Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better?
I’ve been a surgeon for eight years. For the past couple of them, my performance in the operating room has reached a plateau. I’d like to think it’s a good thing—I’ve arrived at my professional peak. But mainly it seems as if I’ve just stopped getting better. During the first two or three years in practice, your skills seem to improve almost daily. It’s not about hand-eye coördination—you have that down halfway through your residency. Say you’ve got a patient who needs surgery for appendicitis. Even before you start, you need to make some judgments. Once you have the little organ in view, you may find that appendicitis was the wrong diagnosis. Over time, you learn how to head off problems, and, when you can’t, you arrive at solutions with less fumbling and more assurance. As I went along, I compared my results against national data, and I began beating the averages. Maybe this is what happens when you turn forty-five. It wouldn’t have been the first time I’d hit a plateau.
5 Tips for Better Work-Life Balance
If you're finding it more challenging than ever to juggle the demands of your job and the rest of your life, you're not alone. Many people are putting in extra hours, or using their smartphones to be on call when they're not physically at work. "A lot of people are having a more difficult time finding balance in their lives because there have been cutbacks or layoffs where they work. They're afraid it may happen to them, so they're putting in more hours," says psychologist Robert Brooks, PhD, co-author of The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life. "But even if you don't have much control over the hours you have to work, you can ask yourself: In what other ways am I bringing greater enjoyment into my life?" Here are five ways to bring a little more balance to your daily routine: 1. When you plan your week, make it a point to schedule time with your family and friends, and activities that help you recharge.
NST Produktebeschrieb
In jedem ruht ein Bild des’, was er werden soll –solange er dies nicht ist, ist nicht sein Friede voll. Angelus Silesius Neigungs-Struktur-Test NST von Ulrich Keller / Erwin LeibundgutVerfahren zur Neigungsabklärung bei Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen Text: Erwin Leibundgut Neigungen sind Interessen, die in den emotionalen Schichten der Persönlichkeit verankert sind. Der NST ist kein theoretisch-wissenschaftliches Konstrukt, sondern ein gewachsenes, aus empirischem Material in mathematischer Struktur geformtes und geeichtes Verfahren, das sich an einem ganzheitlichen Menschenbild orientiert. In den frühen sechziger Jahren entstanden, gehört der Test von Ulrich Keller, Mitautor Erwin Leibundgut, in der schweizerischen Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung auch heute noch zu den meistverwendeten Neigungs-und Interessentests. Zielgruppe Das Verfahren wurde ursprünglich für Jugendliche von Abschlussklassen konzipiert. Durchführung Theoretisches Konzept Aufbau des NST Interpretation Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Thinking Like Harry » Blog Archive » Work/Life Balance – there’s a calculator!!!
Daneen Kiger, Marketing Director – Global Channel Operations @ Ergotron I was recently thinking about how many free hours do I really have to do something or nothing in my life, and came across this work/life calculator on ccn.com. Daneen's Work Life Balance I work and sleep 62% of my time, so 38% of my time I get to do whatever I want?? Meals – 2.5 hours a day…during the week-quick and easy; weekends bigger meals and an occasional night out. (10%) Commute – luckily my commute is only up to half hour each way – an hour a day without any traffic. (2%) Leisure – exercise, reading, shopping, photography, on the computer, DVR TV, events. (10%) Chores – I spend at least eight hours a week on laundry for 5 people and cleaning the house. Kids Activities (not an official category in the calculator) – this week mine adds up to 16.5 hours of homework help, baseball games/practice, religion classes and a choir concert. (10%) I’m happy with how I balance my time with work and family.
The GROW Model - Coaching Training From MindTools
A Simple Process for Coaching and Mentoring Learn how to use the GROW Model, with James Manktelow & Amy Carlson. As a leader, one of your most important roles is to coach your people to do their best. By doing this, you'll help them make better decisions, solve problems that are holding them back, learn new skills, and otherwise progress their careers. Some people are fortunate enough to get formal training in coaching. The GROW Model is a simple yet powerful framework for structuring your coaching or mentoring sessions. About the Model GROW stands for: Goal. The model was originally developed in the 1980s by performance coach Sir John Whitmore, although other coaches, such as Alan Fine and Graham Alexander, have also helped to develop it. A good way of thinking about the GROW Model is to think about how you'd plan a journey. You then explore various routes (the options) to your destination. Tip: When leaders coach their team members, or act as mentors to them, this may or may not apply. 1. 2.
How to find a Work/Life balance with iMindMap
With iMindMap 5 at the forefront of everyone’s minds at ThinkBuzan, days are starting earlier and finishing later, and our developers are a hair’s breadth from bringing sleeping bags to work. Every provision has been made to make the office feel more homely for those burning the midnight oil (we now have a pool table, sofas and a fully stocked snack corner). Despite the good mood and energy in the office, this trend of ‘workaholism’ in the organisation has got us thinking about that clichéd concept of a work/life balance. Is it possible to have the rewarding career and still maintain a fulfilling home life? How can we have it all? A good place to start on the road to a more zen-like existence is to get a picture of exactly where you are right now. If so, fear not! Go through your map, both sides of it, and delete anything that is a non-negotiable. These are your priorities and these are what you should build your time around. Tags: iMindMap, Tips, Work
Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra | A Life Balance Tool
By Tracie Hiemstra, 2001 Choices can be overwhelming, confusing, and elusive. When you find yourself being bombarded with too many choices, divide them into two categories: Energy Inflow or Energy Outflow. The Life Balance Scale© can be a useful tool to remind ourselves to create energy, not just use it. The Life Balance Scale (click to view full size) Creating Energy Inflow is more challenging than distributing it, primarily because we tend to think that it is selfish to care for ourselves. Spiritual Growth: may be experienced through people, events, scripture, the natural world, individual experience, inspiration, your inner world, society, institutions, insight, imagination, reason, speculation, relationships, emotions, order or disorder.
