Oct 03, 2018 I was a GIMPy some years ago & decided to get back into it so I have just installed v2.8.22. I also downloaded & installed what I thought was a user manual that I could access while running GIMP & not online. The manual file was, 'gimp-help-2-2.8.2-enGB-setup'.but every time I try to access the manual it tells me it is not installed. What this is. A user's guide to getting along with team members, in the form of a quick chart for helping them get to know each other better. It includes the most effective ways of working with each individual, best ways to raise and resolve conflicts, hot buttons, trust builders, and more. And in doing so, I realized I also needed to create a user manual—to myself. Why Should You Create a User Manual? When you buy a new camera, it comes with a user manual that teaches you about the specifics of the gadget—what each button means, how to select the appropriate lighting for the situation, how to access the images. May 04, 2018 Is There an Online User Manual for Windows 10? Remember, anyone, back in the olden days when software came with user manuals? If anyone can point me to an MS 'user manual' site for Windows 10, I'd be very grateful. If there isn't one, this is a shout-out to Microsoft: Please start the process and publish one online. Work your way.
A few years ago I read an article by Adam Bryant, the “Corner Office” Columnist for the New York Times, that led with this provocative question: “What if you had to write a ‘User Manual’ about your leadership style?”
Bryant describes how transparency about our work style – our preferences, values, quirks and all – shortens the learning curve for others by making explicit things that might otherwise take months, or even years, to uncover.
I was intrigued by the piece and took his prompt to heart. I devoured others’ manuals for insights that resonated, and took a clear-eyed look at what makes me tick.
I sat with questions like: Which activities give me energy, and which deplete me? What are my unique abilities, and how do I maximize the time I spend expressing them? What do people misunderstand about me, and why?
What emerged is my personal “User Manual” which has been an important communication tool for my team, and a learning process for me.
Beyond giving my colleagues a window into my wiring (and, as fellow entrepreneur Aaron Hurst endearingly called it, my “flavor of craziness”), the experience of writing the piece - and refreshing it each year - has had other benefits. It’s an opportunity for self-reflection that probes beneath the surface to get at what Tara Brach calls, “Radical self-honesty, and the joy of getting real”.
The process is also an opportunity to get honest feedback from others. Once I had a draft, I shared it with my Leadership Team at Global Citizen Year to see how my view of myself lined-up with their experience of me. Incorporating their input required me to listen not for what I wanted to hear, but for what I needed to hear.
Today, everyone on our Leadership Team has their own User Manual, and it’s become an exercise we encourage all of our colleagues to adopt.
![]() I’m a strong believer that leadership is a practice, not a position.
My User Manual is one of the ways I practice leading out loud. It’s a living document that describes my innate wiring and my growing edge, while putting it out to the world that I know I am – and aim to always be -- a work-in-progress.
Abby’s User Manual
My style
What I value
What I don’t have patience for
How best to communicate with me
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How to help me
What people misunderstand about me
Finally, I may be the boss, but I’m also a person, a teammate and a messy work-in-progress. I’m committed to always getting better at my job, and to becoming a wiser, kinder and more impactful human.
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