by Rick Baker
On Mar 9, 2012
Thought Tweet #430 Role Mastery happens when personal Strengths are combined with 10,000 hours of hard work.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
The folks from Gallup concluded that Personal STRENGTH = Natural Talent + specialized, relevant Knowledge + Skill. It is generally accepted that people take about 10,000 hours to master skills. Putting those two together: people can master a business role if they draw upon their natural Talents, gain specialized Knowledge related to their role, and develop Skills through practice, practice, practice.
by Rick Baker
On Mar 8, 2012
Thought Tweet #429 At your enterprise, are your Sales people more like artists or more like scientists?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Sales is becoming more like art than science. Selling, when it is performed properly, is an art...good Sales people have interesting personalities, curiosity, and creativity. And, they use those natural gifts. Selling, when businesses get hold of it, is a science. Much Sales Management. Much focus on Sales Systems and sales-process training. And Conversions. As many say, "Sales is a numbers game."
What do your Sales people think - art? science? a combination of the two? a wonderful, re-invented combination of the two?
by Rick Baker
On Mar 7, 2012
Thought Tweet #428 Do you have mental chatter? Can you stop that chatter when you choose to?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Controlling mental chatter: that's one of the most important aspects of self-management [which some people call Time Management or Time Leadership]. Perhaps, some people possess a natural ability to control their mental chatter? Perhaps, some people are born with a predisposition that causes them to experience much less mental chatter than the average person? If you are one of those people - terrific. You are a naturally-gifted self-manager. You possess genius because you possess focus and concentration excellence.