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How to do thoughtful work when you just can’t focus
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Disrupted Routines
Our focus and attention span is our most important asset, and the constant disruptions keep derailing us from our activities, with our brains shifting and wandering all the time.
This is further compounded with the uncertainties of today, where finding peace and focusing our mind is fast becoming a luxury.
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Our Minds Nee Reflection
Just jumping from one task to another in your to-do list or calendar does not help the mind absorb anything or learn.
The mind needs reflection time to digest information, filter out the mind-noise and convert meaning into learning. It pays to sit back and reflect, even if you feel irritated, vulnerable or bored.
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Embrace Change
From online learning for school kids to contactless delivery of Amazon products, the ongoing pandemic has already shown us many social, economical and cultural changes.
Embracing change and the new ways of doing things that were not feasible or acceptable earlier is the way forward, and makes us ready even in times of uncertainty.
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Broaden Your Perspective
While travel is the best way to expand your mind, virtual travel will do for now, considering what’s outside.
Ted Talks, brainstorming sessions on Zoom with like-minded friends or colleagues, and extensive reading of topics outside your range of interests is a great way to explore your mind. You will eventually create something above and beyond your individual efforts.
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“Most executives cannot articulate the objective, scope, and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If..."
David Collis - Harvard Business School professor
Invite Dissent To Build Others’ Commitment
An executive needs those she leads to translate strategic insights into choices that drive results. For people to commit to carrying out an executive’s strategic thinking, they have to both understand and believe in it. But repeated explanations don’t necessarily increase people’s understanding and ownership of strategy. Making them discuss the pros and cons of it make it so the problem is better understood and flaws are identified and fixed increasing ownership for success.
Identify The Strategic Requirements Of The Job
When someone is promoted into a function that requires strategic leadership it’s easy to spend time fixing what was wrong in their previous function but that often isn’t what the strategic leadership position requires. So, identify the strategic requirements of your job and focus on them.
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Trust in the age of remote work
Different industries may face different challenges when they have to manage staff remotely. However, they all share one element that is crucial: trust.
A lack of tr...
Setting expectations for a remote setting
- The simplest way to ensure employees are meeting expectations is to articulate your expectations.
- Rather than assuming everyone is available, establish the frequency and ideal timing for communication.
- Determine the best time and means of reaching you during the workday.
- Daily check-in calls can be helpful to stay up-to-date with what everyone is working on.
Once you've set expectations, stick to them so your team will know what to expect.
Set employees up for success with the right tools
In the office, employees are given the tools they need to do their jobs. The same should apply when they work remote. They should have access to the right materials, equipment, and information.
Recreating an office setting also means offering several methods of communication, such as video conferencing.
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A Zen Parable
There was a man riding on a horse. When a man walking on the road asks him where he is going, the rider replies, “Why are you asking me? You should ask the horse.”
The ho...
Emotional Intelligence
The ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions. -Salovey and Mayer (1990)
Emotional Mastery
It manifests itself in the kind of statements we make about ourselves, in relation to our emotional skills and success.
Qualities such as confidence, awareness and optimism, come under the umbrella of emotional intelligence.