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Help Your People Develop on the Job

As much as 90% of learning and development takes place on the job – which makes sense since continuous learning is a key strategy for a sustainable career. In fact, employees’ direct managers are often their most important developers. Help your team members flourish with these tips:

Instead of a yearly conversation about career goals during performance reviews, talk frequently. Regular discussions about your employees’ objectives and interests help them to refine goals and spot opportunities for development.

When planning a group project, ask team members to identify both how they can contribute and what they would like to learn. This avoids their volunteering to perform only tasks that they already know they can do.
Ask employees to report back periodically to you and fellow team members on what they have been learning and how they are using their new skills and knowledge.

Adapted by HBR from “If You’re Not Helping People Develop, You’re Not Management Material” by Monique Valcour.

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”

George Washington (1732-1799);
1st U.S. President

A time to ponder for Geo Super TV in Pakistan.

Ten Sports is using Spider Camera for better telecast of matches in the World Cup T20 matches in Bangladesh.

Congratulations to the government of Punjab and the protesting nurses for satisfactorily resolving the issue which forced the nurses to come on the streets of Lahore.

Both the parties deserve kudos for their sagacity and wisdom in peacefully resolving the demands of the nurses, who are the most important segment of our society and deserve all the respect and facilities from the society as well as, the government.

Today at 2.30 PM PST, Pakistan is playing against NewZealand, in a practice T20 cricket match in Bangladesh, in preparation of the World Cup matches, where Pakistan will play its 1st match against India on Friday, 21 March, at 6.30PM PST.

How Couples Can Cope with Professional Stress

Work stress can cause us to be impatient with our partners or to neglect our duties at home, creating a cycle of anxiety outside the office that makes work pressures even harder to face. To cope with work stress as a couple:

Recognize that you and your partner may have different ways of dealing with stress. Neither way is “right,” so find ways to accommodate one another. For example, let a partner who needs downtime after work have 30 minutes alone, but ask that partner to engage more later — over dinner or out on an evening stroll.

Resist the urge to compare stress levels with your partner. Learn to simply listen and offer help. Try to solicit your partner’s help and empathy in your own stress, without drawing direct comparisons or judging. Each partner is an equal, and all stressors are valid and important.

Adapted by HBR from “How Couples Can Cope with Professional Stress” by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman.

At Jinnah International Karachi airport lounge gate 15 for travel back to Lahore via PK 304 departure at 3PM.

“The possibility for rich relationships exists all around you — you simply have to open your eyes, open your mouth and most importantly, open your heart.”

— Cheryl Richardson

“It isn’t sufficient just to want — you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt