Sunday, 8 December 2013
Nelson Mandela a small tribute
To all readers
I just read in the news that Nelson Mandela has passed away at the healthy old age of 95 !
A loss to the list of inspirational leaders list for sure.
To the people of South Africa I'm sad for your loss, here are some small quotes and information from his leadership inspiring life
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/biography
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/06-0
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Got Motivation ?
Hello All,
I wanted to share with you something around motivation. Motivation is the maker or the breaker of a good functioning team.
What effects you and the people you work with? I have to say many of these points ring a bell with me, positively and negatively. Including something like the below, is a limited time result. You get what you want only once, not repeatedly, when you act like a child towards others
Take a read !
http://blogs.sap.com/innovation/human-resources/got-motivation-01033921#!
I wanted to share with you something around motivation. Motivation is the maker or the breaker of a good functioning team.
What effects you and the people you work with? I have to say many of these points ring a bell with me, positively and negatively. Including something like the below, is a limited time result. You get what you want only once, not repeatedly, when you act like a child towards others
Take a read !
http://blogs.sap.com/innovation/human-resources/got-motivation-01033921#!
Friday, 1 November 2013
Your effects on others as a leader!
So here it is, the most powerfully INSPIRING message I have seen about what it means to be a leader
It follows how simply, all the small things you do whether you remember them or not, have an impact on peoples lives... which means, just think what the big things you do, how can they come across.
Be confident you can call yourself a LEADER, its not bigger than you to step out of that line and say "I influence people" and you dont only have to be an officially titled person in charge of a team - even running a charity event or something similar like organising a fish tank cleaning schedule in the office can influence people and their interactions with you, "I'm not ONLY a manager of small details", "but a leader of all details". Our light not our darkness scares us... Don't hold it in, share you passions and your progresses with people!!! you will be surprised how much they open up and provide you with new and exciting help or information in return.
Build a team that fits together, build your systems and processes of working from complex to simple (whatever fits to that specific situation, to make you and the people you influence gel together as an efficient and stress free unit.
Change 1 persons understanding at a time and go ahead and inspire them to be more than they started as with you.
Use every single "lollipop moment" because you never know how much to influence and help someone else in their social or professional lives. You DO have influence in many things, make the most of it and enjoy the results and returns of GIVING to people:
It follows how simply, all the small things you do whether you remember them or not, have an impact on peoples lives... which means, just think what the big things you do, how can they come across.
Be confident you can call yourself a LEADER, its not bigger than you to step out of that line and say "I influence people" and you dont only have to be an officially titled person in charge of a team - even running a charity event or something similar like organising a fish tank cleaning schedule in the office can influence people and their interactions with you, "I'm not ONLY a manager of small details", "but a leader of all details". Our light not our darkness scares us... Don't hold it in, share you passions and your progresses with people!!! you will be surprised how much they open up and provide you with new and exciting help or information in return.
Build a team that fits together, build your systems and processes of working from complex to simple (whatever fits to that specific situation, to make you and the people you influence gel together as an efficient and stress free unit.
Change 1 persons understanding at a time and go ahead and inspire them to be more than they started as with you.
Use every single "lollipop moment" because you never know how much to influence and help someone else in their social or professional lives. You DO have influence in many things, make the most of it and enjoy the results and returns of GIVING to people:
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Happy Halloween !
On this day I want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween ! Hope you have a great day and don't forget to have some fun ! :o)
see you all soon for another A_Scott_Project update !
Friday, 25 October 2013
How to Lead like a great conductor
Hello everybody and welcome back
This week, ever wondered how to consider your effects on your team or rather ... orchestra ! :o)
Check out this inspiring TED talk around this, after first this video starts out as light humor, but in fact if you watch carefully it is really a great comparison of the effects of the leader on the team, the micro manager who is asked to leave by his team, the manager who allows his team some space to be creative and create a beautiful piece which is fun for all involved and listening. And all the styles in between.
The styles are all there and more, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, its a perfect end to a busy Friday for me and its not too tough on the concentration. But the underlying message is powerful indeed that I watched it twice :o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9g3Q-qvtss
Have a great weekend and see you next week !
Scott
This week, ever wondered how to consider your effects on your team or rather ... orchestra ! :o)
Check out this inspiring TED talk around this, after first this video starts out as light humor, but in fact if you watch carefully it is really a great comparison of the effects of the leader on the team, the micro manager who is asked to leave by his team, the manager who allows his team some space to be creative and create a beautiful piece which is fun for all involved and listening. And all the styles in between.
The styles are all there and more, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, its a perfect end to a busy Friday for me and its not too tough on the concentration. But the underlying message is powerful indeed that I watched it twice :o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9g3Q-qvtss
Have a great weekend and see you next week !
Scott
Thursday, 17 October 2013
How Great Leaders Inspire Action !
Hello All !
