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Make It Easier for Your Team to Keep Learning

Leaders want employees to continue to learn and develop new skills, but this wish will fall flat if people aren’t given extra support. You might encourage employees to sign up for extra training and courses, but not many people will have time to engage properly, or at all, if their workloads remain the same and their studying has to be done after hours. If you truly want to promote more learning among your team, start by giving people opportunities to develop at work. Give them stretch assignments and more autonomy. Make sure your team has access to the resources they need to learn and grow – including people. Use mentoring to connect younger stars with seasoned executives – both can learn from each other. Establish regular check-ins to provide feedback, and measure progress through 360s. You can also fuel development by giving rewards such as promotions and stock ownership.

Adapted from “How to Keep Learning and Still Have a Life” by Lisa Burrell.

“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

“My ambition is peace and perfection.”

— DeForest Kelley

HATE TO LOVE
Charmingly villainous
Imran Khan brought out my ambivalence as a journalist. The patriot in me wanted to see Imran’s team defeated; the critic in me conceded that he was a visionary. We often see people as black or white; Imran I saw as black and white. Quite like the boy Cardus, who prayed that England should bowl Australia out for 137 but that Victor Trumper should get a brilliant century
MUDAR PATHERYA | JANUARY 2015

Don’t Give Feedback When You Don’t Need To

While feedback should be a regular part of work, not every behavior warrants input. For example, you shouldn’t offer corrective feedback just because someone has a different work process — even if it stresses you out. So before you deliver feedback, think about what you’re trying to achieve. And avoid giving it when:

You do not have all the information

It concerns something that the recipient can’t control

The person appears to be highly emotional or especially vulnerable

You don’t have time to explain it thoroughly

It’s based on a personal preference, not a need for more effective behavior

You haven’t come up with a solution for how the person can move forward

Adapted from “Giving Effective Feedback (20-Minute Manager Series).”

SHAME on whom the PTA or the PMLN’s govt or on both of them..?

SMS Service for Shaukat Khanum Donations Banned by PTA

Syed Talal | 19 Jan 2015 01:13 pm

The management of Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Peshawar recently started a campaign for collecting donations to help with establishment costs. The campaign included an SMS drive, which has run into issues as PTA has banned it without providing any reason. Through the SMS campaign, people could easily donate PKR 20 by sending a blank SMS to…

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

—William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
American Politician

Prioritize Good Communication on Your Global Team

Global virtual teams are becoming more common. And because it’s harder to keep people in different regions of the world on track, you need to make sure that people are communicating as effectively as possible. Here are some ideas to try:

Make email a priority. Instant messaging relies on everyone being there at the same time. Email, on the other hand, can be totally asynchronous as it fits time zone differences and keeps teams in rhythm together.

Be intentionally positive. It’s easy for things to sound negative in an email. Sarcasm and humor can come across the wrong way, but being friendly and approachable is always welcome…even if it means using emoticons.

Offer suggestions, not critiques. “I don’t get it” can steer the conversation into a dead end. People should always suggest an alternative instead of simply sharing their dislike for an idea.

Adapted from “Communication Tips for Global Virtual Teams” by Paul Berry.

Indo-Pak nuclear war is an option..! https://www.snayyar.com//?s=Indo-Pak+nuclear+war+is+an+option#sthash.2BjpnM0m.dpbs