Super Competent: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best
- 3h 47m
- Laura Stack
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2010
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 proactiveness
With 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.
About the Author
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.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction
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The SuperCompetent Assessment
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What's it all about, Alfie?
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Why the Heck are We Doing it This Way?!?
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Greater Living through Technology
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All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull…Something
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My To-Do List Has 117 Things on It!
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Summary—Activity
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Action Planning Worksheet—Activity
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You Want it WHEN?
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YOU! off My Planet!
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
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Savvy Scheduling Secrets
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Stop the Meeting Madness!
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Summary—Availability
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Action Planning Worksheet—Availability
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Don't Open That!
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eBay and Yahoo! and YouTube, Oh My!
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The Harder I Work, the Behinder I Get!
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Socializing for Success
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BlackBerry/CrackBerry
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Summary—Attention
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Action Planning Worksheet—Attention
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I Know I Have a System around Here Somewhere…
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Um, What Was I Supposed to Do Today?
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You're the Boss, Not Your Inbox!
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We Don't Need No Steenking Rolodexes!
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On the Road Again…
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Summary—Accessibility
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Action Planning Worksheet—Accessibility
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Accept the Credit When It's Due—and the Blame, Too
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The Squeaky Wheel…Makes Things Better
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Crack That Whip!
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Let's Get on with It!
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Tweaking Time Wasters
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Summary—Accountability
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Action Planning Worksheet—Accountability
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If You Stew in Your Own Juices, You'll End up Overcooked
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Never, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever Give In
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Monkey See, Monkey Do
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Why Can't You Just Read My Mind?
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Hello There, Pollyanna!
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Summary—Attitude
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Action Planning Worksheet—Attitude
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Conclusion
