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'Left' Brain 'Right' Brain, How you think matters!

Posted by: Joan Burge on 7/16/2009

Left Brain Right Brain - How you think matters!

You may remember Office Dynamics posted a video on week number 7 of her 26 Weeks to Administrative Excellence Series. Are you wired for organization? To build upon this theory we wanted to share this recent article featured in USA Today July 14 issue.

The focus of this article is that employers are looking for workers that can be creative and analytical. They employees that can use both sides of their brain. Check out this article: Economic success? It's all in your head. Retrain your brain from 'left' to 'right' and you just might reap big rewards by Marco R. della Cava.

Joan stresses that you may not be 'wired for organization' - it's just not how you think. This doesn't mean you can't be organized, you just have to try harder than those who are 'wired for it.'

In the article, we learn that we need to engage ourselves in a new way of thinking. We can't just 'think harder' to get the answer we want.

The Office Dynamics Team

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1 Comment

    • Jul 22 2009, 7:42 AM Tori
    • I read this article from AdminSecret yesterday and found it so refreshing because it demonstrates companies are stepping out in a new direction and are shifting their way of thinking. Then, I see it again here and was so elated it is being covered via different sources. Over the years, I have heard many say we need more innovative (creative) thinkers; however, the company always pushed forth and rewarded employees who possessed wonderful hard skills. Training sessions spoke about the importance of soft skills; however, in the end, these skills weren't honored either with raises, promotions or opportunities. The message sent - "We really want hard skills. Although the other areas are important and/or need to be covered, we do not value them as highly as hard skills." Firms and managers may speak about what they want; however, I personally found they create the culture of what they REALLY want...and employees pick up on it and deliver.

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