Update on ASME Executive Director Transition

Update on ASME Executive Director Transition Update on ASME Executive Director Transition Update on ASME Executive Director TransitionNovember 21, 2017Tom Loughlin, ASME Executive Director, announced this week that he will step down from his position and will be departing ASME at the end of the calendar year capping a 25-year career at ASME. This follows his announcement made last May that he would be leaving ASME during the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year. There is never a good time to step away Tom said. I couldnt be prouder of ASMEs accomplishments during my tenure, especially ur recently launched Strategy and Integrated Operating Plan.Tom has been a pivotal leader in the history of ASME, ASME President Charla Wise said. We, on the Board of Governors, thank Tom for laying a good foundation for our strategy and for the Society and our eventual transition to a new Executive Director.President Wise said that the Board of Governors has asked Phil Hamilton, former ASME Associate Executive Direc tor, to serve as Interim Executive Director. Phil is well known within the ASME community, and we are delighted he is available to step into this leadership role during this time of transition. Phil will build on his experience and knowledge of ASME so we can continue on the strategic path that Tom and his team and the volunteer leaders have been developing over the past several years.Mr. Hamilton will serve as Interim Executive Director until a new Executive Director is selected by the Board. The search is on track with the selection and announcement expected by the middle of 2018.

Important Skills Pilots Acquire From Flying

Important Skills Pilots Acquire From FlyingImportant Skills Pilots Acquire From FlyingA certain set of skills is required to become a pilot, a few of which are technical but many are applicable to various parts of your non-pilot lives. A survey done by Brown Aviation Lease determined that pilots come away from flight training with five skills. Core Professional Pilot Skills No matter what type of pilot you become, you will generally need a core set of skills to succeed in this career. Here are four types you will need to develop to get ahead 1. Confidence Your ability to take action and make decisions with assuredness because you are certain that you can handle the consequences of your actions. You are sure of yourself backed by your training and practiced decision making. 2. Multi-Tasking You can simultaneously and effectively manage and take action on multiple priorities and projects at once. 3. Time Management You have the ability to manage complex tasks and deadlines within given parameters of time that are critical to mission accomplishment. 4. Problem Solving You have the ability to solve complex problems that might prove challenging to another partie. Your problem solving involves an ability to simultaneously consider a variety of options and variables to come up with a speedy solution 5. Adaptability You are able to swiftly take into consideration a variety of changing circumstances and change your behavior or actions quickly to take advantage of the differing opportunities. Application of Pilot Skills to Different Careers You can apply these skills valued by pilots to almost all careers. Heres how. Ability to Make a Decision and Make It Quickly Why this is an important skill for pilots Most people, given enough information, can make a sound decision that results in a positive outcome. But when flying an airplane, time and resource constraints, as well as other stress-adding factors like scared passengers or turbulence, can make decision-ma king a bit mora challenging. How you can apply this skill to your career Most jobs dont have life-threatening outcomes possible from everyday decisions, but you also need to make decisions quickly and correctly. For instance, you dont have time to research proper techniques for calming a person down when a client is screaming at you right now. In other situations, you may have time to research and make decisions but this process can lead to analysis paralysis. Once you have enough information to proceed, you can proceed confidently. Remember, its rare that only one right way exists to take action. When to Adapt to Rules and When to Break Them Why this is an important skill for pilots Pilots have a strict set of rules to follow from regulating bodies and various other sources. The federal aviation regulations, for example, set the basic operating rules for flying within the nations airspace. Following these rules is paramount to keeping everyone alive. And there are other rules, too, like the rules that the airplane manufacturer publishes in the aircraft manual, which are often suggestions that, if not followed, could kill. And a pilot flying or working for a company will also be subject to following specific company policies and procedures. These rules are all meant to keep people safe and alive, but, at times, breaking the rules is the safer optionlike busting an ATC clearance or company protocol because an urgent situation compels you to do so. Pilots know that following the rules is ideal, but breaking them is sometimes the better option. How you can apply this skill to your career Rules and regulations exist in any industry and serious consequences can occur (though not often deadly) for not following through. Sometimes, though, doing the right thing can mean breaking a rule. Examples for When to Break the Rules Example 1You may have a rule that customers are never allowed behind the counter, but if an employee collapses behind the counter, you would a bsolutely want to let a nurse who was shopping come behind the counter to help.Example 2Bereavement leave may be limited to three days, but if an employees mother dies halfway around the world, you would find a way to ensure that she can attend the funeral. Ability to Think Analytically and Creatively Why this is an important skill for pilots A pilot cant be just a numbers person or just a creative person to be a good pilot. Its not left-brain or right-brain. Flying requires critical thinking in both realms. Pilots have to know the numbers for the airplane. They have to know the procedures and the checklists. But they also have to know how to use them appropriately, when to deviate from them, and how to think through a problem thats not on a checklist, which is where the creativity part comes in. Both skill sets come into play equally when flying. How you can apply this skill to your career While you can always hire a person to balance out the creative and the analytical, havin g a basic understanding of both realms is helpful. If youre the creative person negotiating with a client, you need to understand the numbers or youre at risk of selling yourself short. Likewise, if youre the financial person and you cant recognize good creative work, you may make errors on that side. Ability to Trust Something Other Than Yourself Why this is an important skill for pilots Most people want to be in control. People are happiest when theyre in control of a situation. Its the same for pilots. A pilot at the controls knows what the airplane is doing, knows how hell react, and is content being in control of this machine. But he also needs to trust the Air Traffic Controllers and the instruments- when flying with no visual references- in the clouds, for example- a pilots ears and eyes can play tricks on their brain, often telling them that the aircraft is in straight and level flight when its actually in a steep spiraling descent. Pilots have to observe and interpret t he instruments in this situation instead of their own gut instinct. They have to fight against their gut reaction and instead rely on feedback from the airplane and its instruments to make proper decisions. How you can apply this skill to your career As human beings, you are taught to trust your own body, brain, and your gut to tell you when things arent happening as they should. And usually, youre right. But sometimes the numbers disagree with your gut or your manager says this isnt the correct path. You need to understand when your manager has the bigger picture and how the numbers come together and follow them. It can be difficult but it can save you from disaster. Ability to See Details and the Big Picture Why this is an important skill for pilots Performing a preflight inspection on an aircraft is a good example of this. Pilots use (or should use) both a big-picture and a detail-oriented view when inspecting an airplane for flight, and with all factors involved in flying. W hen first walking up to an airplane, the pilot should make sure that things look normal overall, that the airplane looks like its in good shape, is free of icing and the pilot needs to take a visual inventory of the surroundings. That is the detail-oriented part. Then while flying, of course, the pilot needs to see how the entire plane, the flight plan, and the information from air traffic control go together to pilot the flight to a successful conclusion. How you can apply this skill to your career Checklists arent just for beginners. In fact, surgeons use them to save lives. You can use them to ensure you dont miss any important steps in your projects. A completed checklist allows you to sit back and view the big picture in confidence. They work together to ensure good results. Pilots Have Skills That Apply to Your Career These five skills are just a handful of skills that pilots develop. They happen to be useful skills that cross over into other portions of your lives. What skill s do you think pilots have that are useful in other aspects of your life?

