The Flunky Files: Recent Episodes

Marelle

Leadership tips, and rocky life lessons, from a former high school flunky.

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What more effective way to have leadership know the great work you do than to have someone else selling you? But, if you don't know how to sell yourself it's nearly impossible to get others on board. 

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f not, I'll summarize. Mental load is the amount of planning, prepping, and logistics that go into making sure something gets done correctly. 

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With more conflicts than ever, how do I manage to be at work more than when I was younger and childfree? Let's discuss some of the things that may be affecting your attendance, and how to overcome them. 

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I am disorganized. I have a terrible memory, I wait to work on projects, I get overwhelmed, I panic, but I appear to be organized to everyone else. The way that I have overcome this weakness is to learn how to manage it. I know what triggers my procrastination, I know that I can't remember anything, I know that I lose steam quickly, so I have created some methods to counteract these behaviors that would typically be detrimental to my professional and personal life. 

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How do you want others to perceive you? Think about the traits that make you good at your job, or would make you good at a job with more responsibility, or something more creative, or on a different team…you get the idea.

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Communication is more than a one-way dialogue. It’s a two-way exchange of information, ideas, feelings, and thoughts. Everyone has a filter through which they sift the incoming and outgoing messages. 

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About a month after I started just being myself, I was getting opportunities at my job. I had higher culture scores, I had lower turn-over, I was able to develop my team, and I was loving it. 
https://flunkyfilespodcast.com/2021/03/15/authenticity/

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Whether you are already in a leadership role, or eyeing that management position, here are a few things that can get you started on the path to leading others.

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Advice from an admitted lazy girl who still found success in the business world, her own way. Introductions to me, and the content to be covered in future episodes.