オフィス歌姫：あなたが仕事でふさわしい治療と認識を得る

オフィスディーバ。女の子、これはあなたですか？あなたがいる歌姫を受け入れてください！あなたがあなたの才能と努力に正当に値する拍手と認識を達成する方法を学びましょう。

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女の子、あなたはどれくらい素晴らしいですか？

燃える。厳しい。高いメンテナンス。そして、それはオフィスで良い日にあなたです。

女の子、あなたはオフィスディーバです、そしてあなたはあなたがいる女神を受け入れることに決めました。彼らが何をするかをあなたに呼びましょう。（私たちは皆、嫌いな人が嫌いになることを知っています。）しかし、これを知っておいてください。そして何度も。

あなたは有能で、自信があり、教育を受けています。あなたは上品で生意気で、ゲームのトップにいます。実際、sis、あなたはゲームを所有しています。

何人かはあなたを倒そうとしました、しかしガールフレンド、あなたは落ちていません。いいえ、あなたはそれらのオッズを打ち負かし、バックアップを取り続けます。今、あなたはとても明るく輝いているので、それらの立方体の住人の残りは日よけを必要とするでしょう。

それは、あなたがそれらを許可しない限り、誰もあなたの近くに来ないからです。

ポップディーバケイティペリー：インターナショナルスマイル

あなたの歌姫を否定しないでください

OfficeDivaであることは芸術です。模倣者、なりすまし者、そしてたくさんの志望者がいます。しかし、あなた—まあ、女性、あなたは本物です。

定義をまっすぐにしましょう

ウィキペディアでは、「歌姫」を優れた才能のある女性と定義しています。これには通常、歌手や女優などの有名人が含まれます。これは、オペラ歌手に最初に適用されたイタリア語です。

しかし、私たちはその定義を、政治、スポーツ、メディアなど、あらゆる分野のダイナモに拡大しています。また、大小のビジネスの背後にある頭脳と才能である強力な従業員も含まれています。

あなたがデータの歌姫、セールスの歌姫、またはその間のニッチの女神であるかどうか…あなたはあなたが誰であるかを知っています。

Divaの定義方法は次のとおりです。

ダイナマイトパフォーマー

私は無限に自信を持っています、

オッズに勝利し、

緊張を求めるメイヴン。

読者投票：あなたのティアラはどうですか？

ディーバオプラウィンフリーの放送

オプラウィンフリーは、19歳のときに夕方のニュースを共同でアンカーする地元のギグを上陸させました。現在、彼女は億万長者、慈善家、多くの本の共著者であり、独自のテレビネットワークと雑誌を立ち上げました。彼女の温かい個人的なスタイルは、自己告白の文化を促進しました。

ウィキメディアコモンズ経由のアランライト、CC-BY-SA 3.0

ルール1：ニーズを見つけてそれを満たすことで専門知識を養う

女の子、あなたはあなたがあなたの仕事で素晴らしいことを知っています、しかし私たちにこれを教えてください：あなたの専門知識は何ですか？

「私はデータを分析して、ビジネス番号が説得力のあるストーリーを語るようにします。」
「私は世界最大の消費財企業のトップセールス人材を採用しています。」
「私は食品メーカーがUSDAとFDAのコンプライアンスを達成するのを助けます。」

人々があなたにあなたが何をしているのか尋ねるとき、あなたの肩書きで彼らを退屈させないでください。それは何の意味もありません。代わりに、あなたの専門知識を説明する機会としてそれをとってください。

たとえそれが非常に狭いとしても、ほとんどの人は何かの専門知識を主張することができます。しかし、そうではないかもしれません

それに気付く
コミュニケーションのために簡潔にパッケージ化する方法を知っている
それを必要とする人々にその関連性と価値を示す方法を理解する、または
変化に対応するために専門知識を成長させ、変革します。

政治歌姫ヒラリー・クリントン

ディーバ・ヒラリー・クリントンは、アーカンソー州のファーストレディから米国のファーストレディ、ニューヨーク上院議員、大統領候補、元国務長官への旅の中で長い道のりを歩んできました。彼女は大統領に選出されませんでしたが、それでも歌姫です。

Flickr経由のチャタムハウス、CC-BY-SA 2.0

専門知識には調味料が必要

専門家は特定の診療分野を主張します。他の人は彼らの主題の知識に関する答えとアドバイスを彼らに頼ります。

多くの分野で、専門家と見なされるには、 10,000時間もの意図的な実践、または約10年の経験が必要です。¹したがって、専門家およびOffice Divaになるには、専門的な「調味料」が必要です。