Why too much happiness is bad for you (and your kids)

Why too much happiness is bad for you (and your kids)Why too much happiness is bad for you (and your kids)Ian Robertsonis a clinical psychologist, leading international researcher, and celebrated author. His latest book,The Stress Test How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper, is an eye-opening study of why we react to pressure in the way we do and how to be energized rather than defeated by stress. He recently joinedRyan Hawk, host of The Learning Leader Show, to discuss how to cultivate winning mindplatzplatzdeckchens in a stressed-out culture.This conversation has been edited and condensed. To listen to Ian and Ryans full conversation,click here.RyanYou have studied people who are winners, why they win, and the neuroscience of success and failure. When you look at the people who have sustained excellence, what are some of the common characteristics they all share?IanThe most important one is the ability to set goals for yourself that challenge you, but are neither too big, n or too difficult, nor too easy. When you achieve that goal, thats a success experience. From my research, I know that theres something called The Winner Effect, which applies across all species, which means that if you win a competition- having success and achieving a goal- youre mora likely to win a subsequent competition, to achieve success the next time. The bottom line is, success breeds success. Thats a biological fact in nature.One of the best ways of achieving success is by having very clear and specific goals for yourself and achieving them. The partner of that is a certain degree of self-belief and self-confidence to actually go for goals, but actually, that confidence follows on from achieving goals. The critical thing is setting goals and achieving them.The bottom line is, success breeds success.RyanIn your book, you say Mike Tyson, for example, would fight weaker opponents on his return from jail to build his confidence. Can you share other ways that we can implement suc cess breeding success into our lives?IanIt wasnt just Mike Tyson. The US boxing world has known about this phenomenon of trying to get your would-be champ to have a few matches against the so-called tomato cans- opponents who theyre destined to beat because theyre either older, weaker, or just leid as good. The mere act of winning a contest actually makes it mora likely youll win a subsequent one.Winning actually changes your brain a little bit, increasing the receptors in your brain for critical hormones linked to, first, motivation, and secondly, aggression. In a contest, you generate the hormone testosterone to prepare and that has a bigger effect on your brain because there are more receiving stations for it. Thats the likely biological mechanism for the winner effect.In our own daily lives, its important to realize the difference between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is where you want to be number one, always on top. The problem with that i s theres always going to be someone better than you, so youre never going to be guaranteed to have the winner effect. Whereas, if you set your own goal, vis-a-vis, your own standards and your own aims, thats a more guaranteed way of getting that biological boost of success that comes from the winner effect. Winning against your own standards is a more stable way of building the brain circuits associated with success.Winning actually changes your brain a little bit, increasing the receptors in your brain for critical hormones linked to, first, motivation, and secondly, aggression.RyanWhat if you contrast this with people like Elon Musk or Steve Jobs who set behauptung moonshot goals, where they would set these insane dates to have a rocket, or an electric car, or an iPhone ready. If you look at their work versus your research, there seems to be a conflict there. What are your thoughts on that?IanFor every Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, there are a thousand people that should have set moon shot goals for themselves and havent and been frustrated and disappointed with life. Both of them in their way were geniuses with a vision but most of us are not geniuses. Thats the challenge.Generally in life, the problem is not getting what you want, its knowing what you want. If youre driven by a real passion or vision for something, that is an incredibly motivating, life-enhancing thing to have. Both Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, had overarching visions, things that give them that sense of excitement. Thats a treasure that anyone who manages to find it in life should really cherish and nurture. But then thats never enough. You need to find your Wozniak colleague and you need to set goals to produce something by a certain time.Generally in life, the problem is not getting what you want, its knowing what you want.RyanYou also discuss the children of ultra successful people. How do we develop resilience in our children despite the fact that perhaps were able to provide financially ever ything they could even want and need? You talked about how Picasso did such a terrible job of this and how Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are working to not let this happen to their kids.IanSuccess conveys power. Particularly, financial success gives you a sense of power. Power changes your brain physically and changes the way you think and feel. One of the things it does, in extreme forms, is foster narcissism. Great success creates this hunger in people to believe that it is something God-given, something so special in them that has made them successful. They want to feel utterly unique.Success is not necessarily the reward of virtue. There is so much randomness and also other factors like sheer hard work, persisting through failure. Picasso succumbed to that kind of narcissism, which then had a damaging effect on his children. His staff referred to him as the Son and he called himself Le Roi the King. To his poor son, Paulo, he represented an unattainable goal. He could never set goals for himself because in comparison to this deity that he constantly interacted with, everything he did seemed earthbound and useless.I call this phenomenon that very successful people have narcissistic self-preoccupation and credible smugness about their success, hiding the ladder. They hide the ladder of mundane chance, randomness in business, persistence through failure- all of these things which are inevitably a part of success.That can hugely demotivate the children of successful people. Bill Gates has recognized this- he didnt leave his children to expect a huge amount of money. Now, it was big by ordinary people standards but compared to his fortune, it was very small. Warren Buffet has maintained a very modest lifestyle. These very successful people have to be careful that they keep a visible ladder down for their children, so the children dont feel like they can never aspire to the level of success of their parents.RyanYou also write about a study of students who, when they believe they can influence their IQ, did better in school than those who thought their IQ was static and fixed. This goes hand in hand with Carol Dwecks work in the book Mindset- having a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset.IanCarol Dwecks work has showed that the theories we hold about what the origins of our own abilities or our own personality or our own emotional competence affect the extent to which we believe we can control them. Telling a child theyre really bright or theyre really clever implicitly gives them a fixed mindset about their intelligence. That it becomes something they have rather than something they do. Theyre much less likely to persist through if they hold a fixed mindset.Why? Because failure becomes a threat to their ego because they have this notion that they have been endowed with brightness in the way that the