I know I have been quiet for a while, I have been busy yes... gathering great material for you all ! :o)
I feel excited too for what I will share from now on with you to inspire others !
For a small period I would like to inspire you to feel more than just a day job effects at whatever you do, not to sell you on a product or an idea, but connect with you. To try and share the same values of who I believe I am and how I get excited, will hopefully excite you as well and inspire you to also do great things for others and LEAD the way.
To start such a project you need an impact statement, followed by an evolving growth arriving in a crescendo, a golden circle
I want YOUR feedback YOUR comments OR I want to YOU to recommend someone you think should also read what I write to my blog and Twitter feed.
I want YOU to LEAD, I feel I need to share with YOU, things which inspire YOU to think not only about what I write, but for 10 minutes after what I wrote with your own moments for thought changing actions
This is where the "Scott Project" starts and the rest was just a warm up !
To support such an idea here is YOUR first sniff of what's coming, a great video about inspiring YOUR team and other peers and not just asking for support to lead and hoping you manage it along the way. Work from the the inside out, go for the emotion to deliver and drive outwards the actions
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
watch it, there is much more to come as I feel this stops short of getting the final push across that I want from you all...
I know I have been quiet for a while, I have been busy yes... gathering great material for you all ! :o)
I feel excited too for what I will share from now on with you to inspire others !
For a small period I would like to inspire you to feel more than just a day job effects at whatever you do, not to sell you on a product or an idea, but connect with you. To try and share the same values of who I believe I am and how I get excited, will hopefully excite you as well and inspire you to also do great things for others and LEAD the way.
To start such a project you need an impact statement, followed by an evolving growth arriving in a crescendo, a golden circle
I want YOUR feedback YOUR comments OR I want to YOU to recommend someone you think should also read what I write to my blog and Twitter feed.
I want YOU to LEAD, I feel I need to share with YOU, things which inspire YOU to think not only about what I write, but for 10 minutes after what I wrote with your own moments for thought changing actions
This is where the "Scott Project" starts and the rest was just a warm up !
To support such an idea here is YOUR first sniff of what's coming, a great video about inspiring YOUR team and other peers and not just asking for support to lead and hoping you manage it along the way. Work from the the inside out, go for the emotion to deliver and drive outwards the actions
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
watch it, there is much more to come as I feel this stops short of getting the final push across that I want from you all...
Sunday, 1 September 2013
CV (Curriculum Vitae) idea's
Hello Everyone,
Recently I wanted to spice up my CV make it look good, update the information I had on there and have it profession looking.
At the same moment I have been interviewing candidates for a position within my team and have had 1-2 CV's in a similar format.
That format is called "euro pass", its a European Union template, which is quite simple to fill in and the same time when completed accurately looks really good.
check it out at http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/home
you can complete it online or offline as you want and once complete gives that professional feel and look.
Try and use bullet points for your information, keeping it short with main skills demonstrated. Put there everything then try and shorten it to the most striking and maybe order in level of importance or attention catching. to be honest I skim through CV's for applications checking only 5 main points and if they haven't caught my attention or met the minimum requirements by then, I reject them.
5 things normally are:
Of course, sometimes you can be looking at 500 CV's for a role so need quick info checks to get through them all. think of this when making your CV what is striking enough to get noticed? have you promoted yourself well enough?
Take a look, leave comments and be brave, making my CV already showed me my current skill level and gave me the idea to apply for some higher roles I was considering but scared based on experience to go for. In the end, I found I had the right mix for the jobs!
Hope you all had a nice weekend
Scott
Recently I wanted to spice up my CV make it look good, update the information I had on there and have it profession looking.
At the same moment I have been interviewing candidates for a position within my team and have had 1-2 CV's in a similar format.
That format is called "euro pass", its a European Union template, which is quite simple to fill in and the same time when completed accurately looks really good.
check it out at http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/home
you can complete it online or offline as you want and once complete gives that professional feel and look.
Try and use bullet points for your information, keeping it short with main skills demonstrated. Put there everything then try and shorten it to the most striking and maybe order in level of importance or attention catching. to be honest I skim through CV's for applications checking only 5 main points and if they haven't caught my attention or met the minimum requirements by then, I reject them.
5 things normally are:
- Meet the language requirements
- Previous experience in relevant fields
- Nationality (some regions might need a visa for local work)
- Simplistic or Cluttered CV layout without good striking information of skills
- Duration of time spent in jobs, do they rotate jobs every 6 months? gives an idea of their personal stability to stay in the role with your company
Of course, sometimes you can be looking at 500 CV's for a role so need quick info checks to get through them all. think of this when making your CV what is striking enough to get noticed? have you promoted yourself well enough?
Take a look, leave comments and be brave, making my CV already showed me my current skill level and gave me the idea to apply for some higher roles I was considering but scared based on experience to go for. In the end, I found I had the right mix for the jobs!
Hope you all had a nice weekend
Scott
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