Change Notes #38 August 11th, 2021
Welcome to another Change Notes newsletter! Fall is a fresh start not only for students, but it can also be a fresh start for yourself as a professional. This week’s articles are focused on professional development, embracing change, company culture, employee advocacy, and leadership skills. At the end of the day, these are all aspects of personal and professional development that could contribute to your fresh start this fall. What skills will you be focused on developing this season? We hope you enjoy!
Thanks for reading!
How To Pick Your Next Professional Development Goal
It is important to always have a goal for yourself when it comes to your professional development. Staying in one spot should never be a person’s goal. This article by ProjectManagement.com gives suggestions on good professional development goals to keep in your back pocket for the near or distant future. Choosing to advance in your career or master your current position are always fantastic ways to begin if you do not know where to start with professional development.
ProjectManagement.com - How To Pick Your Next Professional Development Goal
How To Create A Culture Of Big Ideas
At Change 4 Growth, we are all about company culture. Creating a healthy culture full of sharing big ideas and bouncing off of one another is very important for making progress as an organization. This podcast discusses bringing this culture to reality in your organization or team.
How to Create a Culture of Big Ideas - Megan Hyatt Miller (michaelhyatt.com)
5 Employee Advocacy Best Practices
Employee Advocacy is something every company should strive for. This article by Forbes dives deeper into employee advocacy programs and how this can boost success for everyone. Sharing is one of the main ways the article focuses on how you can boost the success within your company.
Insights on Future Leadership Skills
Leadership trends are always changing and developing. Leaders should always be staying current in the way they are leading others and learning the best ways they can be leading. The future of leadership is all about understanding culture, human skills, decision models, data, and more. This article from RedThread Research goes into more details on building on the future of leadership skills.
Change Reactions: Anticipate, Embrace, & Opportunitise
It is so important to anticipate and embrace change, but also to opportunitise it. Although that is not a word you typically use, it just means to take advantage of the change and make it work for you and your company. Change might have a negative connotation but change can most definitely be a great thing for your company to evolve and move forward.
CHANGE REACTIONS: Anticipate, Embrace & Opportunitise (changemanagementreview.com)