magnate feel endowed with success. Then, any evidence of lack of success or cleverness becomes a threat to their ego.The theories we hold abo ut what the origins of our own abilities or our own personality or our own emotional competence affect the extent to which we believe we can control them.RyanI think it behooves parents to have that open dialogue with children, to explain and to have conversations about why your children do well or do not do well when it comes to school. Its so important to explain why somebody is being successful versus just stating the fact that theyre really smart.Id like to transition to some of your most recent work on stress and your latest book, The Stress Test How Pressure and wertzuwachs Can Make You Stronger and Sharper. How can stress make us smarter?IanPart of mastering your mind is dealing with the bodily response to being tested in a situation, performing where there is a possibility of success or failure. The autonomic nervous system generates the fight or flight response in the body. The sympathetic autonomic nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, increases heart rate, makes the skin slightly more sweaty. The reason it does this is to prepare to cool the body in case for either fighting or running away.It takes blood supply away from the internal organs so thats why your stomach gets a little bit tight because it doesnt want to waste energy in digesting and wants to make sure theres a maximum amount of energy given to the muscles. It takes away blood supply from your skin, which is why you might go a bit pale. It makes your breathing faster to oxygenate your blood to prepare for fight or flight. It generates certain chemical hormones, particularly cortisol, which is a hormone that temporarily improve mental and physical functioning. Another one called norepinephrine changes what your brain is paying attention to and in certain dosages makes different parts of your brain communicate with each other better. Thats the whole fight or flight system that is activated in any situation where we feel challenged or threatened.Take the example of the norepinephrin e system- like many of the brains chemical messengers, it has an inverted U-shaped function. That is, too little and our brain underperforms and too much in our brain causes it to underperform. There is a sweet spot in the middle with optimal brain performance and a moderate amount of stress. We can perform better under moderate stress because the activation of the fight or flight system actually pushes our brain up into a state where it pays better attention, thinks faster and remembers better.Stress is defined as where we feel that the demands made upon us exceed our ability to cope with these demands. That gap between what we think we can do and whats been expected of us depends on our perceptions and in the context. In thinking about frightening situations, its possible to change them from threat into challenge. If we do that, we can actually control to some extent where we are on that upside down inverted U-shaped function of norepinephrine. We can actually control our brain ch emistry by the way we think about situations to produce better performance.Part of mastering your mind is dealing with the bodily response to being tested in a situation, performing where there is a possibility of success or failure.RyanLets say you have a big presentation or a speech, and youll say something like, Im really nervous or anxious. If you say that to yourself, youre going to perform much worse than if you say, I am really excited about this opportunity to get up on stage and give a speech. Talk to me about the science behind saying that to yourself.IanThe bodily symptoms of excitement are exactly the same as the bodily symptoms of anxiety. How then do we know which emotion were experiencing? We only know which emotion were experiencing by context. Its only because Ive opened the lottery-winning email and seen that Ive won $10,000 that my mind says, This beating heart and dry mouth must be excitement, not anxiety. Thats an example of the context creating the emotion.One way of us creating our own context is exactly how you described. If youre waiting to have a big presentation and you say to yourself, I feel anxious, youre creating a context thats interpreting these symptoms as anxiety, which is more likely to tip you over the sweet spot into the far side of the norepinephrine curve where your brain wont function as well. If you say to yourself, I feel excited, then your mind is interpreting that same set of symptoms as something positive. When you do that, you push your brain into that sweet spot because youre adopting whats called a challenge mindset.Our brains and our bodies react in fundamentally different ways to these two different mindsets. If youre waiting for that big challenging presentation, if you say to yourself, I feel calm, thats not going to work with the brain. Why? Because you have none of the symptoms of feeling calm- slow heartbeat, dry skin, stomach feels quite normal. Its much less easy to trick the brain into interpreting th ese symptoms as ones of calmness because the heart is pumping and youre breathing fast and your skin is sweaty.We can actually control our brain chemistry by the way we think about situations to produce better performance.Whereas, excitement and anxiety are very, very close to each other, so its easier to trick the brain into interpreting them as excitement rather than anxiety. If you do that, youre going to get better, because youre nearer the sweet spot of norepinephrine activation in your brain.RyanHow about happiness. Can too much of it be bad for you?IanYes. Thats why overprotecting our children is not a good idea. If a child or adolescent has had little or no adversity in their lives, they will end up more emotionally vulnerable as a young adult. Why is that? Well, is because theyve never had the experience of dealing with failure, with anxiety, with feeling low, with having to deal with a tough situation maybe where people are not being very nice to them. You have this rather precious ego that has seldom known the downside of failure, of feeling the ego bruised or feeling anxious. You cannot go through life never experiencing these emotions because life is just not like that.If youve had very little experience of these feelings of anxiety, they can really feel alien and terrifying. Whereas, children and adolescents who have had not severe but moderate levels of adversity, they have learned that sometimes you fail, sometimes youre excluded, sometimes you feel anxious. but because theyve experienced this emotions in the past, they know from past experience that they dont last. You dont feel anxious forever. You dont feel depressed forever. These things pass. There is a resilience. Its a bit like being vaccinated against measles. You have a little bit of the disease injected into you in order to boost your immune systems, so when the disease comes big time, youve got a defense against it. Well, inoculation works that way to deal with stress.You dont feel a nxious forever. You dont feel depressed forever. These things pass. There is a resilience.Even more interestingly, if you have adults who suffer back pain, for example, the ones who have a very little experience of adversity in their lives are much more likely to be disabled and on severe pain killing medication than people with the same amount of back pain, who have suffered moderate levels of adversity in their lives. Finally, people in their 70s who have experienced moderate levels of adversity maintain their cognitive functions at higher levels than those who have no adversity. Thats because challenging, stressful situations can actually push your brain up to that sweet spot of functioning. Moderate degrees of adversity and stress can generate positive effects, not just cognitively but also emotionally.This article first appeared on Heleo.

