The Deadline

For most of my professional career, I have worked to produce newsletters and newspapers that had regular deadlines for monthly, weekly, or twice-weekly publication. I can readily perform routine work on or ahead of schedule, but in the news business so many unanticipated issues arise, and they aren’t always routine. In my drive to always take extra steps to make things better, the deadlines suddenly loom oppressively. However, through the years I’ve learned that when I have a narrow window for getting

Case: Lupita Diggins- Poor Attendance and failure to follow proper call-off procedure. 2. Corrective Action Recommended: Termination 3. Summary of Rationale for Recommendation:  The Guia Progresiva establishes under violation #55 that not complying with instructions given by a supervisor; under violation #46 that excessive absences without prior authorization of the supervisor and under violation #48, to not communicate with a supervisor in regards to attendance within the first half hour of

GDCV/GDSS 1875 Uncovering the Stories of Brands Reflective Log (20%) Each student needs to submit a Reflective Log as part of his or her assessed coursework (see assessed coursework instruction sheet). In this Reflective Log you should record and reflect upon your reading, class and group work experiences. Entries in this log will help you to identify the knowledge and skills that you have developed during the course. It will also show you where you need to develop further. You should

clear understanding of the directions and what the objective is when completing these assignments. If tasked with a group assignment/project, I like to know how my peers plan to approach this task so there is no miscommunication. I am one to meet the deadline of the given task as well as the expectations of the instructor when necessary. Precision: I use precision as needed when it comes to talking about topics I have limited knowledge on. When doing this I tend to research as much as I possibly can

Self-Awareness Log No. 2 Best Thing that Happened at your Site Interning at the Division of Family and Child Services (DFCS) has been a wonderful experience. Observing the day to day duties of Family Protection Specialist (FPS) and supervisors at DFCS has led to a more in-depth compassion for clients and their families, while acquiring the necessary skills to function as a social worker in today’s society. The best thing that happened at my site was being able to assist the Regional Director (RD)

The symptoms of this case are 2 employees, Millar and Boyce not meeting the daily quota of lengths. The team was not able to meet the deadline set by Parker because Millar and Boyce did not meet the daily goals. Since the deadline was not met, each team member would not receive the bonus of $300.  Another symptom is Millar's lack motivation towards the end of the project. The cause of the symptoms includes low daily wages, insufficient training, and inequality. Parker was not able to effectively

Through various discussions with my manager and other individuals, I have discovered that this deadline was self-imposed by the QA CC group and not mandated by the company. For myself, and my team to be successful in achieving our project goals for the year, I feel I need to devise a strategy to allow our CCRs to be processed until at least the end

assigned to work with a staff on preparing the monthly account analysis. His job was to prepare the analysis and I reviewed it. After my review, our manager would also review the analysis. I communicated the deadline to the staff clearly and asked him to inform me if he could not meet the deadline. However, the staff was consistently submitting his work late. Thus, I talked with him in private but he did not receive the constructive feedback well. After the feedback, he continued to submit his work

What the SAT Didn’t Teach Me: An Exam You have your lifetime to answer the following questions. Please pace yourself accordingly. Mathematics Teddy is walking home from school at a rate of 12 sidewalk cracks per minute. Every 3 minutes, Teddy takes out his dead father’s gold pocket watch and resets the time to exactly 3:14. He has walked along these streets for years, the fossils of his footsteps imperceptibly embedded into the concrete. If the distance between Teddy’s home and school is approximately

How I’ve Learned to Quit By Silvia Mordini I’ve stopped living past the expiration date. In the natural cycle of life everything has a beginning, middle and end. All living beings have an expiration date, as do projects, jobs and even relationships. In healthy eco systems we allow this pattern without getting stuck in prolonging the endings. Nature knows how to go from seed to bloom to decay. This is what allows new growth to occur. Here are the 7 key ways I’ve learned how to quit. 1. I accepted