process and will help you make better choices and will enable you to be more selective going forward.

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: [email protected], 239-285-5575

Photo Credit: www.BigStockPhoto.com

Executive Coach's Tip: Be the Early Bird

Great leaders are great role models.  People watch EVERYTHING you do .... they hear everything you say.  Be the one to SET THE STANDARD for others to follow.

It may seem like a small thing, but running late, even by just a couple of minutes sets a standard that others observe and follow.  Being punctual shows respect for others .... it shows you care, it tells "them" they're important.

Try this beginning today .... Arrive a few minutes early for EVERY meeting on your calendar, perhaps even 10 minutes early, and:

• Use that time to engage in dialogue with your colleagues and team mates
• Review the agenda
• Give your material a final review
• Make notes of important questions to ask

Be a role model .... set the standard for others. Show others YOU care and you respect their time.

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: [email protected], 239-285-5575

Photo Credit: www.BigStockPhoto.com

Executive Coach's Tip: Make Feedback a Habit

Feedback .... in the world of business, is the breakfast of champions.  Feedback "feeds" us -- it's at the top of the food pyramid for learning and professional development.

How often do you ASK for feedback?

Feedback can be humbling, it can be eye-opening, it can bring awareness to us of things that we're simply "blind" to .... but, if we don't ask, we usually don't receive it -- particularly the constructive form.  Many or most people will give us positive feedback, but very few will give us honest, candid feedback focused on ... how we can improve ... on who we can get better ... on things we SHOULD change or do differently.

Make ASKING for feedback a habit.  Seek feedback from others:

• Following a meeting in which you participated
• After a presentation you've given
• In follow up to a networking event
• Anytime you're in front of others

Ask an observer -- a colleague, a friend, a peer, a direct report, a panel member, a participant:

• How you did, overall
• Was your message clear?
• Did you seem to listen well?
• Was your body language in alignment with your message?
• Did you seek input from others?
• Did you show respect for others' time?
• Did you leave a positive impression?
• Were you friendly?

Seeking feedback communicates a clear message that you CARE, that personal excellence is important to you, that learning and getting better is important to you.

Feedback is a highly effective learning tool, but like any other tool, if left in the toolbox, it does you NO good. Use it. Solicit feedback .... often.  Make feedback a HABIT.

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: [email protected], 239-285-5575

Photo Credit: www.BigStockPhoto.com

Executive Coach's Tip: Plant the Seeds for Your Team

Excellent leaders inspire their team members by routinely planting seeds ....

• Seeds of inspiration, 
• Seeds of encouragement, 
• Seeds of confidence in them, 
• Seeds of kindness, 
• Seeds of understanding, 
• Seeds of care, and
• Seeds of service TO them.

Seeds of inspired leadership planted and cultivated with trust blossom into amazing fruits of performance.

What kinds of seeds are you planting?

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: [email protected], 239-285-5575

Photo Credit: www.BigStockPhoto.com

Today's 2-MINUTE CHALLENGE: Leadership is About Service, NOT Control

Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact:  [email protected]

www.CareerSuccessCommunity.com - The Premier Interactive Career Development Community