"Flexibel und situativ handeln“ Lernen!

In der Artikel "Zu viele Bälle in der Luft" (von Sabine Hildebrandt-Woeckel, 6.Okt 2007) auf FAZ wird das Thema Multitasking sehr gut Behandelt.

"Alles andere als effektiv" schreibt Sie über die Heruasforderungen in unseren Alltag, mit all zu hohe Anforderungen von gleichzeitig ankommende Kommunikation über parallelle Medien umzugehen.

In unseren Alltag dann trotzdem gelassen und souverän Resultate zu erbringen fordert uns sehr stark Heraus. "Flexibel und situativ handeln“ ist die Herausforderung die wir uns dann anlernen müssen, laut Frau Hildebrandt-Woeckel.

Ich kann dem nur zustimmen. Aber, wie geht das dann?

Erstens ist es fast unmöglich alle Aktivitäten die aus unserer Kommunikation im Berufsalltag entsteht aufzufassen und gleichzeitig doch im Kopf zu behalten wenn immer wieder neues dazukommt und wie im Artikel behandelt, vieles auch gleichzeitig geschieht.
Zweitens können wir gar nicht so viel im Kopf halten. Unserem Kurzzeitgedächtnis erlaubt es einfach nicht. Im Schnitt können wir ohne besondere Methoden nur 5 „Elemente“ im Kopf halten. Auch die Zeit ist ein Faktor. Nach 1-2 Minuten haben wir es auch schon alles vergessen.

Also was tun wenn die Telefon klingelt und ein neues Email mit den ominöse “Rote !“ auf dringende Antwort hinweist, Blackberry leuchtet Rot (neue Message) und mich jemanden gleichzeitig Anchattet?

Der Lösung die ich gefunden habe ist ganz Einfach.

1. Nimm immer eine Kurznotiz auf in dem Moment wo die „Erledigung“ gerade eintrifft. Es kann sich dabei auch nur um ein Paar Stützwörter Handeln
2. Mach weiter in dem was du gerade mit gearbeitet hast und vertraue ruhig darauf, dass alsbald du fertig bist, dein Notiz dich wieder zu den offene „Erledigung“ im Gedanken zurückführt.
3. Alsbald du mit dein Aufgabe Fertig bist, schau dir den Notiz ein und überlege Kurz: „Was löst das für ein Handlung oder „nächste Schritt“ für mich aus“?
4. Nachdem du dich für diese nächste Aktivität Entschieden hast, nimm es in deine ToDo Liste auf oder schrieb es in den Kalender hinein.
5. Schau dir jetzt deine ToDo Liste an und Entschiede dich dafür, was in diesem Moment das Wichtigste ist und erledige es.

Hier macht es auch Sinn, die ToDo Liste in Kategorien zu unterteilen, vor allem dann, wenn der Liste mehr als 15-20 Einträge schon haben. Kategorien sind ZB Telefonate, Am PC, Zu Hause, Unterwegs etc. Das vereinfacht das Leben unheimlich, weil jede Kategorie für ein bestimmtes Werkzeug oder Örtlichkeit (oder beides kombiniert) steht.

"Flexibel und situativ handeln" ist was daraus entsteht! Diese Vorgangs weise steht auch voll im Einklang mit David Allen’s Methode „Getting Things Done“ (GTD). Das Buch ist beim Amazon zu finden und ist sehr empfehlenswert. Natürlich kann man das ganze noch um einiges noch Ergänzen, das würde aber die Rahmen hier sprengen.

Ein gute Blog dazu finden Sie hier: http://lebensberatung.blog.de/2007/09/21/endlich_den_kopf_frei_kriegen~3017091

Weiteres bietet das Unternehmen „immediate effects“ das Seminar „Alles erledigt?“ in Deutsch auch an, die der GTD Methodik ganz praktisch nahe vermittelt. Mehr Infos dazu hier: http://www.immediate-effects.com/Training_BusiSim.aspx?language=deu

Think Social Networking is Kid Stuff? Think Again.

If you think the explosion of social networking is relegated to the high school and college crowd, you might be surprised at the results of a recent survey on online social networking. The survey, conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp – formerly HRI) revealed that 65% of business professionals are clicking and connecting via personal and professional social networking Web sites.


“We expected to see a number of respondents utilizing social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook for personal reasons, but we were intrigued at the high percentage of business professionals that use social networking for professional purposes,” says Jay Jamrog, i4cp’s SVP of Research. “In an age where more and more employees work remotely and people frequently change companies, it makes sense that the business community would turn to the Web to stay connected.”


The most popular sites for professional use? Tops in the survey by far was LinkedIn, a site aimed at the business professional, followed by Yahoo! 360 and MySpace, which is more often associated with a younger generation.


Now Social Networking is facing a new revolution - interconnectivity. Traditional Social Networks live on the Web and are available as a Web Service.