Office Divaは、彼女の経験、専門分野への自然な親和性、および求められている才能に基づいて、彼女の専門的なニッチを見つけます。彼女はビジネスニーズを見つけ、それを満たします。戦略的には、Officeの歌姫はないだけに基づいて、彼女のニッチ切り出す何彼女の雇用主のニーズはなく、上の彼女の分野や業界が起こっている場所を。

彼女の専門分野は他の人を退屈させたり、圧倒したり、混乱させたりするかもしれませんが、歌姫はそれが喜んでいます。それは彼女がより明るく輝く機会を与えるからです。彼女は答えと解決策を共有することで尊敬を獲得します。

Office Divaは、価値のあるニッチを見つけることは、彼女の評判と信頼性が彼女の知識とともに成長することを意味することを理解しています。彼女の専門知識がよりよく知られるようになるにつれて、彼女はより多くの影響力、力、そしてコントロールを獲得します。

これが発生すると、Office Divaは、自分の価格や条件に名前を付けることができるようになり、誰と一緒に仕事をするかについて意見を述べることができることに気付きます。さて、ダーリン、それはディーバドムの栄光です！

あなたの歌姫のステータスを所有する

あなたがしていることに驚異的に有能であり、あなたが世界に提供する才能を促進することに何の問題もありません。

ビヨンセが歌姫の国歌を歌う

あなたの（短編）物語を語る

Office Divaは、それが単に彼女が知っていることではなく、彼女の専門知識を社内外でどのように売り込むかということを学びました。したがって、彼女は自分のパーソナルブランドを構築するために時間をかけます。彼女は自分のニッチの習得を10語以内で伝えます。この専門知識の声明は、彼女がことわざの「あなたは何をしますか？」に答えるのに役立ちます。質問。

Additionally, the Office Diva can succinctly explain to co-workers, clients, and executives why her expertise is relevant to the situation they face and what value (or results) she can deliver. She describes the problem then casts herself as the solution.

As an example, consider the Office Diva who proclaims, " I help federal contractors achieve OFCCP compliance. " She should be able to briefly articulate what a federal contractor is, offer a dollar estimate of the company's federal contracts (her relevance), and rattle off the impacts of not complying with regulations (her value).

When you've done that convincingly, heads turn and ears perk up. And then, Diva, the floor is yours!

Singing Diva Mariah Carey

Pop Diva Mariah Carey's voice ranges more than five octaves, and she writes most of her own songs. On the list of best-selling female artists of all time, she ranks #3.

Sgt. Michael Connors via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

Rule 2: Effectively Self-Promote

Girl, stop being so shy. There's nothing wrong with self-promotion when you have the expertise and authority to support your claims.

You don't have to be the world's premier expert at what you do—just expert enough . Stop waiting for someone to crown you an authority. If you're already there, you know it!

Reach Out to Others to Share Your Good News

An Office Diva actively engages other professionals both inside and outside the workplace. Whether it's in the lunch room, at a professional conference, or waiting for a client meeting to begin, she asks key questions then actively listens to the answers.

She understands that efficient self-promotion means determining who key players and decision makers are. She gets these people talking about their favorite topic—themselves.

The Diva knows her clients, her potential competition, and what factors drive their attitudes and decisions on key matters. She identifies and discusses the business problems that keep them up at night. She develops understanding of their challenges, opportunities, goals, and talents. In so doing, she also earns the right to share the same information about herself.

Even if you don't think their issues may be immediately relevant to you, your new learnings may allow you to create broader context and linkages that could prove valuable in the future.²

When you self-promote, consider ways you can help one another. Talk about your track record and connect the dots between your expertise and others' business problems.

Share what drives your expertise forward:

What results have you achieved in the past?
What problems have you solved?
What big learnings do you have to share?
How have you inspired others to achieve more?
What excites you?
What business issues do you foresee becoming more important in the future?

If you self-promote effectively, you'll find that others will begin to promote your personal brand for you through word-of-mouth.

Girl, if the tiara fits, wear it.