A lawyerly menagerie

A lawyerly menagerieA lawyerly menagerieIts been barely 30 years since the Supreme Court decided that commercial speecheven by lawyersdeserved some First Amendment protection. Since then, the various state laws have formed a vague and contradictory patchwork. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal took a look at some the resulting absurdities an ad featuring a UFO and aliens? Ok in South Carolina but forbidden in New York. In Florida, lawyers can use panthers in ads, but pit bulls are a no-no. How about lions? The Journal quotes Greg Beck, a lawyer with Public Citizen Litigation Group, as saying Lions are an open question. Lions can be vicious, but they are also noble. The whole thing is Kafkaesque. Only if the lion turns into a beetle, GregThe obvious question how about bears? Thankfully, the brilliant, angry copyranter has been doing the Lords work oftracking the weird fixation by law firms (or the ad agencies they use) on animal imagery. The comments to this post on a Bingham ad produ ced the alternative caption Bear lawyers who take babies for payment.More examples (some of which are banned in Florida) giraffe, ostrich and lion.-posted by brian

The Truth About Google Resume Builder

The Truth About Google Resume Builder Its possible to put in your work, education and techniques information and so they are searchable by your professional networks. You also have to incorporate your individual events to prevent hidden conflicts. When it has to do with your work history, begin with the latest job you had. Determine what structural hierarchy will let you make sure the perfect individuals have access to the appropriate info. Several firms are now conducting their job searches on the internet to save costs. The majority of our paper is made on the job. It is going to also work nicely for those seeking work in traditional industries. Audit your private security practices, and make certain youre protected accordingly. Templates may be used for making CV, resume as a way to apply for jobs. Calendar ID You will want the exceptional calendar identification of your own personal calendar. Consider your resume from the view of HR. For example in a provider there could be a folder specializing in HR, a folder devoted to Sales and another to Marketing. The Benefits of Google Resume Builder Inside my opinion, IT 2 welches a really good movie. Chain restaurants and food businesses are spending billions to become facing my eyeballs and get me to purchase their food. The movie had a terrific mixture of horror and comedy. The very last thing you desire is for your resume to let you down when youre actually the best suited pick for the job. Now things become complicated. Its automatic-save feature makes sure that you dont lose your work. You could also keep event details private should you so desire. Just be mindful that any changes you make will be lost every single time you restart. HR will be quite so impressed with your resume they might even ask how you built it. Help different Wazers on the street through a visual reporting menu. Congratulations, youve now installed the required firmware. You should observe the next screen. The Mr. Chromebox script will add a few bios firmware that will let us boot Gallium. At the close of the page select how you want to send the file. Any moment you make an attempt to upload a huge file youll observe the next message. Moving a file to a folder is quite straightforward, you are able to just drag it to a folder or youre able to use the menu and choose your preferred folder. People are beginning to find out what works and what doesnt. As derivative as Night Hunter sounds, in addition, it looks like it might be rather entertaining. Click Add Person and after that Save. Google is a data company which has a responsibility to its users to be certain thats the circumstance. Besides that there are plenty of google cloud services which are available to use. Utilizing readily-available apps and an easy, trusty system, you may fast forward to a paperless future at this time. Our advanced technology can help you build your resume from one of our exquisite templates in orde r to truly feel confident youre putting your very best foot forward as you step in the job industry. The Upside to Google Resume Builder As an example, lets say we wish to know whether the file we have just uploaded is available to us within the surroundings. You will use a limited number of operations that are extremely similar to Excel. You dont require any understanding of notebook technology, and everything you will need is a tiny python programming. Then click a timestamp in the proper panel to observe a former version of your resume. Definitions of Google Resume Builder The script doesnt monitor for events that are removed from your private calendar. You may obtain an automated email stating that the service account email isnt reachable, but nevertheless, it will do the job nevertheless. Save the script and provide it a proper name. Place the name for the customer. What You Must Know About Google Resume Builder Google resume builder is among the design ideas that you could utilize to reference your Resume. If youre unfamiliar with using Google Docs, the formatting features are easy to use. If youre new or dont understand how to utilize Google Drive well allow you to access the application. Google will automatically index your resume to get included in its search outcome, allowing potential employers to locate your information. rechnungsprfung History The Google Docs Revision History feature is beneficial for job seekers because it enables you to find any preceding changes which have been made to your Google Docs resume. You can see the Image.