A new Santa Monica Start-Up named eBlizz, is about to change this. eBlizz is a piece of Software that allows you to connect with your various Social Networks and do what you really want to do with your contacts - share and communicate in an easy and enjoyable way.

eBlizz describes itself as a "The personal Scrapbook for your Internet life". As a user, you can "collect, connect and display all your interests in an easy-to-use online tool". Not only do you have all your various contacts from your Social Networks and Email Tool such as Outlook at hand but you can actually move data in "collections" or "Scrapbook pages" from one set of contects to another.

eBlizz is thus combining many activities you today have to exercise in more than one Software Tool. Pieces of information, if pictures, videos, text snippets or documents and files, can be collected and presented in a new form, even from off the Internet and Web Sites without actually downloading, and then shared with your friends and interest groups.

This concept is a new User-Centric approach to what so many Social Networks are trying to achieve in a Web-Centric way today. The advantages with eBlizz is the Peer Network that the multitude of users build together. A swarm of users can share much higher bandwidth than any Web Service might achieve with far less resources and the whole network profits from the information beeing shared.

If eBlizz will be able to stir up the world of Social Networks is yet for the users will decide. It is an exciting new concept which I believe have lots of merit because of the strong interconnectivity component and new ways of communication it allows for.

The Social Network Practitioner Consensus Survey was conducted by i4cp, in conjunction with HR.com, in May 2007. A total of 323 organizations participated.

How to Write an Effective Job Posting Ad

Writing a job posting for the Internet is different than writing a job posting for a newspaper. Since you are charged by the line or column width for newspaper ads, ads are very plain and full of abbreviations therefore job seekers can not get detailed information about your company or the position. Unlike newspaper advertising, an online job posting allows you to showcase your company and provide a full description of the position. Even though some career sites do have length restrictions, there is still sufficient space to outline enough information for the candidate to fully understand the requirements and expectations of the candidate for the available position.

Here are some tips to effectively write an Internet job posting ad:

1. Job Title

The job title is one of the most important components of your job posting. The title is the first thing that job seekers see and determines whether or not they will click through to view your job posting. An effective job title should be targeted to the main responsibility of the job, without being too limited to allow for maximum search results to attract a higher response rate.

2. Company

Regardless of whether or not your company is well-known, you will want to provide insight into your organization to allow the candidate to understand your overall environment and culture. Components to consider are as follows:

• Brief description of the company


• Products and services your company provides


• Desirable aspects of your corporate culture


• Type of training and career path job seekers can expect


• Work environment


• Benefits

This information should be both informative and appealing for job seekers.

3. Job Description

The Job Description is a very crucial component because job seekers want to know exactly what they will do doing on the job. Make sure to include the following information:

• Detailed overview of the responsibilities for the position


• Interesting challenges of the job and desirable aspects of the job


• Whether or not they will be apart of a team, managing a team, or working independently


• Role the position and department has within the company


• How their success will be measured


• Potential for growth within the company


• Time commitments, salary and travel expectations

The goal is to be as descriptive as possible so that job seekers can visualize what they will be doing on a day to day basis.

4. Required Skills and/or Qualifications

Outline the skills that are necessary for the position. Make sure to distinguish between the required skills and the “nice to have skills” for the job. Some items that should be addressed are if there is a requirement for the minimum number of years of experience, education level, and any certificates needed. You should also list any soft skills that are needed for the position. Soft skills can include communication skills, willingness to travel, ability to work in a team environment, organizational skills, etc. To try and minimize that number of applicants you receive, you can consider stating whether or not you are accepting resumes for candidates that are outside the U.S.

5. Keywords

Always include keywords that are found in your job posting otherwise job seekers will not be able to locate your job posting. It will be helpful to list common words that job seeks might use when searching for jobs. Not only do keywords determine which candidate searches your job posting will appear in, but they are also the basis of search alerts and agents, which help you reach both active and passive candidates. Be sure to use words that ideal candidates for your position would use to search for it. Include alternate job titles, responsibilities and skills needed for the position.

6. Proofread Your Posting

After you are finished writing your job posting, review it and make sure that your spelling and punctuation are correct. If there are any grammar mistakes, this will not make a good impression on the job seeker. In addition, do not use ALL CAPS when writing your posting. You want yourself and your company to be viewed as very professional.
Once your job posting has been proofed, it is ready to be posted on the Internet. Just remember the more detailed and specific your job posting is, the better fit candidates are more likely to respond. This will save you time and money during your recruiting process.

These steps all concedes with the "6 Steps of Writing" from the "Effective Business Writing Course" immediate effects offers.

Effective Business Writing aims to help writers in three ways:

• to write in a style that is easy to read and understand


• to spend the shortest time possible on writing


• to produce written documents with a good image that reflect well on your organisation

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