Do you want to show up more creatively for your clients and your colleagues, your family, and your friends?
Do you want to default to thinking about opportunity versus focusing just on problems?
Discovering Hope is full of proactive steps you can take right now, to achieve a more positive mindset or to help maintain the positivity you already have
Getting Positive reveals that more optimism is close at hand
Creative Pressures and Positivity
Creativity typically requires a positive mindset and that is tough, particularly when you’re paid to be creative! “getting Positive’ aims to bring more positivity about. gettingpositivenow.com
Problem Solver Must Have? Positive Psychology
New Year. New goals. New mindset?Â
Some of you will know that I published a book mid December, ‘Discovering Hope.’ Inspired by my conversations with all of you, repeatedly I listened to the challenges you face, caused either by too much work or too little and/or caused by virtual working, I felt I had to do more/try and help and share the collective thinking I’ve accrued through first hand experience through my career.
Systemic pressure can wear any of us down and ultimately, it will impact how we show up and professionally, it can negatively impact the quality of our thinking/solution delivery. This is a real issue if you’re paid by an employer/client’s to provide solutions!
What’s Needed?
The way to keep your job (and sanity) will derive from focusing on what you can control in your life (at and away from work) versus everything else happening out there!
‘Discovering Hope’Â includes many techniques I use to keep a positive/can do mentality. These ideas have sustained me working in what has been a brutal environment as a headhunter and coach. The point is, whether we know it or not, even positive people need to work at staying positive.Positivity comes from taking a number of daily proactive actions, these the book focuses on.
We’re all ‘hoping’ for more normal times, the point is, hope alone doesn’t cut it, take proactive ‘action’ in any situation and you will feel empowered if not, better than you did!
For more detail on how to purchase a book reviewed as a ‘book of positivity,’ and for fresh weekly ideas go to, www.discoveringhopebook.com
Positive Start to 2021Â – Taking the pressure off for a moment. A number of you have already got proactive and I’m pleased to say the market outlook feels that way too. In the first weeks of 2021, I’ve had many more employers wanting to talk with me about you!
Positive and hopeful years ahead, to all of you.
Stuart
”Discovering Hope’
www.discoveringhopebook.com – Maintaining a positive mental outlook. What’s the optimal way?
Amazon – amzn.to/3c6WCAf (Kindle $4.99)
Barnes & Noble – bit.ly/3qKXYoe (Paperback $6.99)
Job Opportunities 1/25/21
If you know of anyone looking for full time or part time work, some of the below opportunities are full time and some temp to perm.
1. BO/NY/CH – Director Data/CRM Strategy – >200K.creative a
2. NY/AT – Director Integrated Strategy – >170KÂ creative a
3. SF – Director Strategy, Btob focus – >180K – creative a
4. Nashville – VP Integrated Planning – >200+ – media/pr
5. NY EVP Strategy – >250 – pr
Past Newsletters
1. Effective stress management. How? –Â http://bit.ly/3aDNjnI
2. Trusted advisor status. How to attain it? –Â http://bit.ly/3qLE1gV
3. Biased Thinking – The anti strategist – http://bit.ly/3pcU4UI
Discovering Hope
Particularly in 2020, how often do you hear people talk about hope and being hopeful or not. We all want things to be better, to be normal again but while hope is key for all of us, being hopeful is far from a passive exercise.
Published December 9th, ‘Discovering Hope,’ is a small book, full of practical ideas and actions which we can all take both to rediscover and maintain a more hopeful outlook. Enjoy
www.discoveringhopebook.com
(Available in the UK from Amazon, Waterstones and other leading retailers and the U.S from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, amongst others.)
#discoveringhopebook #proactive #takingaction
More Learning, Money, Opportunity, Fun – What is Key?
Personal and organisational success is directly related to the extent of training, formal employee reviews and on-going developmental feedback. The cold stark reality, there is very little formal training, performance reviews often delayed if they happen at all, which makes the manager we have and their desire and ability to develop others, key for our progression. Yet, as Brian Souza’s ‘The Weekly Coaching Conversation’ highlights, sub-par employee peformance is due primarily due to a lack of coaching/developmental feedback.. Categorizing managers: ‘Micromanager’, ‘Do-it-all’ manager (don’t trust team) ‘Nice guy/lady’ manager (care more about being liked than constructively directing) and Coach manager, (the one you might want to pursue) seek for personal and/or professional reasons, to develop others.
If you want to grow, if you want to be considered for the best opportunities, then when looking for an internal move or pursuing a new job, seek out the ‘Coach boss.’ I think this is particularly true for those starting out in the business, with relatively less experience and definitely, if you have to work from home.
Parkin Empathy Prize Winner – Vicoria Aldecocea
The ability to work seamlessly with creatives or for that matter clients, (or consumers) starts with a ‘determination’ and ability’ to effectively understand others. This ’empathetic’ gene is key for effective strategic problem solvers as it is for an effective society!
Many congratulations to “Victoria Aldecocea,” the newest (and 24th) Parkin ‘Empathy’ Award winner. ($1500 cash prize plus $500 coaching).
The award is judged by the students on the course as well as the strategists that teach the course; (Not the school; Not SPARKIN)
It was great to be able to individually zoom with each of the 15 students: Victoria Aldecocea, Blair Baker, Ben Berlin, Raphael Bussy, Leslie Collin, Jewelian Griffith, Anastasia Montoya, Dasha Ovsyannikova, John Pillsbury, Todd Reichman, Tierney Riccitelli, Marti Rosenberger, Nicholas Schneider, Vanessa Van Der Keyl and Emily Woodward. Thanks to all the teachers who also voted: Vanessa Cameron, Marta Insua, RP Kumar, Chris Kwak, Alejandro Oszust, Christopher Owens, Eric Pakurar, Carlos Roncajolo, Pete Scanlon and Patrick White. Finally, thanks to dynamic Manolo Garcia, Director of the San Francisco school.
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