Greetings,
Just wanted to let you know that I have a SoundCloud account and I will be posting periodic thoughts, rambling, and other such nonsense about the Walking Leader series as well as my fiction work.

You can find it here: https://soundcloud.com/daveguerra

It is free to listen and use. They even have an app that you can install and listen directly from your Apple or Android device, not just the PC.

If you sign up please let me know, I would like to hear from you.

Thank you,
David


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David G. Guerra is the author of the "Walking Leader". The Walking Leader is a book for anyone in any organization that is looking for away to increase their presence and increase their leadership abilities. The Walking Leader serves as a guide for those that are not certain how to go about walking around that company, meeting and interacting with everyone in the company. The Walking Leader brings to the reader 20 rules to utilize when getting out there on the company floor and making the best of the time with the other employees.

Walking Leader Bonus #5: Another word or two about change

Change has to come. no, no, Change is coming. No! No! No! Change is here?

YES! Change live here! We live in a time of change.

Change is always here. Change never goes away. It is how we deal with change that makes all the difference. How we deal with change is the one thing that can change.

You hear people talk about change being good and change is bad. It can be good for you and appear to be bad for someone else at the same time. Change can be both at the same time.  Good for you and bad for someone else or vice versa.

Really, change is what you make of it.  For instance, let us use the recent government shutdown as an example.  There were some individuals, okay many individuals that were sent home because they were not essential personnel to sustain minimal government operations.  Now the question should be passed of every one that went home: what did you do during this unexpected time off?  Did you worry?  Did you play candy crush?  Did you go on vacation?  Did you blow to all your savings?  On the other hand, did you do something beneficial with that time?

I am more than certain there were plenty of people that were worried, so much that it was physically visible to somebody else.  It is understandable especially when there was no resolution after the first week.  However, the uncertainty of it all contributed to exacerbating any worries or stress that anybody had.

Notice some of the words that I used: worry, stress, playing, time off, and no resolution.
Are not those words almost synonymous with the way someone feels when changes taking place?

I say yes!  You hear those words and many others when change is coming and happening.  Very seldom, why I do not know, do you hear the word "beneficial" when changes coming, especially by the individual's affected by the change.

It is all about perspective.  How many people sat around and played on their kids play station?  How many people went to udemy.com and signed up to take an online training course?  Heck, they had two weeks they could have taken three courses!  Sure, most of them are not free but are some very good ones (or appear to be good) for under $100.

Before I digress and go somewhere else, I had better get back on track.  What I am trying to say is and I said at the beginning: change is what you make of it!

It is all about your attitude, confidence, and knowing that changes are not permanent but change is.

Thank you for your time

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David G. Guerra is the author of the "Walking Leader". The Walking Leader is a book for anyone in any organization that is looking for away to increase their presence and increase their leadership abilities. The Walking Leader serves as a guide for those that are not certain how to go about walking around that company, meeting and interacting with everyone in the company. The Walking Leader brings to the reader 20 rules to utilize when getting out there on the company floor and making the best of the time with the other employees.

Walking Leader Bonus #4: Bring Value To Others

No matter what position you hold in your organization and no matter who you are dealing with there is only ONE thing that matters most: Are you bringing value to others?

When you interact with others are you doing everything you can to ensure that their time with you was more than just a passing moment in time between two people? If you are not too sure what I am talking about, that's OK.

Think about the following: In your next interaction, try to give them an experience like they have never had before. So that when they leave they can take with them something that can never be taken away. An experience that will leave them wanting more.

Try it...

Until Next Time,
David

 

WL Bonus #3: Do You Inspire Others?

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."     -John Quincy Adams


Stop for moment and think about the following: Would you consider what you do today as inspiring to others? I mean does it inspire others to be better people? better employees? better co-workers? better friends? better family members? 

If you answer "No" to just one of these, don't you think it is time you start doing something that will inspire people? You know it is time!

Not sure how to inspire others? Try this: LISTEN! Just listen to them and make certain they know you are actively listening. It's that simple.

Don't Feel Intimidated (or Scared or ???)

As a new Walking Leader, you may be tempted to feel intimidated when going out and talking to people outside your department for the first time. Don't be fooled by the "new-ness" of the entire situation but instead embrace it and use it as motivation to extend your hand the first time.

Embrace the new-ness?

Yes, it is in that new that one can go out and extend the hand of greeting and friendship without feeling like the eyes of the organization are on you. That is what makes the entire process of the Walking Leader so special. You are out there getting to know what the heck is going on and meeting the people who are making it all possible.

Remember, in war it is the Infantryman that is on the ground fighting the battle but it is the cook that feeds the Infantryman, it is the Medic that patches him up, it is the finance clerk that gives him a pay check, and so on. What I am saying is that no matter what those on the front-lines can fight the battle but can NOT win the war without the complete support of all the services the organization brings to the fight.

To know how you, your team, your department can properly support those in the other departments within the company you have to get out there, shake their hand and say Hello. No matter what do not feel intimidated or scared but instead take advantage of the situation and be the leader by taking that first step and the rest will follow.