5 Things You Need to Know About Creating Awesome eNewsletters

5 Things You Need to Know About Creating Awesome eNewsletters eNewsletters are powerful marketing and communication tools for several reasons. They can drive sales and leads, lead to a larger social media audience, increase traffic to your website, and serve as great places to repurpose content. They are crucial for maintaining an engaged audience, but you can lose a lot of people if you drop the ball.A survey of 277 hiring professionals conducted during May and June of 2016 by Recruiter.com and my company, Come Recommended, found that eNewsletters are among HR and recruiting pros favorite content formats.So, what makes a successful eNewsletter?There are five crucial bestandteils1. Focused ThemesA bad eNewsletter is scattered and unfocused. If readers open your newsletter and see 10 different unrelated messages, they will be turned off. Instead, you should stay focused on one theme. You should have a very clear, straightforward goal in mind.Lets say y ou have a new wertzuwachs tracking feature you want to demo for hiring professionals. The content in your newsletter should be related, so make sure everything you share via the newsletter aligns with performance tracking. For example, you could share content that explores the challenges that companies face when it comes to annual performance evaluations.2. Balanced Content and DesignContent needs to be concise and to the point. Our survey found that 22.5 percent of HR professionals prefer content that is about 390 words long and takes approximately three minutes to read.Your subscribers dont want to open an email and see a Dickens novel. Large blocks of text head straight to the trash bin.Adopt a clean, minimalist design. There should be plenty of open space and the content should be organized into sections with small blocks of text. The readers eyes should comfortably follow the flow and feel of your eNewsletter.Regarding the content, you need to find a balance between educational and promotional. Most of the content you produce and share through eNewsletters should be educational. Readers want your expert advice on employer branding more than they want your sales pitch.Thats not to say you shouldnt try to promote your products or services. Keep promotional content to around 10 percent of the newsletter. When every newsletter has some form of sales content, you may come off as spammythe only click youll get will be on the unsubscribe button.3. Strong Subject LineHow are you attracting readers to your content? Our survey found that your headline is the most influential element in getting readers to your page.Your subject line is just like your headline your make-or-break point with the subscriber. It can be tough to stand out in your readers overflowing inboxes.You cant stick with the same exact subject line over and over again. What does your subjectsay that influences readers to open the newsletter? What incentives are presented? Why should they open it ri ght now?eNewsletters are all about clicks and getting more people to your site. You cant drive traffic if your subscribers arent reading your emails.Make your subject line undeniably compelling. Address a common problem like soaring turnover rates and demonstrate thatthe eNewsletter contains expert insights into solving the problem.Keep your subject line short and sweet. Tell readers what is contained in your message and use action-oriented words just as you would with a call to action.4. Clear Call to ActionA common mistake many organizations make is trying to get their audiences to perform multiple actions with one eNewsletter. If your readersare overwhelmed bymultiplebuttons begging for their engagement, they simply wont do anything. Youre diminishing the value of each call to action if you put five in one message.Leadreaders to one main thing you want them to do e.g., explore your new video interviewing features, share your article to social media, or forward an infographic t o a friend. Make your calls to action simple and clear, anddont forcethemto compete with one another.Consider including interactive content, like quizzes, contests, and games to help your audience retain your brand messaging. According to researchfrom the Content Marketing Institute,79 percent of content marketers agree that interactive content enhances retention of brand messaging when combined with traditional marketing tactics.Furthermore, 81 percent of content marketers agree that interactive content grabs attention more effectively than static content. When you have your readersattention, you can build a relationship with them thats founded on trust and respect.5. Established CredibilityStick to your word. On your subscribe page, platzset clear expectations, and then follow through on your promises.If youre promising a weekly eNewsletter, give peoplea weekly eNewsletter. If youre offering access to a free eBook on talent mobility programs, deliver that product.Be detailed and s pecific about why people should subscribe, what they can expect from you, how often they will get it, and how they can opt out. If you bury the opt-out options and make it hard for readers to unsubscribe, you may end up in the spam folder. Successful eNewsletters belong in front of your audiences eyes, not in the trash can.What makes your eNewsletter successful?Heather R. Huhman is a career expert, experienced hiring manager, and founder and president of Come Recommended.

