...and with an interest & desire to explore, grow, learn & dialogue with other leaders regarding Leadership challenges of Faith, Walking your walk, Being a Christian in your role, God in Workplace?!?
This Fall I am putting together a couple of groups of mid/sr-level managers (in KC area in person & online component) to do just this.
If this of interest to you or you know others who may be interested, plz let me know. Many more details to sort out, but seeking to fill out the initial couple of groups first of all.
Take care, BOOKER
Friday, July 29, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Friend needing short-term place to rent
Now thru Sept? She is needing place to rent KC/OP area. In the College/Metcalf vicinity or close nearby, maybe along I-69 corrider? Need 1 BR, washer/dryer, furnished (or could rent some myself) and accepts pets. Covered parking is always a good thing if available.
Let me know and I will connect you...BOOKER
Let me know and I will connect you...BOOKER
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Job notice, passing on: Compensation & Benefits Manager (salaried position) with 5+ yrs experience. Must have experience performing salary, wage, market and classification analysis. Experience in a manufacturing & a bargaining union environment is helpful. Please send your resume to EddieMorris@SourceRight.com
Monday, July 18, 2011
I was asked for advice (speaking, leadership work, etc)
I was asked by a friend seeking advice for his daughter, who wanted to get into Motivational Speaking-type work. After rambling a bit in response, I thought I would share some bullets here with you. Just my thinking mind you:
Success & Life is all about PEOPLE-WISDOM first and foremost – it is about THEM and not YOU! That kind of education needs to be at the top of your list. It is not about how smart you are, how impressive your record, your expertise - but rather your understanding of people that will cause you to succeed in life. Do you engage people in person or spend your life emailing/texting, TV, Facebooking, etc? Go learn & relate to/with people. Become conscious of others in school, the grocery store, church, neighbors, those at the other tables in the cafeteria, go visit companies/businesses, HR people, knuckleheads everywhere, etc. And oh yeah, realize that on some level you are also a knucklehead.
Are you a People-person? I love to ask this question, especially to managers in the workplace. Many of us will say we are (a people-person). If one too quickly wants to impose their opinion that they surely are – I always challenge them with, (how do you know…do you really get to decide?)
>>>People get to decide this about us, not ourselves. Do people seek you out for wisdom - all kinds of people, & not just friends. Anyone can be successful with those they like?!?
LISTEN to others. LISTEN to others. LISTEN to others. Grow in how others think, behave, and study WHY.
Learn to function, relate and succeed with all kinds of personality types. A good gauge of this and how well you do this is to think of others around –teachers, bosses, those not in our cliques, social circles, etc. Can you relate and communicate effectively with them? Anyone can do well with those that fit in well with our own thinking. The challenge is to succeed with those who don’t. Of course you do well with MOST, it is the others/the minority; that category of teachers, bosses/people around us who drive us nuts initially. I always tell students in my grad/undergrad programs to focus in on those teachers (and there will be some) who you do not like for whatever reason. Pretend they (and their personality-type) are your next boss, co-worker, etc. Once we leave school, and enter the work/adult world, we don’t necessarily just get to hang out with our chosen-cliques anymore. Employers don’t check to see if you get along with those you will be asked to work around/with…
Develop an understanding of the Power of Relationships. Very simply stated - consider and practice: Have a cup of coffee (or whatever) with someone before you need and/or want them for something.
Engage people in all areas of your life - all directions, all diversities, up/down, etc. Learn and grow thru them (ALL) and their thinking. Read books on people who have succeeded and try to understand why they did…and copy/use their techniques and habits.
What are your messages, …your philosophy of life, …your principles, …what are you about, …why would others listen, …what do you have to share that is unique? Evaluate and understand your whole person - what is lacking, where do you need to grow yet (other than in age, experience and wisdom)? There are tons of great people around; again, why should someone choose you? Marketing and Networking need to become your friends and areas where you focus and emphasize and learn!
Understand, ponder, practice and become what this quote is all about:
People don't care how much you know until first they know how much you care.
Put your faith, hope and trust in God (faith) first of all vs YOU (and other humans!). Attempting to do this on your own (or anything you pursue in life) requires God(faith) to be right by your side. Seek His advice and counsel always in your daily walk.
Be REAL. Be YOU.
Never Stop Learning. This may just sound like a worn-out phrase, but it is huge to the success of anyone/anywhere. When we stop learning, we are done (in more ways than one). Leaders and Teachers, and for sure even consultants and speakers are challenged by this – seemingly getting there and thus not learning anymore.
Just some thoughts I should have understood as a High School student, BOOKER
Success & Life is all about PEOPLE-WISDOM first and foremost – it is about THEM and not YOU! That kind of education needs to be at the top of your list. It is not about how smart you are, how impressive your record, your expertise - but rather your understanding of people that will cause you to succeed in life. Do you engage people in person or spend your life emailing/texting, TV, Facebooking, etc? Go learn & relate to/with people. Become conscious of others in school, the grocery store, church, neighbors, those at the other tables in the cafeteria, go visit companies/businesses, HR people, knuckleheads everywhere, etc. And oh yeah, realize that on some level you are also a knucklehead.
