SuperCompetent The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best

by Stack, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780470599150
• ISBN10: 0470599154
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

To be successful in the business world and reach your full potential in life, it's not enough to be simply competent. Our modern, super-competitive world is full of opportunities for the go-getter, but to take advantage of them, it's essential to become "SuperCompetent." The SuperCompetent person is one that companies fight to get, fight to keep, nurture as team players, and see as future leaders in their business growth.But SuperCompetence isn't something you're born with-it's something that you can learn, no matter where your strengths lie or what industry you work in. In SuperCompetent, productivity expert Laura Stack identifies the behaviors that build leadership skills, boost organizational efficiency, and blast high potential producers to the top of their fields. With Stack's Six Keys, you'll be able to consistently improve your performance, develop the confidence that will propel you forward, and achieve breakthrough results in your career. Activity: The value and importance you place on your tasks and priorities Availability: The ability to master your schedule and protect your time Attention: The capacity to focus intently and concentrate on critical activities Accessibility: The skill to organize your workflow and quickly find information Accountability: The extent to which you assume personal responsibility for your actions and outcomes Attitude: The intensity of your motivation, drive, and proactivenessWith worksheets and quizzes that help you evaluate your performance at every stage, and invaluable resources for further information, you'll be able to integrate the Six Keys of SuperCompetence into your daily, weekly, and lifetime business practices. From the sales floor to the conference room, from board meetings to informal networking events, SuperCompetent enables you to build your focus, manage your resources, and maximize your ability to deliver at every level.

Author Biography

LAURA STACK has been presenting keynote speeches, conducting personal productivity seminars, and consulting for corporate and association clients since 1992. As the President and CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc., she is dedicated to building high-performance productivity cultures in organizations by creating Maximum Results in Minimum Time with greater profits. Her clients include many Fortune 500 companies, including Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Microsoft, MillerCoors, Lockheed Martin, Cisco Systems, Bank of America, and Time Warner. For more information, please visit TheProductivityPro.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The SuperCompetent Assessment	p. 7
Supercompetent Key 1: Activity	p. 13
What's It All About, Alfie?	p. 15
Why the Heck Are We Doing It This Way?!?	p. 21
Greater Living Through Technology	p. 28
All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull à Something	p. 33
My To-Do List Has 117 Things on It!	p. 37
Summary: Activity	p. 45
Action Planning Worksheet: Activity	p. 47
Supercometent Key 2: Availability	p. 49
You Want It When?	p. 51
You! Off My Planet!	p. 56
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better	p. 63
Savvy Scheduling Secrets	p. 68
Stop the Meeting Madness!	p. 75
Summary: Availability	p. 86
Action Planning Worksheet: Availability	p. 88
Supercompetent Key 3: Attention	p. 91
Don't Open That!	p. 93
eBay and Yahoo! and You Tube, Oh My!	p. 97
The Harder I Work, the Behinder I Get!	p. 101
Socializing for Success	p. 106
BlackBerry/CrackBerry	p. 112
Summary: Attention	p. 117
Action Planning Worksheet: Attention	p. 119
Supercompetent Key 4: Accessibility	p. 121
I Know I Have a System Around Here Somewhere à	p. 123
Um, What Was I Supposed to Do Today?	p. 131
You're the Boss, Not Your Inbox!	p. 142
We Don't Need No Steenking Rolodexes!	p. 149
On the Road Again à	p. 155
Summary: Accessibility	p. 162
Action Planning Worksheet: Accessibility	p. 164
Supercometent Key 5: Accountability	p. 167
Accept the Credit When It's Due-and the Blame, Too	p. 169
The Squeaky Wheel à Makes Things Better	p. 173
Crack That Whip!	p. 178
Let's Get On With It!	p. 184
Tweaking Time Wasters	p. 189
Summary: Accountability	p. 197
Action Planning Worksheet: Accountability	p. 198
Supercompetent Key 6: Attitude	p. 201
If You Stew in Your Own Juices, You'll End Up Overcooked	p. 203
Never, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever Give In	p. 208
Monkey See, Monkey Do	p. 215
Why Can't You Just Read My Mind?	p. 220
Hello There, Pollyanna!	p. 229
Summary: Attitude	p. 235
Action Planning Worksheet: Attitude	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 239
Appendix	p. 242
Index	p. 244
About the Author	p. 252
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