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Making a SMART Start

Guest Author: Dr. Brian J. Fraser

First impressions matter, especially when you are starting a new job. 

How well you show up in your new position will depend on how carefully you consider your aspirations, your assumptions, your anxieties, and your actions as you move into that new job. 

How you show up during your first 6 months will have a profound effect on how well you establish your credibility as a foundation for personal and organizational success.

As reported in Credibility, in research with over 80,000 employees, Barry Z. Posner and James S. Kouzes found that credibility rests on four cornerstones. People trust and work best with leaders who are honest, foresighted, inspirational, and competent.

Colleagues are most engaged when leaders:

• are honest about themselves and the current situation; 

• are realistically optimistic about future opportunities;

• are respectful of the passion and the talent their team bring to the task; and

• have the hard and soft skills to do their work through other people.

Giving serious attention to the credibility you are creating as you start a new job will pay big dividends in employee engagement, team productivity, organizational results, and personal satisfaction. Making a SMART start will energize your own engagement and make a positive impact on the people with and for whom you work.

Finding a seasoned and sage thinking partner to coach you through those first 6 months will generate an invaluable return on investment.

SMART, in this case, is an acronym for the key elements in making a credible beginning in your new job.

• Soulfully
  This involves taking the time to get to know yourself afresh, re-examining what matters most to you and what you now do best. It means touching base anew with the integrating centre of your true self—your core identity. It’s the process of confirming the “voice” you have to contribute. 
  
  It also means getting in touch with your real needs so you can meet them in appropriate ways. CRG’s Values Preference Indicator is the tool we use to stimulate dialogue on this dimension. Ken Keis’ new book, My Source Experience Journal, also has great application here.

• Mindfully
  This involves recognizing you are in a new situation—you’ve never done this before in this organization, so you will benefit greatly from remaining curious and open-minded. You will do well to establish a specific learning agenda to match your strengths and passions to the realities of this organization. 
  
  Being mindful in this situation means being open to seeing things differently and to figuring out the best ways to bring your true self to the new responsibilities. CRG’s Personal Style Indicator is a great tool for sparking reflection and conversations around this element.

• Astutely
  This has to do with knowing your environment well. It involves knowing the stage your organization has reached in its life cycle. You will want to discover the formal and informal systems of influence and power. 
  
  You will do well to discover the organization’s strengths so you can build on them. CRG’s Entrepreneurial Style and Success Indicator can provide insights into the ways you can respond to new opportunities and challenges in your business life.

• Responsibly
  This is about knowing what to do and what not to do. It’s about functioning well in the circumstances—not overfunctioning or underfunctioning. One temptation, especially in new situations fraught with anxiety, is to take on too much too soon. That can result in frustration and you might begin to see yourself as a victim caught in a vicious cycle of overwork and underappreciation. 
  
  Negotiating clear and realistic expectations is important. Choosing the most highly leveraged initiatives to build teamwork and credibility is crucial. CRG’s Leadership Skills Inventory opens for examination some of the key dynamics for your assuming responsibility as a leader.

• Trustingly
  This is about having confidence in your capacity to show up in a way that creates success for both you and the organization. It means being the change you want to see. If you can learn to trust in the calling in the core of your soul, that confidence will become infectious; it also will help nurture trusting relationships with those through whom you do your work. 
  
  And it involves continuing to learn—in the spirit of your first 6 months. CRG’s Self-Worth Inventory will help you determine your current levels of trust in yourself and assist you to identify the most highly leveraged steps to take to build trust.

Here are the questions to ask yourself as you seek to make a SMART start:

• Do you know yourself well enough to start soulfully?

• Do you have enough curiosity about your new situation to start mindfully?

• Do you know your environment well enough to start astutely?

• Do you know your tasks well enough to start responsibly?

• Do you know you can put it all together and start trustingly?

Dr. Brian J. Fraser is a Vancouver-based professional speaker, seminar leader, and executive coach. He is the Lead Provocateur of Jazzthink Speaking and Seminars www.jazzthink.com. Dr. Fraser has been a CRG Associate since 2003.

