The document discusses becoming better through good efforts today that improve all of our tomorrows. It encourages reflecting on managers who inspired you at work and outside of work. It then lists qualities like ambitious, cheerful, and confident that people can find within themselves and work to improve one quality in particular. Finally, it emphasizes that we become what we want to be through our thoughts.

1. from
BEING GOOD
to
BECOMING BETTER
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2. GOOD EFFORTS
that we do
TODAY
BETTER
ALL OUR TOMORROWS
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3. Recollect a Manager Who
Inspired You
How did he/she inspire you
at the workplace and outside?
Make notes
Share
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4. Find Your Five
Adventurous
Ambitious
Bright
Cheerful
Clean
Confident
Competent
Cooperative
Creative
Critical
Dependable
Democratic
Eloquent
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Friendly
Gifted
Healthy
Humane
Humorous
Industrious
Intelligent
Joyous
Kind
Level-headed
Magnanimous
Noble
Open-minded
Organised
Polite
Positive
Punctual
Quick-witted
Resourceful
Sociable
Talented
Unbiased
Visionary
Well-informed
Youthful
Zealous
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5. Scope to Improve
Leaving those five, pick up one
quality that you think you need
to improve
 Form a pair with your neighbor
and discuss why it’s important
 Share with the class
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6. We ARE what we WANT TO BE
 As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
- Proverbs 23:7
 The mind is its own place, and in itself
can make a heaven of hell, a hell of
heaven.
- John Milton
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7. What Makes Managers Better?
1
2
3
4
Personal
Strengths
Goal Setting
Skills
Leadership
Qualities
Positive
Thinking
5
6
7
8
Interpersonal
Skills
Management
Skills
Work
Ethics
Technical
skills
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8. Knowing Your Strengths
Situation Analysis
to Evaluate
Internal
Strengths
Weaknesses
External
Opportunities
Threats
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9. Why Strengths Analysis?
You were born to win;
but to be a winner, you must
plan to win,
prepare to win, and
expect to win.
- Zig Ziglar
to capitalize on strengths, to be pro-active, to take better decisions
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10. At 211 degrees...water is hot.
At 212 degrees...it boils.
And with boiling water, comes steam.
And steam can power a machine.
And, it's that ONE extra degree that
makes all the difference.
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11. What is Success?
Eureka! Recall one situation when you felt successful.
Success
is living up to
YOUR
POTENTIAL
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12. Success Starts Smart
Form two groups.
Group 1
Group 2
When I say “go” . . . . . .
When I say “go” . . . . . .
Stand up
and begin
walking
around the
room.
Stand up,
walk clockwise
along the walls
of the hall once.
Finish this task
in 3 minutes
and return to
your seat.
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13. Smart Way to Succeed
Specific
 Measurable
 Actionable
 Realistic
 Time bound
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14. Smart Goals, Swift Action
• WHAT? Goal
• HOW? Action steps
• WHEN? Deadline for completion
• WHO? Person responsible for action
• HOW WILL WE KNOW?
Indicator that the step/goal has been
accomplished
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15. Better Managers Are Ambitious
1. Success comes from
a. Desire
b. Decision
c. Determination
2. Challenge yourself
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16. Better Managers Connect Better
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17. Better Managers Collaborate Better
Yesterday’s competitor is
today’s collaborator
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18. Better Managers Empower More
Better Management is all about empowering others
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19. Better Managers Manage Time
Know your
REAL
priorities
Goals for life, for this year, for today
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20. Kinds of Time
1. Clock time
 uniform
2. Real time
 relative
Time is when something happens
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21. Time Management Skills


?
X
Do
Delegate
Delay
Delete
Time saved is time earned.
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22. Spot the Mitsake
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23. Audit Your Time
• What tasks are you performing?
• How much time are you
spending on each of them?
• Plan each day/hour/minute
• Use a device/calendar/organizer
• Have a clock visibly placed
before you
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24. Better Managers Think Positive
A young lady looked in the mirror one morning. She
had three remaining hairs on her head, and being a
positive soul, she said, "I think I'll braid my hair
today.“ So she braided her three hairs, and she had
a great day.
Some days later, looking in the mirror one morning,
she saw that she had only two hairs remaining.
"Hmm, two hairs... I fancy a centre parting today."
She duly parted her two hairs, and as ever, she had
a great day.
A week or so later, she saw that she had just one
hair left on her head. "One hair huh...," she mused,
"I know a pony-tail will be perfect." And again she
had a great day.
The next morning she looked in the mirror. She was
completely bald. “ Finally bald huh," she said to
herself, "How wonderful! I won't have to waste time
doing my hair any more.” It is important for us to
always think positive.
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25. Activity
 Pair with someone you know little about
 Converse for five minutes
 Share positive strengths, accomplishments,
thoughts, experiences, hopes, dreams etc
 Form small groups of two pairs each
 Introduce partner to group
 Debrief
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26. Find Reasons to Be Glad
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27. Find Reasons to Be Glad
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Are you grateful to be alive?
(I complained because I had no shoes,
until I saw a man who had no feet.)

One grateful thought can change
an entire day, an entire life.

I am lucky because I don’t need ...
(practice with ‘made up’ situations)
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28. Develop a Positive Attitude

Find the good in everything

Focus only on the good things

Believe all ends well

Believe in what you are doing

Do not wait for happiness
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Discover your purpose

know what you expect from yourself & prioritize

know what you aspire to possess (honesty,
philanthropy, tolerance etc)
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29. Better Managers Are Energetic
 Healthy
 Attentive
 Lively
 Enthusiastic
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30. Better Managers Are Cheerful




Smiling
Humorous
Outgoing
Well dressed
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31. Better Managers Are Humane
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Compassionate
Understanding
Friendly
Fair
Supportive
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32. Better Managers Are Resourceful
1. Creative
2. Original
3. Imaginative
4. Intelligent
5. Sensible
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33. Better Managers Are Wise
1.
Assess situations quickly
2.
Make appropriate decisions
3.
Know what to ignore
4.
Know when to react
5.
Be pro-active
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35. Success consists in
being successful, not
in having potential for
success. Any wide
piece of ground is the
potential site of a
palace, but there’s no
palace till it’s built.
- Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese poet)
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