Personally, the last few weeks of reflection have been powerful and deep.
Now, the books are closed, the records written, and the reports generated on 2005. It is forever done and gone. There is nothing we can do with it now but learn and create more from the struggles, hardships and opportunities it brought.
For me, I was able to step back a pace from the hurried business of my recruiting and talent management here at work. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz’s description of our modern-lives as “digital… rushed, rapid-fire, and relentless” has been ringing all-too familiar to me. I had time to consider… to ponder… to change some things.
I’ve also been reading through Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders (great gift, mom!). It’s timing at this moment of my life seems providential. It has helped me re-evaluate, refocus, re-energize my purpose and my plan here, working as a recruiter to help talented people find the right problems to solve.
Sanders clearly reveals that compassion in work situations–bizlove, he calls it–is absolutely essential to success in the new new economy:
How we are perceived as human beings is becoming increasingly important in the new economy. There was a time when people could sit back and play head-games behind closed doors… The new economy doesn’t allow for this.
And
No matter how technical our work situations may be, because we’re all human, the network is at its best when compassion underlies our motivation.
So, here’s my commitment: I will give more, share more, and trust more. It has already begun with this blog, but there are things up my sleeve that I think will make heads turn–not because I want the attention, but because I have a purpose to fulfill:
To enable excellent teams to acquire and retain brilliant talent, and to assist many people in connecting to their deepest-held values
If you can think of ways I can be more open with you or your team, please let me know. I’m officially listening.
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