Comments on: On Mentoring http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/08/on-mentoring/ Palm OS / web OS news and opinion source Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:47:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/08/on-mentoring/comment-page-1/#comment-13028 Anonymous Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:07:18 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/07/on-mentoring/#comment-13028 the palm? you need to address the issue of whether someone can do the job or not before expecting the palm to to it for them. the palm? you need to address the issue of whether someone can do the job or not before expecting the palm to to it for them.

]]> By: Sheldon Mydat http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/08/on-mentoring/comment-page-1/#comment-13024 Sheldon Mydat Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:56:26 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/07/on-mentoring/#comment-13024 With regards to the topic at hand, Empowerment is the key here in my opinion. Simple example - certain traffic wardens become very empowered and play on this power (would never generalise!) But they are given a feeling of importance, which they thrive on. The point being that mundane work needs spicing up. People need to feel that they are worthwhile - that their duties are necessary as well as important. To Re-title a secretary as an assistant for example, as well as addressing responsibilities, is a step away from the old mindset eluded to at the top. The CEO, Executive and Managment levels should know that they are necessary to the running of a company (some more than others!) this should permiate rather like the writing inside a stick of rock right through an entire organisation - the results can be quite telling. With regards to the topic at hand, Empowerment is the key here in my opinion.
Simple example – certain traffic wardens become very empowered and play on this power (would never generalise!)
But they are given a feeling of importance, which they thrive on.

The point being that mundane work needs spicing up.
People need to feel that they are worthwhile – that their duties are necessary as well as important.
To Re-title a secretary as an assistant for example, as well as addressing responsibilities, is a step away from the old mindset eluded to at the top.

The CEO, Executive and Managment levels should know that they are necessary to the running of a company (some more than others!) this should permiate rather like the writing inside a stick of rock right through an entire organisation – the results can be quite telling.

]]> By: On empowerment >> TamsPalm-the Palm OS Blog http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/08/on-mentoring/comment-page-1/#comment-8429 On empowerment >> TamsPalm-the Palm OS Blog Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:18:41 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/07/on-mentoring/#comment-8429 [...] If you want things like mentoring and patronship delegation to work, you need to give your employees the ability to work on their own. If you micromanage your employees or fire them at the smallest mistake, they will feel helpless and fall back into gofor mode; if they feel responsibility and “power”; they will grow! [...] [...] If you want things like mentoring and patronship delegation to work, you need to give your employees the ability to work on their own. If you micromanage your employees or fire them at the smallest mistake, they will feel helpless and fall back into gofor mode; if they feel responsibility and “power”; they will grow! [...]

]]> By: May C http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/08/on-mentoring/comment-page-1/#comment-6412 May C Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:13:58 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/07/07/on-mentoring/#comment-6412 I agree. A secretary is supposed to take away a lof of the work that is administrative in nature. The higher up's job is to take care of her own work, not wasting her valuable time doing something else. Imagine a surgeon being taken away from doing surgery but instead, having to find the tools himself, doing all the other work like monitoring the blood pressure, etc. How effective will he be? If the secretary isn't effective, then get another one if you can't waste time teaching her to do the task properly. There should be lots of potential candidates waiting at the door willing and able to fill the job. Efficiency as being ourselves is partly using our time and energy wisely. Hopefully, the Palm can help in many instances. ;) Just my 2 cents. I agree. A secretary is supposed to take away a lof of the work that is administrative in nature. The higher up’s job is to take care of her own work, not wasting her valuable time doing something else.

Imagine a surgeon being taken away from doing surgery but instead, having to find the tools himself, doing all the other work like monitoring the blood pressure, etc. How effective will he be?

If the secretary isn’t effective, then get another one if you can’t waste time teaching her to do the task properly. There should be lots of potential candidates waiting at the door willing and able to fill the job.

Efficiency as being ourselves is partly using our time and energy wisely. Hopefully, the Palm can help in many instances. ;)

Just my 2 cents.

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