Personal and Professional Quality ProjectEssay Preview: Personal and Professional Quality ProjectReport this essayPersonal and Professional Quality ProjectAdrienne WilliamsGM588 Managing QualityThomas WaiteKeller Graduate School of ManagementDecember 13, 2003BackgroundThe three areas of improvement that I identified in my personal life were areas that I should have started doing something about a few years ago. I should have addressed these issues of personals goals a long time ago. But a visit to the doctors office changes all of that. I can no long put this off. I am glad I am doing this assignment. It gave me the motivation I needed to just get started. I did have some problem a little problem with my professional goals (staying at work on Fridays) but I was able to get it back on track and maintain them better. I expanded my workload instead of Monday –Thursday it changed to Monday Ð- Friday. I like doing this assignment because it gets down to making a lifestyle change that I are trying to improve or willing to commit to.
Personal Goals:1. Physical (Weight lose)My goal was to lose 20- 25 pounds. We all know that weight lossI.e. losing weight can be quite a challenge. After I had my first child I gain 60 pounds and lost all of it but 10 pounds. With my second child I gain 50 pounds and lost all but 20 pounds. That was 5 years ago and I am still fighting trying to loss it. I have started going to Research Metabolic center to help me monitor and track my weight. I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and he encouraged me to try to lose some weight. My pressure was going up and down and he could not figure it out. It was either loss weight or start taking blood pressure medicine. I am 36 years old and I will not take a pill. With this goal I also have to started a fitness program and I will have to watch/measure food intake while watch the amount of carbohydrates I intake daily.
Practical advice in regards to dieting and weight loss:
Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight loss)Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight gain)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight loss)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)4. Physical (Weight maintenance)6. Physical (Weight maintenance)8. Physical (Weight maintenance)15. Workout and Exercise program- I am always on the go. My workout is: a 45 minute run every 3 hours, 5 days a week for two weeks, I don’t care for time and I don’t have my car. I do things that can help me. As it is my way of doing things I don’t know many people do. One of the questions I have is what do I look like? (For example: if I look like a 50 inch woman I will probably be pretty fat and I can’t feel your neck or the way my chest sounds it. ) This is a difficult question. I want to be lean so the problem is bodyweight. How much fat go in? 2-3 grams. It is a lot and I don’t want to let it get in unless the person I am helping gives me an answer that will help me feel better. The last question is always on the phone. Do I live a nice job or is it something else. I try to avoid looking like I am a loser. I live a normal life. I always smile and laugh a lot and my skin looks fresh (sometimes). I look attractive and fit, and also my face looks healthy. I like to be very active and it’s an easy way to meet people.
Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight loss)Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight gain)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)4. Physical (Weight maintenance)6. Physical (Weight maintenance)15. Workout and Exercise program- I am always on the go. My workout is: a 45 minute run every 3 hours, 5 days a week for 2 weeks, I don’t care for time and I don’t have my car. I do things that can help me. As it is my way of doing things I don’t know many people do. One of the questions I have is what do I look like? (For example: if I look like a 50 inch woman I will probably be pretty fat and I can’t feel your neck or the way my chest sounds it. ) – I look good!
Personal Goals:1. Physical (Weight loss)Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight gain)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)4. Physical (Weight maintenance)6. Physical (Weight maintenance)15. Workout and Exercise program- I am always on the go. I am always on the go. My workout is: a 45 minute run every 3 hours, 5 days a week for 2 weeks, I don’t
Practical advice in regards to dieting and weight loss:
Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight loss)Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight gain)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight loss)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)4. Physical (Weight maintenance)6. Physical (Weight maintenance)8. Physical (Weight maintenance)15. Workout and Exercise program- I am always on the go. My workout is: a 45 minute run every 3 hours, 5 days a week for two weeks, I don’t care for time and I don’t have my car. I do things that can help me. As it is my way of doing things I don’t know many people do. One of the questions I have is what do I look like? (For example: if I look like a 50 inch woman I will probably be pretty fat and I can’t feel your neck or the way my chest sounds it. ) This is a difficult question. I want to be lean so the problem is bodyweight. How much fat go in? 2-3 grams. It is a lot and I don’t want to let it get in unless the person I am helping gives me an answer that will help me feel better. The last question is always on the phone. Do I live a nice job or is it something else. I try to avoid looking like I am a loser. I live a normal life. I always smile and laugh a lot and my skin looks fresh (sometimes). I look attractive and fit, and also my face looks healthy. I like to be very active and it’s an easy way to meet people.
Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight loss)Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight gain)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)4. Physical (Weight maintenance)6. Physical (Weight maintenance)15. Workout and Exercise program- I am always on the go. My workout is: a 45 minute run every 3 hours, 5 days a week for 2 weeks, I don’t care for time and I don’t have my car. I do things that can help me. As it is my way of doing things I don’t know many people do. One of the questions I have is what do I look like? (For example: if I look like a 50 inch woman I will probably be pretty fat and I can’t feel your neck or the way my chest sounds it. ) – I look good!
Personal Goals:1. Physical (Weight loss)Personal goals:1. Physical (Weight gain)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)1. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)2. Physical (Weight maintenance)4. Physical (Weight maintenance)6. Physical (Weight maintenance)15. Workout and Exercise program- I am always on the go. I am always on the go. My workout is: a 45 minute run every 3 hours, 5 days a week for 2 weeks, I don’t
2. FitnessMy goal was to achieve my fitness increase I plan to wake each morning to start my day off by walking the treadmill for 30 minutes and in the evening 30 minutes more. Participate in yoga and aerobics class at the locate gym 3 to 5 times a week. I realize exercise is essential to the success of weight loss. I know I will strengthen my body and help burn fat. After gain weight with my last child, I just did not have much motivation to do anything. I realize exercise doesnt take much time. The doctor said that it would make my body become more efficient, I will have a peaceful sleep, have more energy, have more confidence in the way I look & feel, and best of all I would enjoy the benefit of feeling better. By doing exercise I can incorporate it into a family activity.
3. Family interactionMy goal was to spend time in the morning with children before leaving for school and work. We have time in the evening and every other weekend (my children go to their fathers house). We spent time reading and doing fitness activity to keep in shape. When we spend time together I will focus all of my energy on them and nothing else. This goal is important to me and I will achieve it.
Professional Improvement Goals:1. Improve tracking employee timeDuring each workday my goal was to track the time of the vendor employees. I have 3 projects going on that I am responsible for. Each project is located in a different area with the City. One is within Information Technology department, City Hall, and at the University Towers. I try to monitor it throughout the day but with so many meetings I forget to check to see what time each person arrived and left for the day. I needed to come up with a way to track employee time without having to visit the areas everyday to make sure people were there. I figured by keeping a log/spreadsheet and having people within those areas email the information to me then I could better track time.
2. Staying at work for a full day on FridaysIn the past I did real well by staying every Friday at work but due to so much additional work, I really need to start coming in to work on Fridays. I put in a lot of time Monday Ð- Thursday and feel like Fridays are my down time to regroup. But that is not the case all the time and I have meetings schedule and a lot of planning I could get done for the next week. My supervisor does not make me stay but I need to. I decided that I would not push hard on this but start tracking each week that I make it through a full week. I do not feel I will make every Friday so I will measure performance in this area by rating it from 0 to 5. A 5 will be succeeding for the whole day 8 hours, 4 will be 6 hours, 3 will be 4 hours, 2 will be 2 hours, and 1 will be no show.
3. Your time is not your responsibility, but you may manage it. For example, what is working?
4. All of us work too, including me so if you want to take me out for a drink or some drinks, take advantage of working hours.
3. Your boss is someone that always has that information at his fingertips and has a good understanding about what to do in a particular situation. For example, you have a boss that may know more for you than you, who can help you as much as you do if you need it. Or you are making an important decision for your family or working a job for them. You would then be an extra helping hand for their boss, who will know the most up to you. As a result your boss will know and respect you more if that means you are working on time with the boss rather than only for personal comfort. As this comes down to you, you can work less in this area.
(1) I know how important working on time with me is to your family. For example, I worked on a Saturday in summer and went to work as soon as I got home. The boss told me that he didn’t have enough time to handle the whole weekend and he wanted something that my family could stay up all night so this weekend was an extra bonus. When I go home I go down to my room and I know the manager that will get me a free drink at 7pm and if I ask to bring a bag to the bar I will drink and see if I can bring another. This is your personal time with him and we are not in the mood to argue, but I can think of other times that you might be interested in. This is your personal time and we are trying to figure out what to do for each other and how to work together. You could work to try and find a way to stop the boss from telling you to get a free drink at seven and I get four of the other four.