Heres how to be your own personal best friend

Heres how to be your own personal best friendHeres how to be your own personal best friendLast week, on a day when I was feeling particularly moody, my friend Sarah sent a text asking how I was doing. I told her the truth I felt overwhelmed with work, hopeless about dating, frustrated with my weight, and who CARES SINCE IM SUCH A LOSER JERK ANYWAY NONE OF THIS MATTERS.She immediately shot back, HEY. Dont talk about my friend like that and then proceeded to calmly text me all the ways I was actually doing fine - Im finally working on writing projects that have been dream goals for decades, Im actively choosing bedrngnis to date so I cant expect humans to come beating down my door, and I recently started working out with a coach which has already helped my lower back pain go away.I decided to believe her because, well, she was right like most people, Im usually way too hard on myself. I clamp down like a Venus fly trap when Im feeling less than perfect, holding fast to every negative thought and refusing to let in kindness. But when framed through the eyes of someone who cares about me, my life becomes less about the ways Im failing and more about the ways Im kicking ass. Sarahs simple admonishment - Dont talk about my friend like that - made me realize that no matter how much time I spent being a good friend to others, I remained terrible at being a friend to myself.As we get older, women invariably do for others before we do for ourselves. Maybe you have children or elderly parents that need your time and attention, a stressful boss, or a demanding partner. Putting ourselves last is a cultural construct, just like gender, race, and people who think reality shows like The Bachelor are not rigged. Setting our mental and emotional needs on the back burner just makes it easier to forget about them entirely. And, while best friends are great at giving perspective, support, and getting us out of emotional spirals - what happens when theyre not around?As we get o lder, women invariably do for others before we do for ourselves.Theres no way Im suggesting you replace your friends. If youre at all like me, it took you decades to cultivate a chump-free lifestyle, and we all need people to talk about the Real Housewives with over pizza and whiskey, OK? But knowing how to support yourself will help you feel more centered, independent, and able to actually enjoy yourself when youre spending time with the people you love. Becoming a best friend to yourself will take practice, it wont all happen overnight. Heres an easy way to start.Send yourself encouraging messagesI send myself notes all day long - my inbox is basically a virtual high-five session. Bitch, you look dope as hell today or You just wrote the hell out of that chapter Do I feel like a maniac having a folder full of emails where I am my own hype man? Yes. Does it help me feel better every single time I send one? YesIf it feels awkward to send yourself a positive note, just think about wh at your best friend in the entire world would say about whatever has you feeling challenged. Channel their goodness and send yourself an empathetic or invigorating message. This might feel silly, but theres actually science to back it up Positive affirmations are powerful reminders of what you value, they help shape the way you perceive yourself in the world, and even boost your performance at work. Most importantly, they can simply remind you that youre a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm when you need an immediate boost of confidence.Take actionA good friend often has spot-on actionable advice - even if its something we dont want to hear. You need to give that saatkorn kind of actionable advice to yourself and actually follow through. For example, a few years ago, I was tired of thinking about my body only in terms of how I looked, and not how I felt. I knew my scale and full-length mirror were a big part of the problem. So, when I moved back to New York, I left them both in Seattle and never bought new ones. Do you know how good it feels to get rid of scale? Its like having sex on top of an active volcano while you surf down a wave of lava. I read too many comics but YOU GET THE IDEA.Similarly, I want to commit murder whenever Im stressed out and my friends tell me to go for a walk or take a yoga class they know I spend all day inside writing by myself, and that Im basically allergic to exercise. But, somehow, theyre always right - I feel better when I get out of my head and into my body. These are things I needed to learn how to tell myself. Now when I feel my shoulders creeping up towards my ears, I tell myself to get going and then simply get up and move around. Let me impart this critical advice If you already spend too much time in your head, theres no shame an emergency one-person dance party.Think big pictureIf your friends are anything like mine, they spend a lot of time reminding you that things will get better. Theres a lot of e ncouragement to KEEP GOING - to work on the things that bring us joy even if they dont make us money.On New Years Day, I write a list every year of 100 things I want to accomplish in that year. Its full of things small and large (read all of the books on my nightstand, go to Paris for my 40th birthday), and I look at it whenever I feel stuck or useless. It reminds me that Im working towards some kind of goal every day. Your list can be big or small, you can write on your birthday or Arbor Day or today, but write down some short and long-term goals to reference whenever youre feeling like you need to shake things up. Taking action, even a small one, could get you out of your current funk.Being your own person is mostly about trying to dig yourself out of the cycle of negativity that affects us all. If youre not sure how to start the process, call your best friend - or better yet, just ask yourself.Danielle Henderson is a TV writer, freelance writer, former editor and staff writer f or Rookie, and author of the book Feminist Ryan Gosling. Her memoir, The Ugly Cry, will be published in 2018.This article first appeared on Shondaland.

