Col. Stretch Dunn Tag Archive

Earning EmpowermentPlan for School & LifeProfessionalism Under Stress

Earn empowerment rather than wait for it.

Earn empowerment rather than wait for it. Admit that you are more responsible for your performance and career growth than is your supervisor. Identify your desired results and actions in your professional plan. Anticipate what your supervisory leader needs to trust you have earned empowerment. Help your manager serve as a mentor by stating your […]

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Earning EmpowermentProfessionalism Under Stress

Professional – True Professional – Master Professional

Professionalism: professional status, character, or standards. The general public seems to add the label “professional” to someone who has chosen a profession and has experience. We advocate a higher-level expectation for the true professional. True Professional: person who seeks mastery and earned empowerment through trust in character and competence, preparing and persisting to develop fitness […]

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Best-Self LeadershipPlan for School & LifePositive Actions to Lead Your LIfeProfessionalism Under Stress

Decide Who You Want to Be to Inspire What you will Plan and Do

Col. Stretch Dunn (USA Ret) presented a short seminar at the Life Leaders meeting on “Best-Self Leadership.” He included this definition of a “true professional.” “True Professional: person who seeks mastery and earned empowerment through trust in character and competence, preparing and persisting to develop fitness and habits to do the harder right well—instinctively—even under stress.” […]

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