365QOD- Day896

"X is our company value"- usually empty words

I have worked for companies that make statements in this form about what they believe they truly value.  Amazingly they value X until it costs them too much and then they change it. Some companies truly follow their value but those are rare.

One of the companies that follows their values is Southwest.  Recently, while listening to an audio book I heard that every potential employee is given a personality test.  They have to score at a certain level to be given employment.

The personality test that Southwest administers measures the strength of these seven values:
1. Cheerfulness
2. Optimism
3. Decision making skills
4. Communication
5. Team spirit
6. Self starter
7. Self confidence

Most interviews that I have conducted try to establish whether the person is intrinsically or externally motivated.  They never go deep into what the person values.

Today's question is:
"What personality traits does your company reward?"

365QOD-Day504

 “When you're finished changing, you're finished.”- Ben Franklin

One of the things that drives my wife mad most is my ability to change my mind.  I believe that most people do not like change.  I attempt to accept it and to thrive in it. 

Change is inevitable.  Fighting against it is futile.  So why waste energy trying to go back to what will never exist ever again.  It is done.  The reality is that there is a new reality for a while.

Belive in yourself enough that you will be able to respond to setbacks and the need to change in order to reach the goal line.  Change is a new "result".  Stop looking at it as positive or negative.  It is what it is.

Today's question is:
"Do you view change as negative or positive?"