When its out of your control, trust the coping strategy of a master

When its out of yur control, trust the coping strategy of a masterWhen its out of your control, trust the coping strategy of a masterIts human nature to look in the mirror and compare ourselves to the images our culture throws at us every day. Being young, successful, body beautiful and wealthy are what our society thrives on, reminding us of what we should aspire to be. And so, we invest in expensive products, clothes, gym memberships, degrees, makeup, youth enhancements and the like grasping to experience what these images project happiness. Yet the U.S. remains the most depressed and overmedicated nation in the world.When we look outside ourselves for acceptance and dont find it we reach for control as a lever of hope. A plethora of industries are happy to take your money to feed your need to belong among the pretty people yet after you buy the Prada handbag, MBA, Rolex watch and Mercedes as a solution to the void you feel and the initial thrill subsides you are still left with t he saatkorn feeling of not being enough. More purchases of the same only leave the hole emptier. So, then we start trying to control things, people, and situations with expectations masquerading as healthy goals. This makes for more unhappiness and very poor leadership because while goals are strategic, expectations are emotional and if unmet leave us frustrated, angry and defeated.Next, you throw your energy even more intensely into your work because you are an achiever and working harder always paid off in the past. But the stress is affecting your peace, relationships, effectiveness and sleep. I call this cycle the treadmill to nowhere.Everything I read and study regarding how to break free of this cycle of exhaustion points profoundly to a Master who successfully dealt with oppression far greater than not having his dream job. The work of Viktor E. Frankl sheds poetic wisdom on the shadows of unmet expectations. Frankl welches a Viennese neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor.In 1942, Frankl, his wife, and his parents were deported to the Nazi Theresienstadt Ghetto. There Frankl worked as a general practitioner in a clinic. When his skills in psychiatry were noticed, he was assigned to the psychiatric care ward, establishing a unit to help camp newcomers to overcome shock and grief. Later he platzdeckchen up a suicide watch.Frankls concentration camp experience led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most brutal ones, and thus, a reason to continue living. Frankl became one of the key figures in existential therapy and a prominent source of inspiration for humanistic psychologists.Everything can be taken from a man but one thing the last of the human freedoms- to choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way, said Frankl.On October 19, 1944, close to the end of the War, Frankl and his wife Tilly were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He w as moved to a camp affiliated with Dachau, where he spent five months working as a slave laborer and then as a physician until April 27, 1945, when the camp was liberated by American soldiers. Frankls mother Elsa and brother Walter were murdered at Auschwitz. His wife was moved to Bergen-Belsen, where she, too, was murdered.Occasionally I looked at the sky, where the stars were fading and the pink light of the morning was beginning to spread behind a dark bank of clouds, wrote Frankl. But my mind clung to my wifes image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look was then more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.A thought transfixed me for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which Man can aspire. Then I grasped the meanin g of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart The salvation of Man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when Man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way an honorable way in such a position Man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.A man who had lost everything found meaning in love and choice. Frankls most well-known quote is my favorite quote of all time and, for me, shows the value of vulnerability in even the most severe oppression.Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.Viktor Frankl had much time to contemplate how to tr ansform desolation into a will to thrive. His eloquent wisdom inspired this simple coach to create the PAUSE Caf Strategy to help clients move past self-doubt to innovation in the theme she learned from this Master. The next time a situation trips your emotions into a fight-or-flight response where you feel threatened, overwhelmed or angry try this practice to find the space Frankl references.The unterlass Caf strategyP Pause and take a deep breath.A Ask yourself, What am I feeling right now?U Untangle the difference between assumptions and the truth.S Step back and allow the pin-hole view of the world to be broader.E Extend empathy to yourself. May I be gentle with myself in this moment. Then extend empathy to others.For a free tip sheet on the Pause Caf Strategy click here.The truth is you have infinitely more choices than you think. Wishing you a Pause Caf moment today. You are enough.Mary Lee Gannon, ACC, CAEis an executive coach and corporate CEO who helps busy leaders get off the treadmill to nowhere to be more effective, earn more, bemore calm and enjoyconnected relationships with the people who matter while it still matters.Watch her FREE Master Class training on Three Things to Transform Your Life and Career Right Now atwww.MaryLeeGannon.com.

