Whenever I was in conversation with a particular friend, and I would say something like, “We really should get such-and-such taken care of,” my friend would say, “Who is we? Do you have a frog in your pocket?” Who is “we?” Have you ever heard statements like these at home and work: “We should [...]
Have your meetings become a forum for competing agendas, apathy and wasted energy? How much time do you waste arguing, nitpicking policies, chasing rabbit trails, delaying decisions, and talking around the real issues? Is scheduling another meeting the only guaranteed outcome of your time together? While meetings have a place and purpose, too often [...]
Working adults spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else. Work should ennoble, not kill, the human spirit. Promoting workers’ well-being isn’t just ethical; it makes economic sense.
In today’s climate of tighter resources, liability concerns, and focus on productive workplace relationships, companies can no longer afford to sit on the fence with employees who aren’t competent in both technical and people skills. We recommend that you either invest in their development, or invite them out of the organization. If this employee is valuable to your organization, then invest in their development.
She says her first three-day PCM experience showed her the differences and similarities in those around her and made it transferrable. No other personality test added the kind of insight to organizational culture as to how people are motivated or how to invite people out of distress, Weber says.
“Through PCM you gain a lot of self awareness and learn how to proclaim a message of who you are as a church,” Ratzlaff says. “It helps us on a daily basis with our interactions with people of all styles. I love that it helps embrace each person’s diversity and gifts and helps you know how to make leadership choices and to honor everyone’s gift when moving a group forward.”
Ran across this article and thought we’d share. (Remember, we do training that increases self-efficacy, and we train other trainers how to do it too!) Efficacy vs. Esteem
In a remote area in the Calabasas hills, there is a stone building, an outdoor amphitheater, a tree house and a garden. Children come here each day, ages preschool through 5th grade, to follow their passion. The lessons are based on what they want to learn that day. A simple question to a teacher like, “How does a robot work?” can turn into months of instruction and international Skyping to engineer and build a working robot, just to see how it is done.
The entitled PCM user seeks special treatment because of their personality, or expects others to tolerate them without accountability. “Hey, as a Rebel, I need a hands-off management style, so back off and leave me alone.” This is entitled, selfish behavior, and it’s a misuse of PCM.
