What Is Your Character Communicating To Others?

A mentor of mine once said, “Your character communicates to people in the room before you ever enter the room.” Who you ARE makes a difference!

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked to do a training for professional development and been told not to enter into the touchy-feely personal development area. Because personal development isn’t ‘important’ in the workplace. Nay nay!

Who you are determines your success!

Your character communicates three things:

• Consistency- can people count on you to BE the same person day in and day out? Or do you changer your personality and habits like someone who changes their clothes? Do your people wonder which boss will show up to work- the kind and caring boss, or the mean and angry one?
• Potential- who you ARE communicates whether the person and/or the work has potential for growth. For example, many of my coaching clients come to me to make a transition in their life (new job or start a business) because their boss has shown that either they can’t grow there or the boss has limitations on their character and they need to leave.
• Respect: you can’t hide your character. It eventually comes out! A bad character is like a ticking time bomb. Do you respect yourself? Others? Do you make sound decisions that are for your people and not against them? How you treat yourself and others will largely determine your success.

If you would like to work on your character. I developed three reflective activities that help you:

• Determine if the people in your life trust you or not
• Make a plan to improve your integrity, authenticity, and discipline
• Help you build trust again if you’ve broken it with someone

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