Reading body language at work 5 mistakes to avoid

Reading body language at work 5 mistakes to avoidReading body language at work 5 mistakes to avoidHuman beings are genetically programmed to look for facial and behavioral cues and to quickly understand their meaning. We see someone gesture and automatically make a judgment about the intention of that gesture.And weve been doing this for a long, long time. As a species, we knew how to win friends and influence people - or avoid/placate/confront those we couldnt befriend - long before we knew how to use words.But our ancient ancestors faced threats and challenges very different from those we confront in todays modern society, with its layers of social restrictions and nuanced meanings adding to the intricacies of our interpartieal dealings. This is especially true in workplace settings, where each corporate culture adds it own complexities and guidelines for correct behavior.Ladders is now on SmartNewsDownload the SmartNews app and add the Ladders channel to read the latest career n ews and advice wherever you go.No matter what the culture at your workplace, the ability to read nonverbal signals can provide significant advantages for the way you deal with people. You can start to gain those advantages by avoiding these five common mistakes.1. Forgetting to consider the contextImagine this scene You come into the office and leidice your coworker whos seated behind her desk in the cubicle next to yours. Her head is down, her eyes are closed and shes hunched over, shivering slightly, and hugging herself.Now the scene changes . . .You see the same woman, in the same physical position, sitting on a bench at a bus stop. Its a freezing-cold winter evening with a light snow falling and a north wind blowing. Her nonverbal signals are the same but the new setting has altered your perception of those signals. In a flash, shes gone from telling you, Im in distress to Im really coldThe meaning of nonverbal communication changes as the context changes. We cant begin to under stand someones behavior without considering the circumstances under which the behavior occurred.2. Trying to find meaning in a single gesture.Nonverbal cues occur in what is called a gesture cluster - a group of movements, postures, and actions that reinforce a common point. A single gesture can have several meanings or mean nothing at all, but when you couple that single gesture with other nonverbal signals, the meaning becomes clearer.For example, a person may cross his arms for any number of reasons. But when that action is coupled with a scowl, a headshake, and legs turned away from you, you now have a composite picture and reinforcement to conclude that he is displeased or resistant to whatever you just proposed.3. Focusing too much on whats being said.If you hear only what people are saying, youll miss what they really mean.A manager I was coaching appeared calm and reasonable as she outlined the reasons she should delegate more responsibility to her staff. But when she read the list she also (almost imperceptibly) shuddered. While her words declared her intention of empowering employees, the quick, involuntary shudder was saying loud and clear, I really dont want to do this4. Not knowing a persons baseline.You need to know how a person normally behaves so that you can spot meaningful deviations.Heres the sort of thing that can happen when you dont A few years ago, I was giving a presentation to the CEO of a financial services company, outlining a speech I was scheduled to deliver to his leadership team the next day. And it wasnt going well.Our meeting lasted almost an hour, and through that entire time, the CEO sat at the conference table with his arms tightly crossed. He didnt once smile, lean forward or nod encouragement. When I finished, he said thank you without making eye contact - and left the room.I was sure that his nonverbal communication was telling me that my speaking engagement would be canceled. But when I walked to the elevator, the exec utives assistant came to tell me how impressed her boss had been with my presentation.I was shocked and I asked how he would have reacted had he not liked it. Oh, said the assistant, her smile acknowledging that she had seen others react as I did, He would have gotten up in the middle of your presentation and walked outThe only nonverbal signals that I had received from that CEO were ones I judged to be negative. What I didnt realize was that, for that individual, this was his normal behavior.5. Judging body language through the bias of ones own culture.When we talk about culture, were generally talking about a set of shared values that a group of people holds. And while some of a cultures values are taught explicitly, most of them are absorbed subconsciously, at a very early age. Such values affect how members of the group think and act and, more important, the kind of criteria by which they judge others.Cultural meanings render some nonverbal behaviors as normal and right and othe rs as strange or wrong. From greetings to hand gestures to the use of space and touch, whats proper and correct in one culture may be ineffective - or even offensive - in another.For example, in North America, the correct way to wave hello and goodbye is palm out, fingers extended, with the hand moving side to side. That same gesture means No throughout Mediterranean Europe and Latin America. In Peru it means Come here, and in Greece, where its called the moutza, the gesture is a serious insult, and the closer the hand to the other persons face, the more threatening it is considered to be.Remember Body language cues are undeniable. But to decode them accurately, you need to understand them in context, view them in clusters, evaluate them in relation to what is being said, assess them for consistency, and filter them for cultural influences. If you do so, youll be well on your way to gaining the nonverbal advantage in work situations, among others.Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., is an i nternational keynote speaker and leadership presence coach. Shes the author of The Silent Language of Leaders How Body Language Can Help or Hurt How You Lead and creator of LinkedInLearnings video series Body Language for Leaders. For more information, visithttps//CarolKinseyGoman.com.