How to Establish Your AuthorityWritten by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach
“Leaders are born, not made” – do you think this is true? I think one can learn to act as if he or she was born a leader. I’m thinking of my young friend Mark who told me his boss had told him, “The only reason I haven’t made you a manager is that you don’t act like one.” Sounds like a Catch-22, but that’s what we’re talking about. It helps to be given a title, but even then others won’t follow you unless you act like a leader, which requires believing you are one. TIP OF THE DAY: Don’t waste time trying to earn your leadership position. Impose it. Don’t be tentative. Claim all your Personal Power, an Emotional Intelligence competency. Deliver it like Henry, or Catherine, with authority and without emotion: EDICT OF NANTES: "Henry, By Grace of God, King of France, and Navarre, To all Present, and to Come greeteth. Among infinite Mercies that God hath pleased to bestow upon us, that most Signal and Remarkable is, his having given us Power and Strength not to yield to dreadful Troubles, Confusions and Disorders--" THE MANIFESTO OF THE EMPRESS CATHERINE II, OF RUSSIA: "By Grace of God "We, Catherine second, Empress and Autocrat of all Russians at Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Czarina of Kasan, Czarina of Astrachan, Czarina of Siberia, Lady of Pleskow and Grand Duchess of Smolensko, Duchess of Esthonia and Livland, Carelial, Twer, Yugoria, Permia, Viatka and Bulgaria and others; Lady and Grand Duchess of Novgorod in Netherland of Chernigov, Resan, Rostov, Yaroslav, Beloosrial, Udoria, Obdoria, Condinia, and Ruler of entire North region and Lady of Yurish, of Cartalinian and Grusinian czars and Cabardinian land, of Cherkessian and Gorsian princes and lady of manor and sovereign of many others."
| | The Seven Golden Rules Of Data BackupsWritten by Keith Edmunds
This article may be freely published in any media provided that it is published in its entirety, including contact details at end of article. Please send an email if you select this article for publication.Title: The Seven Golden Rules Of Data Backups Author: Keith Edmunds Email: keith@midnighthax.com Word count: 608 Word wrap: 55 characters Copyright: Keith Edmunds. All rights reserved. --------------------article begins-------------------- The Seven Golden Rules Of Data Backups Backups of company data are carried out for two main reasons. The first is to cater for those times when a document is inadvertently deleted or damaged and you wish to recover original document; second is as part of a disaster recovery plan in case something catastrophic happens to your computers (e.g., victims of a fire or theft). Backups cost time, money and effort to implement, and they are of no value right up until time you need them. This means they tend to be given a low priority, but ultimately they may easily represent difference between your business surviving and failing. In this TipSheet, we look at most common mistakes businesses make with backups. 1. Backup often Re-entering data is tedious and frustrating. Backing up your company data once a week means that most you should ever have to re-input is one week's worth Backing up your company data once a day means most you should ever have to re-input is one day's worth. Frequent backups lessen impact of data loss. 2. Don't keep any volatile data on desktop PCs In many organisations, documents are kept on hard drive of desktop PCs. It is unlikely that this is backed up regularly, if at all. A PC can easily be replaced: last week's quotations may not be so easy to replace. In particular, check that email is not stored on local hard drive (this is very common in small to medium size businesses). All documents, spreadsheets, email, etc should be kept on a central server, which is in turn backed up regularly.
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