Introduction Starting a new role is not only about doing good work. It is also about making sure people understand your work, your priorities, and the value you are creating. You can be highly capable, complete important tasks, and solve difficult problems, but if you do not communicate effectively, your contributions may not always be visible. This is why strategic communication is especially important during your first 90 days. The way you communicate can influence how your manager, colleagues, and other stakeholders perceive your reliability, professionalism, and ability to handle responsibility. A simple communication plan can help you build credibility while protecting the reputation you are creating in your new organization. Understand What Your Manager Needs to Know One of the first steps in your new role should be understanding how your manager prefers to receive information. Some managers want regular updates. Others prefer communication only when something im...
Introduction “I am the wisest man on earth because I know one thing that I know nothing”. These mindful words are of Socrates. He is one of the most popular philosophers of all time. He sacrificed his life for humanity without even thinking twice. Socrates had not written his biography but we can know about him by reading books of his student, Plato. He was from a very poor family and his father was a sculptor. He fought for his nation as a young army man. Many times during the war he used to go to a lonely place and think for several hours. When he didn’t like army and sculptor work then he opened his own school where young students used to ask a wide variety of questions from him. Socrates was a very open-minded person but at that time people of Athens used to follow dogmatic rules. Due to his revolutionary ideas, he gained the attention of many other philosophers but few of them became his enemies. Death of Socrates The people of Athens were very conservative and there was great tur...