Are you as successful as you want to be?

To answer that question you need to take a critical look at yourself. But before you start analyzing your behaviors and attitudes, think about what it means to be successful. Ask yourself "What does success means to ME?". Figured it out? Check your picture of success with those you are in agreements with – partners, colleagues, etc. Refine and define your success and then get to work using the WDEP system for self-evaluation. The WDEP system is the go-to procedure for lead managers to encourage quality performance in the workplace and you can make this system work for you as well!

WDEP stands for:

• What do you WANT?
• What are you DOING?
• EVALUATION: Is it HELPING OR HURTING?
• What is your PLAN?

You will quickly learn how to make a judgment or determination about the effectiveness of your actions and the attainability of your wants.

1. Is what you want realistic or attainable?
2. Is your action helpful in getting the job done?
3. Is your action helpful to others?
4. Is your action helping you get what you want?
5. Is your action in line with or against the explicit rules of the bank?
6. Is your action acceptable?
7. Is your action helping the bank achieve its goals so you can maintain a secure job for yourself?
8. Is your plan for improvement attainable and helpful?

Build your success muscles with the tools and training you will find in our online store and calendar.

 

Still learning,

 

Honey

Take Your Professionalism Up a Notch

Ever noticed how some people light up a room when they walk in or how some others might light up a room by walking out of it?  How you light up a room will have much to do with your managerial presence.  Successful lead managers/supervisors encourage an atmosphere that demonstrates they and others deserve attention and respect.

To effectively manage your life, diligently seek new insights, stimulation, and intellectual and emotional development.  Never stop learning.  Keep the student in you learning.  Self-development is good for you and for your workplace.  Make the tiniest adjustments every day and soon you will be significantly improved.

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. 

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”

-Henry Ford

Stay on Top of Current Events

To sound intelligent, you must have something intelligent to say. Read newspapers, magazines and industry-related publications to stay current with what is happening in the industry.

Seek out Training Opportunities

Improve Your Vocabulary

It is almost impossible to have a polished, professional image with a poor vocabulary.  Attend classes on communication skills, have someone you trust critique pronunciation, diction, use of grammar, etc.  Use a thesaurus when you write.  Learn a new word a day.

Study Positive Role Models

When you meet someone you admire, study his or her style, speech, dress, and ideas.  Look for what you can use.

Fight the fear and project poise when confronted by persons who intimidate you.  Breathe, breathe, breathe...  Focus on your strengths.  Make your self-talk positive.  Recite affirmations.

Engage in Self-Assessment

Video and audiotape yourself. 

Listen to the message you leave on voice mail.

 

Ask for feedback from a mentor or someone you trust. 

Buy a full-length mirror and view yourself every day before leaving for work.

If you’re not the expert seek the advice of one. 

Learn what you need to know and don’t pretend to be someone you’re not.

Value and honor the expertise in others.

Observe what goes into persuasive presentations and adopt the tactics that feel right for you.

Safeguard Your Value/Power

Power and value are synonymous in business.  Our value (power) is realized by our competency when delivered by a self-control method.  When we choose to move away from self-control, the only thing that gets questioned is our competency.  Managers or supervisors that shout, berate, rant and rave, or demand lose power (value) within the organization.

The key to achieving self-management competency is establishing a strong sense of self-control.

Learn and use healthy boundaries.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Don’t react when you are too mad, too glad, or too sad.

Take note of how your emotions “act out.” 

Still learning,

Honey