Do you wish to develop personally and professionally—while helping others? If so, plan to attend CRG’s next 3-Day Train-The-Trainer program.

CRG’s 3-Day Train-The-Trainer Intensive is designed for all professionals who want to make a difference in other people’s lives.

This program is packed with so much value and content, we created the CRG TTT Alumni program for attendees to come back as many times as they wish, for a significant discount. 

Even if you attended the TTT program just 3 years ago, you’ll find the program has changed significantly! Many of our Associates attend TTT on an annual basis, to keep up with the progress and exciting developments at CRG.

Register now for our event in Vancouver, BC on Sept 21, 22, 23, 2006.

Recently, when one of our long-term clients attended the program, he thought he was going to learn about CRG. He did not anticipate he was also going to learn about himself.

• September 21, 22, 23, 2006
• November 16, 17, 18, 2006

If you have questions about our TTT, please contact Neal Diamond.
neal@crgleader.com
Toll-free in North America: 1-866-852-4347
International clients: 604 852-0566

Download the TTT PDF now!

My Source Experience Journal 
A Personal Discovery Process for Those Who Want to Lead a Passionate and Fulfilling Life 

Ken Keis, President of CRG, has completed his new book! It’s now available for you and your clients. This 88-page book is designed as a journal to take you on a path of personal discovery. If you are wondering what you should do in your life, the Source will help you. 

It’s also a great process tool to use with clients and others. If you know people struggling to find a clear direction in their life, do them a life-altering favor. Give them a copy of My Source Experience Journal™.

To order your copies now, please click here

How? We are looking for articles that engage the audience and help them with specific issues. 

Here are our requirements.

• Length: 600 to 1000 words. Short, punchy text is preferred over length.
  
• Focus on the issue(s) you believe are important to this segment (lifelong learning) and add your practical recommendations. Case Studies are welcome, as long as the parties mentioned have signed off. 
  
• Your article(s) must mention how a CRG resource has or can be used to resolve the challenges or issues you have outlined in your content. 
  
• CRG is free to use your article at our discretion. You will, however, always be acknowledged as the author/content-provider; your basic contact info will be included.

Your article must fall within the following categories/markets.

• Career Profession/als
• Training and Speaking Profession/als
• Small Business and Entrepreneurs
• HR Profession/als
• Corporate Applications
• Education Profession/als
• Relationships and Dating
• Parenting/Children
• Coaching Profession/als
• Christian/Church Groups
• Health and Wellness Profession/als
• Assessments as an overall development strategy

1. Please indicate the categories/markets to which your submission relates.
   
2. If you are not a writer, we encourage you to have a professional editor review your content prior to submission.
   
3. At the beginning of the file, indicate the length of your article.
   
4. To create the file name, type the title of your article + your name.
   
5. We accept MS Word files for PC only.
   
6. You may submit up to 5 different articles in this callout.
   
7. We reserve the right not to use your submission.
   
8. Please forward your article(s) to submissions@crgleader.com.

Finally, to qualify to submit an article, you must be a CRG Associate or Affiliate. If you wish to submit but are not yet a CRG Affiliate, please register at this link—at no charge.

UPCOMING EVENTS

CRG Train-the-Trainer
Where: Vancouver, BC
When: September 23, 24, 25, 2006
To register:  https://www.crgleader.com/trainthetrainer/

International Coaching Federation – Vancouver Chapter:
Assess for Success, with Speaker Ken Keis, President of CRG
Where: Vancouver, BC
The Arbutus Club, 2001 Nanton Avenue
3rd floor meeting room
When: September 28, 2006
Time: 7 PM to 10 PM
To register:  http://www.icfvancouver.org/

International Career Development Conference 2006
Professional Development Session on the CRG Personal Style Indicator and Model, with Speakers Ken Keis, President of CRG, and Richard Knowdell, Executive Director, Career Planning and Adult Development Network
Where: Santa Clara, CA 
When: November 1, 2006 
Time: TBA
To register: http://www.careerccc.com/ 

CRG Train-the-Trainer
Where: Vancouver, BC
When: November 16, 17, 18, 2006
To register: https://www.crgleader.com/trainthetrainer/

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