How do you know if you are in the right job, on the right path and asking the right questions about where you should be going? Managing Oneself can help you ask the right questions to analyze your situation and change course if necessary.
In Managing Oneself, Harvard Business School Press, 2008, Peter F. Drucker shares his best tips on how to manage yourself in your business career. These seven tips by Drucker can help you determine how and when to change the work that you do.
(1) Ask, “What are my strengths?” Use metrics to measure your actions against the results. For example, if you change your actions, write down what you expect the result to be, and then when that time arrives, objectively assess if you met the result you sought to achieve.
(2) Ask, “How do I perform?” You need to find out if you learn best by listening or by reading and then obtain your information in that format.
(3) Ask, “What are my values?” Who do I want to see in the mirror? Find people who share your same values in the workplace.
(4) Ask, “Where do I belong?” Initially, you may only know where you do not belong.
(5) Ask, “What should I contribute?”
(6) Ask yourself if you are managing your work relationships well. For example, if the boss is a reader, submit written reports. If the boss is a listener, discuss what is in the report.
(7) Ask yourself what you will do when you retire. Plan activities now.
Rating: $$$$$ out of 5. Nothing is more important than placing yourself in the correct environment to succeed.
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