10 Self-Promotion Ideas For the Office Diva

Join the digital conversation. Use LinkedIn, Google+ circles, Twitter, and other social media platforms to gain recognition. Actively share with professionals inside and outside your company, field, and industry.
Ask for LinkedIn endorsements or written feedback from clients, co-workers, and others. Testimonials come in handy during performance evaluations and job hunting. Make sure to return the favor.
Attend and actively participate in industry and professional conferences.
Showcase your expertise by writing guest posts for blogs, creating a video tutorial, or giving a speech to a community or professional group.
Mentor a Diva-In-Training (or a divo , her male equivalent). She'll never forget you, and she'll sing your praises.
Be a people and expertise connector—the common link that introduces other experts, decision makers, and leaders to one another.
Enthusiastically express your admiration for people who are good at what they do. Inspire and encourage others experiencing temporary setbacks by sharing a personal story.
Set up "informational" lunch meetings with people in the organization you admire—influencers, experts, and leaders. Ask them how they got to be so awesome. (Just don't be weird about it.)
Volunteer to work on inter-departmental task forces and committees so you can expand your expertise and your connections.
Acquire additional training outside of your area of expertise. Stay connected to fellow trainees. Share what you've learned with people who need to know.

Diva, Don't Be Shy! Promote Your Talents

An Office Diva self-promotes her awesomeness. When asked, "What do you do?" she doesn't offer a job title. She summarizes her expertise in 10 words or less. That's impact!

Alexis3 via Pixabay, CC-BY-SA 3.0

Tip 3: Build an Entourage of Devoted Supporters

Office Divas know that no one succeeds alone. They build an entourage consisting of a committed circle of trusted supporters, or fans.

The diva's devotees provide mutual support and advice, facilitate connections with others who can help, and promote the diva's professional brand (i.e. , her expertise and reputation). In return, the Office Diva does the same for them. The diva knows that people feel compelled to help those who have helped them.

Diva How-To: Build A Fan Base

People like to be associated with winners, experts, and authorities. Thus, a diva begins to build her entourage as she shares her expertise, vision, and track record. Like-minded others are drawn to her success. They believe in her story and recognize that she may prove helpful to them.

Diva, strategically handpick your followers by providing them with

useful information,
assistance, or
a referral.

Make sure they know your story (and you, theirs). Ask for their feedback, assistance, or ideas on small issues at first. Genuinely compliment them. Show them that you

are action-oriented,
a risk-taker,
are willing and able to help them,
can withstand criticism, and
have big dreams.

And then let them bring other fans to you.

Publishing Diva J.K. Rowling

During the seven years that it took her to write the first Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling faced divorce, her mother's death, and poverty. Her Harry Potter series launched her to superstardom. Harry Potter is the all-time best-selling book series.

Daniel Ogren via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 2.0

Tip 4: Act the Part and Own the Room

For most people, meetings are the menace of office productivity. On average, employees spend 5.6 hours trapped in them. Knowledge workers and managers typically spend 25-80% of their time in meetings.³

But the Office Diva uses meetings as an opportunity to showcase

her good judgment
expertise
communication skills.

Let's face it: Meetings typically expose you to a broader variety of influencers from across your organization and even outside your company. This includes clients, executives, consultants, and people who work in other departments.

Each of them evaluates you by how you walk into the room, how you sit, how well you listen, comments you make, and who you seem to ally yourself with. You can influence their perceptions.

Inspirational Ted Talk: Fake It Until You Become It -- Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

How to Make Your Best Impression

To make your best impression:

Make a Rock Star Entrance. Enter the room like you belong there. In only 1/10 of a second, people form impressions based on a stranger's face, and those impressions are difficult to change.⁴ Smile, and go in with a purpose. Studies show it affects the "emotional temperature" in the room.
Communicate With Confidence. You were included in the meeting for a reason, so share your experience and viewpoint. Ask questions to show engagement. Speak up so you're loud enough to be heard. Don't delve into too much detail. Be succinct and to-the-point.
Watch Your Nonverbals. Adopt great posture and a firm handshake. Keep your chin up, avoid slouching, and maintain eye contact to connect with others. Be aware of body language such as over-gesturing (e.g., repetitively tapping a pen) or turning away from people. And watch where you sit around the conference table.
Tune In. Focus on the social situation at hand. Almost 91% of employees in one study admitted to daydreaming in meetings, and 39% acknowledged sleeping.⁵ Be present mentally, rather than answering emails or thinking about where you're going for lunch.
Look the Part. Your "work uniform" should convey competence, confidence, and class. Watch skirt length, the amount of skin you show, and those shoes. I once worked with a diva wannabe who wore skirts so short that when she sat down and crossed her legs, others could look straight up her dress. That's the wrong impression, though a memorable one.

