ability to observe helps managers in their work.
To develop the ability to observe, you can try the following techniques:
Every day notice something new in your company and write down what you saw and learned what it means to you.
Visit turns all subsidiaries and / or divisions of the company.Even if you've been there many times.Now, try to observe as much as possible the differences between them.Notice the differences between the styles of staff in different branches (divisions), which is, in particular culture, etc.
monitor developments in the industry, read articles and books, writing that seemed the most valuable.Over time, these notes will help you to make your own impression of where the industry is moving.
Cultivate mindfulness in everything, even in small things.Watch your habits, try to consciously perform automatic and even routine cases.
If you love to work on two tasks in parallel - doing it right.According to experts, it is beneficial only if the task is fundamentally different from each other and are unfamiliar to you.Switching from one to the gprof helps develop attention and noticing details that you probably would have missed.
Talk with company executives from other industries, to learn what difficulties they encounter and how to overcome them.You will learn to draw parallels and solve problems "by analogy", based on a once heard information.
Try to look at your business through the eyes of a specialist from a completely different sphere (for example, the environment).Think about what questions would be interested in a man of this profession?Say, what forces can destroy the ecosystem of the company and whether they are now?Asking yourself questions and to answer them - so you'll notice a lot.
ability to observe, as well as other leadership skills, you need to constantly practice.This can be done using the following cycle issues:
1. What events seem to me strange?Sometimes we catch the changes only at the level of intuition.And if you do not discard the feeling of "something is wrong", and try to analyze it, you can reveal a lot of interesting things.
2. Is this a strange symptom of major changes?
3. Do I need to change my way of thinking, embedding this oddity in the picture of my world?
4. Do I have someone from my staff to take into account the observation of this strange?Most managers believe that if something were able to understand it and understand their subordinates.To ensure this, it is better to talk about their findings to the people they deal with.
5. It seems to me there is an observation or event is still strange?If the answer is yes, it is worth returning to the previous steps.
to ask yourself this series of questions on a regular basis - so you will not miss any important event in any of the company or outside it.
Articles Source: Bill and Jean Welther Igmon, "prepared mind leader»
