Greetings!
As we enter the third month of the year (how time flies!), we're approaching Spring - a time for renewal and growth. In looking at the next few months, I encourage you to
reflect on the various demands on your time and energy and pause to ask yourself a few questions about those activities.
- Does this activity serve a necessary or substantial purpose?
- Will this help me reach my career and/or life goals?
- Do the benefits I receive from this task match the effort I put forth?
These questions can help you do a sanity check on how you spend your time, particularly with those more difficult undertakings. As go-getters, over-achievers, and highly successful professionals, you are constantly presented with new demands, both personal and professional, and
it is vital to revisit those demands on a regular basis to ensure that 1) you do in fact want to do them, and 2) they serve your goals for your life and your career.
I'd love to hear about how you manage and prioritize the demands in your life. Reply to this email, and let's chat.
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Start Your Ascent™,
Precious W. Owodunni
President
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P.S. In case you missed it, you can check out
Mountaintop's 2018 Year In Review here. Thank you to all our clients and partners for making 2018 such a memorable year. We're excited to journey into 2019 with you.
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With a couple months under our belts, we are now in the thick of 2019. As the day-to-day takes over, I encourage you to pause, reflect, and check that those things you are doing - particularly the difficult ones - align with your goals for your career and for your life.
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StrengthsFinder Spotlight
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StrengthsFinder is an online assessment that millions of people have used to tap into their talents, fueling better performance in workplaces around the world.
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Maximizer:
People exceptionally talented in the Maximizer theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to transform something strong into something superb.
Do you or a teammate have a strong Maximizer theme? What other strengths do you and your colleagues have? We'd love to
work with you and your team
to leverage each individual's strengths for your company's effective teamwork and overall success.
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Self-Care Is A Discipline
For All
While self care often gets characterized as a spa day or treating oneself to an expensive product, it is a much deeper and consistent practice that requires tough-mindedness, a deep and personal understanding of your priorities, and a respect for both yourself and those around you. Here are some tips on how to think about your self-care.
How can you make self care an everyday habit that supports your general well-being and greater life goals?
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Not Enough Time In The Day? Ask Yourself These Questions
One of the most common problems facing professionals is a lack of time. Yet, how is it that some people achieve so much more than others when we all share the same 24 hours? If you struggle with the not-enough-hours-in-the-day syndrome, ask yourself these questions to help get you back on track and manage your time better.
How can you create structure and set boundaries that help you achieve your most meaningful goals?
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What Our Clients Are Saying...
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"Mountaintop’s training on time, project, and relationship management was an invaluable addition to our legal department retreat. They encouraged us to revisit not only the way we work, but also the way we think. My team enjoyed the team building exercises and remarked on how they could apply concepts learned almost immediately. We look forward to working with the Mountaintop team again!"
– Veronica Foley, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Precision Drilling Corporation
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We Can Help:
Building Engaged, Strengths-Based Teams
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The most effective teams leverage each participant's talents. Led by Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Precious Williams Owodunni, our
Building Engaged, Strengths-Based Teams Ascent employs Gallup's StrengthsFinder to assess individuals within each team and determine ways to leverage the unique talents of each team member and build a strengths-based organizational culture.
Together, teams will gain an understanding of each individual's strengths, key team dynamics, and practical action items the team can implement right away to maximize your collective strengths.
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We're Hiring An Executive Assistant!
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Are you (or someone you know) trustworthy, dependable, attentive to detail, well-organized, proactive, and have a positive attitude and a strong sense of urgency? If the answer is yes and you're interested in being an executive assistant, we’d love to hear from you!
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