Trust Building - A Leader's priority

Whether you are a leader already or you are taking a leadership position soon it is important to understand the significance of trust building. Recent cases have revealed that organization’s success highly depends on the established levels of trust between the employees and their leader. It is in fact the trust you develop as a leader that paves the path for better knowledge and information about your team, department and the organization.

As far as the question of how it helps you in producing success, it’s simple. Trust leads to softening the barriers to communication between the employees and the management hence, facilitating the free flow of information and allowing it to travel both ways; top-down and vice versa.

When the culture of free flow of information becomes affluent, it allows you to have a better understanding of how the employees feel about their work, environment and co-workers. This in turn helps you to improve on the internal shortcomings, which leads to a motivated workforce, improved work processes and a holistically improve work environment. 

 

Secondly, it leads you to knowing your clients better and the level of satisfaction they have from your services and offerings which is the core of any business. After all, the effort that you put in to the business operations and system improvements is to earn money and reputation for your organization.

It is the combined force of internally and externally satisfied stakeholders that leads you to success and hence satisfaction and motivation on both the ends is essential. As a leader it is your responsibility to facilitate the process and hence, it should be taken up as a priority by the leaders to ensure achievement of the highest order.

Leaders are sometimes born but mostly created, as famously said. At Pittsford University we believe in the same and hence work with full dedication to create leaders for tomorrow, who will join and lead the organization making the impossible, achievable.

Trust Building - A Leader's priority

Whether you are a leader already or you are taking a leadership position soon it is important to understand the significance of trust building. Recent cases have revealed that organization’s success highly depends on the established levels of trust between the employees and their leader. It is in fact the trust you develop as a leader that paves the path for better knowledge and information about your team, department and the organization.

As far as the question of how it helps you in producing success, it’s simple. Trust leads to softening the barriers to communication between the employees and the management hence, facilitating the free flow of information and allowing it to travel both ways; top-down and vice versa.

When the culture of free flow of information becomes affluent, it allows you to have a better understanding of how the employees feel about their work, environment and co-workers. This in turn helps you to improve on the internal shortcomings, which leads to a motivated workforce, improved work processes and a holistically improve work environment. 

Secondly, it leads you to knowing your clients better and the level of satisfaction they have from your services and offerings which is the core of any business. After all, the effort that you put in to the business operations and system improvements is to earn money and reputation for your organization.

It is the combined force of internally and externally satisfied stakeholders that leads you to success and hence satisfaction and motivation on both the ends is essential. As a leader it is your responsibility to facilitate the process and hence, it should be taken up as a priority by the leaders to ensure achievement of the highest order.

Leaders are sometimes born but mostly created, as famously said. At Pittsford University we believe in the same and hence work with full dedication to create leaders for tomorrow, who will join and lead the organization making the impossible, achievable.

A Meeting of the Tech-Giants

Eight of the most prominent tech giants including Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, recently met and voiced their concern about the use of customer data by the governments which has raised many questions about customer data protection and privacy.

Not only that the recent events have raised question about the governments’ role but also left these giants in an awkward position. The data that is used or misused by the governments as a part of their online surveillance program is more often provided by these very companies who are now concerned about their position in the whole scenario. 

The big names of technology urged to initiate an international ban on data collection by the governments on a grand scale to ensure that their reputation as customer-friendly remains intact. The initiative was more of a necessity for these companies since users’ trust in them is one of the key elements of success to them. If this trust is lost, their business will certainly suffer all around the world.

In fact, the air of distrust has already started to circulate with many countries writing rules that the companies must abide by while handling their citizens’ data. On a bigger scale such initiatives will only make data collection more expensive for the companies resulting in limited access and hence advancement in the area of marketing and promotions.

At  Pittsford University a team of social-media experts is working on various aspects of secure usage of the social media and developing programs that will allow users to be well-informed about how protected they are. It is important that we understand the significance of data protection and play our part as the first line of protection rather than relying on anyone else to do it for us.

How the Internet Has Changed Our Lives

It’s a very obvious fact that as we move towards advancement, we become more and more dependent on technology. Our lives revolve around technology as we come into contact with it every day of our lives. The internet is the best example of such technology. Processes and communications have become so computerized that it’s literally hard to imagine a life without them. Indeed, our lives have changed for the better as tasks take lesser time than before.

Let’s take a look at the areas where technology is used the most and has caused a positive change.  

Education: 

Easy to see, the internet has made quality education possible for people, despite geographical boundaries. A person in Asia can and does have access to the same education as a person in the West. Online education has made it possible.  Pittsford University is an example of this advancement, being a premier online university with a global presence in over 100 countries.

Information:

Access to information is now possible no matter which country you are located in.  E-books, online encyclopedias, video banks and the like are universally accessible to all regardless of their location. This makes it easier for students, working adults and other people to get the information they need within seconds.