Tip 5: Know the Difference Between Diva and Difficult Employee

Diva, let's face it: You know that you're all that. But think before you act out.

Hissy fits, alienating co-workers, slamming things down when you don't get your way—these episodes of high drama are unbecoming of anyone. In addition, research shows that professional women who display anger are perceived as lower in status, more "out of control" and less competent.⁶

There's a Fine Line

If you don't have sufficient soft skills, you may cross the line between Office Diva and difficult employee. Trouble indeed.

Public Domain Pictures via Pixabay, CC-BY-SA 3.0

Although it's unfair— because angry men are not penalized in this way —remind yourself that such behavior is inconsistent with the image you want to project. Do you really want high drama to detract from your awesomeness?

Remember that "soft skills" such as getting along with team mates and being professional and courteous are just as important as your technical expertise . Somewhere there is a line between Office Diva and difficult employee.

Just make sure you know where that line is.

Olympic Divas Revel in the Spotlight

Downhill skiiers Tina Maze from Slovenia and Dominique Gisin from Switzerland tied for the Gold Medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Here, they share the spotlight with Bonze medal winner Lara Gut from Switzerland.

M. Smelter via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0

How NOT to Manage Divas and Other High Performers

Failure to treat an Office Diva right can bring consequences: frustration, lower productivity, job stress, and intent to turnover.

Management Mistake & Rationale	What It Does To High Performers	Potential Impact On Employers
The employer provides ever-changing priorities and business initiatives, believing it reflects the nature of the business environment they're in.	When new initiatives are like Baskin Robbins' Flavor-of-the Month, employees begin to feel jerked around. They sense that the organization has no clear sense of direction. They tune out.	According to a Gallup poll, 71% of American employees are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" from their work. They are emotionally tuned out from their work, less likely to be productive, and more likely to turnover.
The employer claims to pay for performance but doesn't sizably differentiate rewards and recognition for high and low performers. Management believes employees should feel lucky to have a job.	High performers thrive on merit-based reward and recognition. Failure to differentiate levels of pay, career progression, bonuses, and awards creates deep dissatisfaction.	According to a 2014 survey by CareerBuilder, 45% of employees dissatisfied with advancement opportunities intended to leave.
Managers believe they don't have the luxury of allowing people to work on what they're good at.	Assigning a high performer tasks that anyone (less talented) could do will make them feel bored and disengaged.	39% of employees in CareerBuilder's survey reported feeling underemployed. One in five employees plan to change jobs in 2014.
Management demands employees "do more with less." They believe high performers can take on significantly higher workload without consequences.	Just because a high performer is capable of taking on mountains of extra work doesn't mean they don't feel the strain. They feel stress and need Work/Life Balance, too.	According to a poll by the non-profit Families and Work Institute, more than half of employees felt overworked and overwhelmed.

Summary: The 5 Rules Of Divadom

Cultivate Expertise by Finding a Need, Then Filling It
Effectively Self-Promote
Build an Entourage of Devoted Supporters
Act the Part and Own the Room
Know the Difference Between Diva and Difficult Employee

'70s Disco Diva Donna Summer: She Works Hard For the Money

Notes

¹Szalavitz, Maria. "10,000 Hours May Not Make a Master After All." TIME.com. Last modified May 20, 2013.

² Warrell, Margie. "Self-Promotion Is Not Crucial (Unless You Want To Get Ahead!)." Forbes. Last modified April 29, 2013.

³Oklahoma State University. "Meeting Analysis: Findings from Research and Practice." Last modified 2001.

⁴ワーゴ、エリック。「第一印象まで何秒？」科学的心理学会。最終更新日は2006年7月です。https：//www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2006/july-06/how-many-seconds-to-a-first-impression.html。

⁵インフォコム。「アメリカでの会議。」Verizon。最終更新日：2014年。https：//e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/global/en/meetingsinamerica/uswhitepaper.php。

⁶ Brescoll、Victoria L.、およびEric L.Uhlmann。「怒っている女性は先を行くことができますか？職場でのステータスの授与、性別、および感情の表現。」心理学 19、いいえ。3（2008）：268-275。