What Me? Lie On My Resume? Who Will Know?

Written by Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A.


What Me? Lie On My Resume? Who Will Know? The temptation to lie on a resume is great! How can it hurt if I stretchrepparttar truth a bit? Employers see lots of resumes. How are they going to know who lies and who doesn't? Whoa! Let's stop a minute and reflect on what lies can REALLY do on a resume. 1. Lying and stretchingrepparttar 144249 truth may come out anyway. You, job seeker, might exaggerate torepparttar 144250 wrong people and get caught LYING! 2. Are you so unsure of yourself that you have to LIE to get a job? Poor you! 3. MANY, if not all employers who find outrepparttar 144251 truth behind a lie will dismiss you onrepparttar 144252 spot. 4. Why lie? If your accomplishments and

The Goals of Leadership Coaching and Partnerships

Written by CMOE Development Team


Webster’s Dictionary describes a “partner” as an ally or an association built around common interests and goals.

A partnership denotes a joint venture, a relationship built on equal status (rather than inequality). Mutual consent and consideration from both parties are important attributes.

Organizations need leaders with a personal commitment torepparttar idea of building partnerships with employees by establishing goals and missions, listening, being accessible, understanding, empowering others, and maintaining accountability. They need leaders with a sense of dedication for employee productivity, who develops unconditional support and concern. They need leadership coaching to change employees’ patterns of reacting to situations to a more “proactive” style of influencing events. They need people who are empowered risk takers, who can accomplish and break through tasks. Dictatorial edicts, autocratic requests, domineering opinions that amount to marching orders, have no place in this kind of partnership.

Partnering is a more useful approach to building a relationship with an employee. A problem-solving or motivational one-on-one coaching exchange acknowledges a mature adult-to-adult relationship and allows both parties to participate. The employee recognizedrepparttar 144198 coach’s greater experience, andrepparttar 144199 coach appreciates and helps develop employee talent.

A Two-Way Process

Leadership coaching is a two-way street, which involves quality communication and trust betweenrepparttar 144200 manager andrepparttar 144201 employee. Its underlying premise is always mutual benefit. The better one partner looks,repparttar 144202 betterrepparttar 144203 other will too. A lot of power and creativity can come from both managers and employees working together to build and maintain this two-way partnership relationship.

Leadership coaching is a responsibility to effectively coach, train, and develop employees. Research demonstrates that skillful leaders use their ability to listen, reason, ask penetrating questions, and bring outrepparttar 144204 best in employees. Top managers show that they are really trying to understandrepparttar 144205 other person. They are coachable themselves. They rely less on authority and dictums and more on collaboration and negotiation. Effective leaders blend and weave ideas and solutions, and when appropriate defer torepparttar 144206 employee. They avoid hammering on employees, criticizing their work and acting in non-productive ways.



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