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Alt-MBA.com - Week 10 - What Got You Here

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This document discusses improving personal habits and behaviors that may hinder professional growth. It lists 20 common negative habits like taking too much credit, making excuses, and not listening. The document encourages recognizing blind spots and being open to feedback to improve. Effective listening is discussed with nine rules like not interrupting and maintaining attention. Overall, the message is that behaviors that led to success in the past may no longer work and personal growth requires openness to changing habits.

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It’sWeek 10 in the Alt-MBA and… What Got You Here Won’t Get You There Book by Marshall Goldsmith Presentation by NJ Thompson
Img:http://flickr.com/photos/85389265@N00/1517461714 Whether you like it or not…
And your habit of choice today will be… 1. Winning too much 2. Adding too much value 3. Passing judgment 4. Making destructive comments 5. Starting with “No,” “But,” or “However” 6. Telling the world how smart we are 7. Speaking when angry 8. Negativity, or “Let me explain why that won’t work” 9. Withholding information 10. Failing to give proper recognition
…and the selection continues… 11. Claiming credit that we don’t deserve 12. Making excuses 13. Clinging to the past 14. Playing favorites 15. Refusing to express regret 16. Not listening 17. Failing to express gratitude 18. Punishing the messenger 19. Passing the buck 20. An excessive need to be “me”
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Is it appropriate? How much should I convey?
Img: http://green-passions.com/myphoto/f/e/feedback70622.jpg How can I do better? me
Known to others Blind Spots PublicKnowledge Unknown to self Known to self Unknowable PrivateKnowledge Unknown to others
I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better.
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The Nine Rules of Listening Don’t use the Don’t let your eyes Listen words “no,” “but,” or attention wander and “however” elsewhere Don’t even agree Maintain your end Don’t interrupt with the other of the dialogue by person asking intelligent Don’t try to impress Don’t finish the Don’t say “I knew the other person other person’s that” with how smart or sentences funny you are
Thank You!
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The Daily Questions http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/cim/articles_display.p hp?aid=349
Feed It Forward Step 1. Step 2. Step 4. Step 3. Pick a Ask for Say Listen behavior two ideas thanks
A few extra tips There is no ideal behavior YOU are not managing YOU Measure the result Monetize the result Stop trying to coach people who shouldn’t be coached
You are here. You can get there. Let the journey begin!

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