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S1E10 - Making an impact at work and home

There are a number of ways to make a greater impact at work and at home.  All the tips aren’t cliche but I hope you get something from this.

impact

NOUN

1. The action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.

‘there was the sound of a third impact’

1. A marked effect or influence.

‘our regional measures have had a significant impact on unemployment’

6 Ways to influence and make an impact everyday!

1. Be positive, and do whatever you can to not be a debby downer
2. Speak up and actively participate in discussions
3. Listen before you speak
4. Proactive attitude
5. Keep others informed and be the goto person
6. Embrace risk and lead

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S1E9 - Everything in its place = productive

There are fewer more frustrating things than losing something or misplacing stuff and having to find it.  That is a waste of time, and adds to the frustration of trying to get stuff done.  We can’t have any of that and here is the BOOM DOOOONEEE way to keep organized and save yourself frustration and time.

The Boom Done Method of Keeping Stuff Organized (TBD-MK-SO...)

• Always have a place for your most commonly used items, and if you’re not using it put it back.
• If you have an empty hand, fill it and put something away
• Label machines are the definition of amazing
• Every minute spent organizing saves hours later on
• Time gate cleaning
• When it doubt, throw it out

How many of you do these things?  What suggestions do you have, reach out to me at [email protected]

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S1E8 - The Return to the Covid Workplace

Firstly, I have to address that if you’re the type of person that has been working remotely at a job and now has to go back...you are incredibly privileged to be doing so.  There are so many people who had to either work through the pandemic as part of their job or due to the service they provide.  I am truly thankful for all the workers that put themselves at risk to serve society.

How to return to the workplace during Covid:

1. Before going back, acknowledge the fears/hang-ups you have, write them down and try to see them from a different perspective.
2. Be open to a level of disgruntled and irritation upon being forced back to the office, but don’t let that attitude hurt your career.
3. Ask for flexibility and what is possible.
4. Understanding the “Why”, and try to ensure you get a clear understanding of the “why”
5. Compassion for coworkers who are making different decisions than you.
6. Personal safety in the workplace
   1. PPE (Personal protective equipment)
   2. Cleaning supplies
   3. Office arrangement and placement
   4. Desk location and avoiding communal spaces
7. Remember that people are having a hard time all over, and to be grateful that you had the chance to do your job from home while so many more people never got that chance.

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S1E7 - How to prioritize tasks for success

Book of the week (Affiliate link):  Master the Matrix: 7 Essentials for Getting Things Done in Complex Organizations  https://amzn.to/3tyJZEN

Work life balance tips -

1. Write down all tasks that have to be done in a list
2. What are your overall goals to align tasks against that goal
3. Find high value items -
   1. The Value Matrix:

• High value, low complexity - Easy win
• High value, High complexity - strategic initiative
• Low value, low complexity - Worth pursuing, worth doing later
• Low value, High complexity - deprioritize (Hot trash)

1. Avoid competing interests/goals/projects
2. What capacity do you have to complete tasks?  What is your velocity?
3. Look at the list weekly and review progress.  Check if a low complexity task moved to high, or high moved to low.

Other ways to deal with tasks.

Chunking - Big problems need to be broken down into smaller chunks/tasks.

Timing, If there is a priority due to timing (Deadlines or time sensitive info) then priority should go to the item with maximum utility for the lowest amount of work needed.  IF it’s a BIG problem, then chunk it down to start making forward progress

Always find a way to bring a big problem into small chunks to make forward progress an element to your issue.  You’ll never get anywhere trying to eat an elephant!

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10 Tips for Successful Public Speaking

From Toastmasters International - https://www.toastmasters.org/

1 . Know the room . Be familiar with the place in which you will speak. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

2 . Know the audience. Greet some of the audience as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to a group of strangers.

3 . Know your material. If you’re not familiar with your material or are uncomfortable with it, your nervousness will increase. Practice your speech and revise it if necessary.

4. Relax . Ease tension by doing exercises.

5 . Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and assured. When you visualize yourself as successful, you will be successful.

6 . Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They don’t want you to fail.

7. Don’t apologize. If you mention your nervousness or apologize for any problems you think you have with your speech, you may be calling the audience’s attention to something they hadn’t noticed. Keep silent.