Are you a People-person? I love to ask this question, especially to managers in the workplace. Many of us will say we are (a people-person). If one too quickly wants to impose their opinion that they surely are – I always challenge them with, (how do you know…do you really get to decide?)
>>>People get to decide this about us, not ourselves. Do people seek you out for wisdom - all kinds of people, & not just friends. Anyone can be successful with those they like?!?
LISTEN to others. LISTEN to others. LISTEN to others. Grow in how others think, behave, and study WHY.
Learn to function, relate and succeed with all kinds of personality types. A good gauge of this and how well you do this is to think of others around –teachers, bosses, those not in our cliques, social circles, etc. Can you relate and communicate effectively with them? Anyone can do well with those that fit in well with our own thinking. The challenge is to succeed with those who don’t. Of course you do well with MOST, it is the others/the minority; that category of teachers, bosses/people around us who drive us nuts initially. I always tell students in my grad/undergrad programs to focus in on those teachers (and there will be some) who you do not like for whatever reason. Pretend they (and their personality-type) are your next boss, co-worker, etc. Once we leave school, and enter the work/adult world, we don’t necessarily just get to hang out with our chosen-cliques anymore. Employers don’t check to see if you get along with those you will be asked to work around/with…
Develop an understanding of the Power of Relationships. Very simply stated - consider and practice: Have a cup of coffee (or whatever) with someone before you need and/or want them for something.
Engage people in all areas of your life - all directions, all diversities, up/down, etc. Learn and grow thru them (ALL) and their thinking. Read books on people who have succeeded and try to understand why they did…and copy/use their techniques and habits.
What are your messages, …your philosophy of life, …your principles, …what are you about, …why would others listen, …what do you have to share that is unique? Evaluate and understand your whole person - what is lacking, where do you need to grow yet (other than in age, experience and wisdom)? There are tons of great people around; again, why should someone choose you? Marketing and Networking need to become your friends and areas where you focus and emphasize and learn!
Understand, ponder, practice and become what this quote is all about:
People don't care how much you know until first they know how much you care.
Put your faith, hope and trust in God (faith) first of all vs YOU (and other humans!). Attempting to do this on your own (or anything you pursue in life) requires God(faith) to be right by your side. Seek His advice and counsel always in your daily walk.
Be REAL. Be YOU.
Never Stop Learning. This may just sound like a worn-out phrase, but it is huge to the success of anyone/anywhere. When we stop learning, we are done (in more ways than one). Leaders and Teachers, and for sure even consultants and speakers are challenged by this – seemingly getting there and thus not learning anymore.
Just some thoughts I should have understood as a High School student, BOOKER
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
passing along, some employment?
Firm looking for support with a quick turnaround e-learning project All, A contact of mine at Jackson Walker L.L.P. in Dallas is looking for some help developing e-learning modules to support a migration between Document Management Systems. Following is the information and a point of contact. If you have experience developing short e-learning modules using Adobe Captivate, you may want to look into this opportunity.
Thanks, Mary
We are developing short (5 min. or less) e-learning modules for the training of iManage Worksite 8.5 through Adobe Captivate 4. The total content will be about two hours in length. We have a design template and an outline for the content. We are also going to develop an online assessment as well. What we need is a developer with Captivate experience who can help us with the recording and editing of the modules and the assessment. This would be a resource that we can bring to our office, set them up with a login, workstation and outline and set them to work. It would be about two to three weeks of work.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask. If anyone is interested, have them contact me at jwbryant@jw.com
Thanks, Mary
We are developing short (5 min. or less) e-learning modules for the training of iManage Worksite 8.5 through Adobe Captivate 4. The total content will be about two hours in length. We have a design template and an outline for the content. We are also going to develop an online assessment as well. What we need is a developer with Captivate experience who can help us with the recording and editing of the modules and the assessment. This would be a resource that we can bring to our office, set them up with a login, workstation and outline and set them to work. It would be about two to three weeks of work.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask. If anyone is interested, have them contact me at jwbryant@jw.com
Thursday, July 14, 2011
PERSONAL, Sharing & Askin
PERSONAL, Sharing & Asking, (plz take a minute here) Link: http://ping.fm/zbQPj
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
God, bless America
Quick thought connecting to this holiday.
As I have been growing closer to God and placing Him on top above everything where He belongs - the words & phrase (God bless America) had become seemingly almost insignificant!?!
I love this country and what all it is, but as I pondered this recently, what made it become important again was simply adding a COMMA!
God, bless America. It was not just a well-known and commonly used phrase, it was now like a prayer. God, please bless America?
Just made it work for me again and that is a good thing! ...thanks for listening to my rambling and have a great holiday my friend.
God, bless YOU!
Take care, BOOKER
As I have been growing closer to God and placing Him on top above everything where He belongs - the words & phrase (God bless America) had become seemingly almost insignificant!?!
I love this country and what all it is, but as I pondered this recently, what made it become important again was simply adding a COMMA!
God, bless America. It was not just a well-known and commonly used phrase, it was now like a prayer. God, please bless America?
Just made it work for me again and that is a good thing! ...thanks for listening to my rambling and have a great holiday my friend.
God, bless YOU!
Take care, BOOKER
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