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Leadership

Leading by example is the best form of leadership..I have always looked up to leaders who work right along with you..Setting a good example is the way to get respect..Positive attitude makes for a productive enviroment.

 

 

Best Practices, success and challenges

As an instructor , It is very important to become an active listner and not just to answer question, but hear the students. The non verbal cues are also a great tool for hearing students out.

It is also important to organize and prioritize your work

To better handle stress in my work enviroment

To better handle stress in my work enviroment

Stress

I have found that when I get stressed out at work I need to stop and ask for help if I need it. I also have found that spending time with my family and animals helps me out.

Challenges

I have found that if I lead by doing and helping out my employees then the team seems to follow and we all work better together.

How to Combat Stress

The best way to combat stress is to focus on the things you can control and to put aside the things you can't control.

Stress and anxiety that come about in certain situations in life are a result of trying to do the things that can't be controlled. 

If people learned how to focus more on what they can do, it would take away the worry/anxiety from the unknowns in the trials of life.

This is something, I believe, everyone struggles with and I plan to work on this in my life as well.

Stress

Work in a postive way

stress

sometimes i work better under stress. that is derived from being in the military in combat zones.

Bosses

Bosses can be fun to work with but also sometime not so much.

Challenges

Some of our biggest challenges as instructors is deraling with new students each semester. Every student has their own personality and handling those personalities can be a huge challenge.

Handling Stress

It's interesting to learn that there is positive and negative stress. It feels like stress is more frequently portrayed as a negative stress, but assuring to know that stress can be both positive and negative. As long as you can recognize the difference between the two, managing stress can become easier to handle and gives you a clearer definition when you reach that fork in the road to handle it accordingly.

Assesment

very nice

Stress

Positive stress enables one to strive and succeed. Negative stress leads to diseases and poor performance. 

Getting along with your boss

Its important to understand your boss's style of leadership and adjust accordingly. That , one's behavior determines the boss's response to them. Getting along with the boss and others is critical to successful work environment. Don't assume the worst of your boss and try your best to support them. Treat others as you would like to be treated. Set clear goals, targets and how to meet them. Communication, trust and positive work environment is important for organization success. 

Managing work place challenges

The difference between effective and ineffective strategies by managers.  Effective online training  methods of implementation and follow ups.

Best Practices

The importance of positive and good ethical behaviour at work place, setting clear goals for all to follow and being the mentor by performimg the quality of work expected so that the rest of the team members can emulate.

Understanding Self

It is important to undestand specific goals for your work place. It is just as important to understand your tools that help you succeed and the ones that could be improved.  

Handling stress

Try new ways of approaching a mundane task

What I have learnt today

I have learnt  the importance of knowing one's strength and weaknesses so one can be productive in his/her role.I have also learnt that being in management ,one needs to emulate postitive work ethics as employers are more likely to copy what the managers do at work.If an employee works under a manager who is efficient ,professional and takes his/her job serious,that will breed competitive and competent employees.

I always give more to my job in terms of coming early all the time and leaving late to ensure that I have covered all the tasks that I need to do,and I… >>>

stress

Sometimes it gets so hard that I just cant do anything... one of my strenghts, when I feel i'm under lots of stress, I try something completely new.. e.g checking out free online courses  something totally different from my area of profession.