8 . Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and outwardly toward your message and your audience. Your nervousness will dissipate.

9 . Turn nervousness into positive energy. Harness your nervous energy and transform it into vitality and enthusiasm .

10 . Gain experience. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need.

Books for the week! (Affiliate links below, supports the podcast so thanks!)

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki - https://amzn.to/3A2pv9G

Never Stop Learning by Bradley Staats - https://amzn.to/39dtyo5

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S1E5 - How to properly work from home

Working from home has become a reality for many folks in the workplace.  Due to either social distancing or workplace decisions, the worker who is working from home must be extra diligent and try to stay as connected as possible.  Here are some tips on how to work from home properly.

• Maintain standard work hours
• Designate a spot in your house as your workplace and stick to that area
• Schedule breaks (just because you’re at work doesn’t mean you can’t take a stretch)
• Consider maintaining a zero unread email policy for yourself
  • Action all items quickly and keep the ball rolling on requests
  • If you’re the first to respond or quickly, there isn’t much worry that you’re not working hard.
• If folks in management are checking your online status, stay online.
• Anytime you can talk with folks at work, do so.  If there are group chats, keep in the middle of them so people know you’re connected.

You don’t want to lose out on the power of working from home because of a couple slip ups.

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S1E4 - Steps to Empathetic Change

The power of empathy is huge when trying to get stuff done in the workplace.  How can you figure out what capacity or capabilities people have if you don’t have a clue what they do or the struggle they encounter?

5 Steps to empathetic change:

1. Walk a mile in the other person's shoes
2. What was hard about that person’s day and how do they feel about it?
3. Can you see any places work slows down or stalls?  Ask the person about your findings, don't assume.
4. Create an action plan with that person, not alone
5. Make the person the vessel of change as they will ultimately be doing that changed process.

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S1E3 - How to make people like you - Boom Done Podcast

Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” https://amzn.to/3k7uNKu ← Affiliate link

Six ways to Make People Like You

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
6. Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.

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https://www.jnforensics.com/books Joe Navarro - Former FBI Agent Body language expert

Negotiation Phases:

1. Assessment
2. Engagement - A attempt to establish communication with the opposing party using info from the assessment phase
3. Transaction - Both parties attempt to come to a agreement

Negotiation Prep:

1. Have a specific objective
2. Choose your words
3. Think of the Audience
4. Anticipate
5. Rehearse

Assessment Phase:

• Prior Research and information
• Physical Appearance
• Current disposition
• Miscellaneous info (cultural Norms, unanticipated behavior)

Tips from Joe:

• Mind your word choice and make sure you aren’t using words that will trigger the other party.
• Be mindful of body language and learn about it (Joe has a ton of books on the subject)

Listen to Joe talk on this WIRED video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH5ChB7awcM

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The engineering process from Musk's experience:

1 - make requirements less dumb

2 - try very hard to delete steps of the process

3 - simplify / optimize

4 - accelerate cycle time

5 - automate

From Everyday Astronaut YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw

https://tulip.co/blog/cycle-vs-lead-vs-takt/

Cycle Time Definition

Cycle Time is the amount of time a team spends actually working on producing an item, up until the product is ready for shipment. It is the time it takes to complete one task. This includes time spent producing the item and the wait stages (amount of time the task is left ‘waiting’ on the board) between active work times.

Lead Time Definition

Lead time is the time measured from the moment a client puts in an order to when the final product gets delivered.

Takt Time Definition

Takt Time in German means rhythm. It is the steady ‘beat’ to which production must follow to satisfy the demands of the customer.

Takt time is the rate at which manufacturing processes and systems need to complete the production in order to meet the customer's request. Therefore, this is less of measuring the total time it takes to complete a segment or the entirety of the production.

Cycle Time Example

Suppose your team works 40 hours a week, producing a total of 160 units.

The key to keeping a good production system is to maintain the Takt Time just below Cycle Time. If your Takt time is more than 15 minutes, you may have difficulties meeting the customer demand. Reducing Cycle Time is one of many ways to keep the operations on a steady, manageable schedule.

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