Healthcare:

It is now very possible for doctors to remotely access their patients and offer their medical services over the internet. Video conferencing and calling has made this possible. A lot of doctors carry out checkups and diagnosis this way and in many cases are able to help patients in time.

These are some of the many ways in which the internet is helping to change our lives for the better. Social media is another such innovation. At Pittsford University, students are extensively tutored on the many ways through which technology can be used to make lives easier so that the students are more tech smart as is the need of today’s world.                           

Top 3 Internet Search Tips

As the Internet is now the number one search tool instead of encyclopedias and other books, students need to be well-versed and aware of important search skills that can help them acquire the information they need. The Internet possesses an accumulation of information on an immeasurable number of topics from extensive sources. In such cases, finding something specific can be a little difficult and time-consuming. Therefore, students need to know the ways through which they can get the information they require and screen out the rest.

Here are the top 3 skills that will prove to be helpful while searching for something in particular:

·       Use “quotation marks”: This tool is especially useful when searching for specific events, names, sayings, etc.

·      The Minus sign: As the name suggests, using this sign will screen out irrelevant information and save you from having to sift through reams of text looking for what you require.

·       Site search: Use this technique if you want information from a particular source only, for example a particular website like Wikipedia. Enter the search words and the name of the site after it.

At Pittsford University, new tools of learning are always being tested and introduced in order to give students the best online learning experience ever. Tips, such as the ones listed above, are explained in detail in the online classroom with examples so that students do not face any problems in using any of the tools or tips being illustrated. Pittsford University believes in its ability of innovation and excellence in learning for which it is internationally renowned and respected.  The University keeps on exploring its strengths for the betterment of its students so that they may prove to be qualified and competent human resources who will go on to significantly add to the productivity of the organizations in which they will be employed.        

What Technology Doesn’t Teach You

As learning becomes more and more automated, especially as a result of online education, students are becoming more and more independent on technology. Books have been replaced by e-books and iPads, pens with keyboards. One thing, however, that can never be replaced is the teacher. It is the teacher who is responsible for making sense of new subject information, who instructs the students on the correct application of textbook concepts and puts them in a realistic light. 

At Pittsford University, the main feature of the online classroom is the teacher who possesses experience and a complete command over the subject so as to deliver the most high quality instruction to the students. Each of the teachers in all the faculties of Pittsford University has been carefully selected after they have fulfilled the criteria for selection as well as comprehensive assessments. In addition to experience and expertise, each faculty member possesses considerable skills in online teaching which is very different from traditional teaching. This is integral to the entire online education experience and Pittsford University makes sure that the students face no problem in this regard.

There comes a time when even the most intelligent student requires some form of counseling that will provide a real life illustration of textbook concepts. Such guidelines can only be provided by one who has a good grasp of the industry and has spent considerable time in that environment. Technology, the internet, study tools, apps and books can provide information but only a teacher can effectively convert that information into knowledge.

Pittsford University is known in online education sectors for its high quality faculty that is highly qualified and experienced and strives to bring elements of real life industry circumstances into the classroom. They are also responsible for the instillation and development of proper skills in the students that will help them to remain competitive and survive in the industry. Skill development is a major factor in the entire education process and needs to be attended to by professionals who know its importance and impacts.       

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- Well Deserved Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2013

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner was highly anticipated by people all over the world. With contenders like Malal Yousufzai, Bradley Manning and Denis Mukwege, people all over the world were waiting with bated breath to find out who the winner would be. According to the Nobel Peace Prize committee itself, 2013 marked the highest number of nominations ever, standing at a total of 259 out of which 50 were organizations.  However, the wait finally came to an end on October 11, when the committee in Oslo declared that this year’s Prize would go to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. This prize was not just a result of the work the OPCW had done in Syria, but also took into account the organization’s contributions to the elimination of chemical weapons for the past 16 years. 

The OPCW’s work is a tribute to humanity and the eradication of a lethal weapon that has caused loss of human life for many countries in the past. The OPCW is a favorite employer for many students and individuals studying chemistry, bio-engineering and the like.  With the Nobel Peace Prize having gone to an entity like the OPCW, more and more people are now expressing their interest to work for this noble cause. This can only be possible with the right combination of qualifications and experience. 

Pittsford University’s School of Natural Sciences offers majors in Biology and Chemistry, complete with relevant exercises and coursework that will make the students ready to take up any related position in the job market. Pittsford University has been offering quality education to students all over the world and has made it possible for them make successful careers for themselves. Students of the University are not just educated in terms of subject matter, but great emphasis on skill development is also placed. The OPCW is the kind of an organization where all dedicated students would want to work in and Pittsford University believes in giving them the tools to achieve this.