Whether prepping for an upcoming interview or weighing your personal career development needs, assessing our strengths and weaknesses is vital to our success.
So here's one method for you:
Interestingly enough, it’s the leadership characteristics we typically consider the least that I’ve, personally, come to rely on the most throughout my journey.
These 7 books, in particular, have been instrumental in my foundation building as a leader and catapulted my ability to identify the right talent, enhance working relationships, and communicate with others on a much more effective level. May they have a similarly positive impact on your growth and leadership development!
Now, the point of this post is to not get into the details of what happened to throw me off my game and put me in a rut. Instead, the point is to share with you how I manage through this and other situations like it. And my personal strategies to help me get out of my ruts and eventually get back into my flow.
5 Steps to getting out of your rut...
Don't just write down what you did. Articulate how AMAZINGLY you did those things. Articulate a skill/strength, passion, or impact within EACH task description. Example...
Success is in the mind of the beholder. There are no rules on what success has to be. It is as simple or as complex as anyone wants it to be for themselves.
And now, allow me to contradict myself...
Not long ago, I had the distinct pleasure and honor of being interviewed by Rachael Parker-Chavez of @defininggood...
Don't just write down what you did. Articulate how AMAZINGLY you did those things. Articulate a skill/strength, passion, or impact within EACH task description. Example...