 they don’t – they won’t have any people to work with.
How do we gauge if our people are happy?
There are three questions that according to Marcus Buckingham are the biggest indicators of employee engagement and why the Leader makes the difference.
1) At work do I have the chance to do what I do best everyday?
2) Do I know what is expected of me?
3) Are my colleagues committed to quality work?
Buckingham says that asking these three questions will help you gauge if your employees are happy or if a change has to be made. All three have to do with Leadership. Are the employees encouraged and given enough autonomy to do what they do best? Are they checked in with?
Creating a work environment that fosters learning and growth and great Leadership is key to retaining GREAT talent.
Keeping the good ones:
Marcus Buckingham: Heard him speak at the Art of Leadership
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Editors' note: Monica F. Helms is the president of the Transgender Americans Veterans Association.
We all know that loneliness does not limit itself to LGB or T people. This feeling probably strikes 100% of the human population at one time of another, many living in perpetual loneliness for most of their lives. A person can feel lonely because they have no one special in their life who loves them. Others can be lonely in a crowd of people who do love them. A majority of people don't choose to be lonely, yet some do. But loneliness does choose us.
Even though the feeling of loneliness does not differ between LGBT people and straight people, the causes can be different. If we can believe the figures for the number of LGBT people in the population, between 5% and 10%, then that means that there would be far less LGBT people in the world to find your special someone from. Of course, bisexual people have more numbers to choose from, as do straight transgender people. If an LGBT person lives in a rural area, their chances become zero in many cases. But numbers alone don't keep people from being observed that many who identify as transgender seem to have little to do with those they claim to identify with. For example, many transgender people who identify as women have little social contact with women. Likewise, most male identified transgender people have little to do with men.
And, of course, they are going to encouter serious problems if they try to associate with members of their birth sex.
Of course, that is not true for those who might be termed "true or classic transsexuals." They often interact with society as their true selves far better than they did in their birth sex.
This all seems to miss, or perhaps avoid, a very simple point...once one has had surgery, then unless one makes an issue of having been born with a penis, it does not enter the equation.
Suzanne,
The sweeping generalizations in your post are simply astounding. If they are indeed your personal observations rather than a theoretical treatise on the superiority of the lives of post-operative women, then I suggest that you raise your eyes a bit and take in the wider panorama.
And, for my own edification, excactly what consitutes a "true" or "classic" transsexual? I am a psychiatrist and am familiar with the DSM-IVTR's working diagnostics on GID and I simply do not recall those terms. The DSM-IVTR is the current standard for use; anything else is considered to be antiquated and inaccurate, at least in my field.
Loneliness is the biggest "demon" I have been fighting all my life, especially after I started living f/t as Jenny in mid-2007. I fight this every day, and my only saving grace is having a few close friends (and my VBFF) I can count on to be there. My parents and my kids are supportive but I haven't spoken to my only sister since Christmas 2007.
Dating is non-existant for me. Even though I had my GCS in November last year, at times I feel like a 'freak' and wonder who in the hell would ever want someone like me. I am told I need to 'put myself out there' and when I do go out, I am well accepted, BUT... I've tried a few of the online service and gotten exactly ZERO results. That's encouraging - not.
Several of my trans friends have gotten engaged this year, which gives me hope, yet depresses me at the same time. If they can do it, I should be able to as well, but I just don't see it happening for me. Ever.
Somehow I am going to deal with this constant companion we call loneliness. Maybe someday it will go away, but I am not holding my breath. Thank goodness for my friends; I really don't know what I would do without them. Actually I do, but I do NOT want to ever go there again. The last time was too way close for comfort.
Peace.
Jenny,
Thank you for sharing this. I wrote this for people like you and I, because it could give people a chance to open up. People need to understand that loneliness is blind to race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, color, age, height, weight and everything else. You cannot remove it with a scalpel, and those who think that way are sadly mistaken.
But, I have to commend you. By opening up here, you are far ahead of those who wish to hold it in. Loneliness may not leave us soon, but we will still enjoy life. I hope to meet you one of these days.
Put an dating ad on Plenty of fish.com. Run a photo. You will get some responses. Don't put that you're a tranny. As for loneliness, get involved in LGBT activism. There is alot to do, and quality people that will support you. I've been there, and there are options. Take it from someone that has been at this since 1972.
Monica thank you for writing this.
I too am a transgender woman that has suffered loneliness.
Here is how I feel it relates to being trans. It's about being different. About being different in a world that doesn't know what to do with you. Friends and family are there for you for some things in life but other times they just don't get it and so the support you need is not there. I imagine this is true for all sorts of people who are different than the norm in a way that makes society uncomfortable. You become guarded in life about certain things because you know -- or think you know -- that the support you are looking for isn't going to be there. Then because you're not being open, it's harder to make close friendships.
That being said, loneliness comes and goes for me. This month I haven't felt lonely. I'm sure loneliness will