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May 31, 2022 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

Turn a Negative Situation Around to Reduce Conflict

Coaching clients share their frustration with not being able to turn negative situations around more and more these days. When a conflict occurs, many people believe they can’t say or do anything to fix it.  Plus, if they just lay low, they can escape any repercussions.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Turning a blind eye to things or hoping for a negative situation to resolve on its own will only lead to frustration.

This post covers how to handle an internal negative situation.  Next week you’ll receive strategies on how to resolve an external negative situation.

Here’s An Easy Tip to Resolve a Negative Internal Situation

An internal situation could be a co-worker who is continually negative and dragging the team down. Or it could be an employee who’s lazy. Unfortunately, most people think dealing with such internal situations is the manager’s job only. But in fact, anyone can take steps to address such issues.

Simply saying something like, “I don’t want to create stress between us. I do want to discuss why our department needs to work together. Especially because we don’t have the manpower as we did two years ago.”

This statement helps diffuse someone’s negativity. Granted, you can’t expect to step in and be the super-hero who saves the company from negative people. You can have the courage to step up and state the facts in a Direct with Respect® way.

Some people are so used to negative people or a destructive culture that they just stay stuck. It’s a risk that’s worth taking.  If you don’t – and you chicken out now– you’ll pay the price later.

Let’s Stay Connected

Please comment about this week’s post. How does it resonate with you?
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Until Next Time, Be Well and Happy!
Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP, CVP
Conflict Resolution and Communication Coach
Queen of Conflict Resolution

P.S. I decided to take a risk and start interviewing thought-provoking leaders LIVE on my show: Kick Conflict to the Curb™.  Please join me on June 1, 2022, at 1 pm Eastern. You’ll hear Diane DiResta share powerful strategies on Confident Communication. Hey, how can I talk with my coaching clients or loyal blog readers to take risks if I’m stuck in the same routine?
Hope to see you there!

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Filed Under: be bold, conflict resolution skill
Tagged With: conflict in the workplace, effective communication

November 30, 2021 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

An Inspirational Interview with Lea Tran | Video

Welcome to Kick Conflict to the Curb: Stomp Out Your Stress.

Are you ready for an inspirational interview this week?

You will find the inspirational interview that I had with Lea Tran, speaker and transformation coach. Lea and I are in the same group: Video Rock Starz. I knew that Lea was going to be a guest for Kick Conflict to the Curb the moment I met her.

We talked about these exciting topics:

  • The importance of opening up dialogue with our family.
  • Lea’s story how she and her family escaped from Vietnam.
  • We cover so much more on the video yet I wrote the highlights below.

 

About Lea Tran

Lea Tran is a former “Boat person” refugee from Vietnam, a dynamic keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and the author of “I Did Not Miss the Boat”. It highlights her personal struggles to overcome the trauma of war, poverty, and social isolation.

Her story is an important reminder of what makes America truly a great nation. A country that gives promise to everyone who is willing to fight for a second chance in life.

A graduate of Villanova University, Lea started her career as a medicinal chemist for seventeen years and owned a high-end drapery business for ten years in the Greater Philadelphia Area.

As a speaker and a transformation coach, Lea inspires her audience to get out of their comfort zone, to embrace change in uncertain times, creating unexpected opportunities that will propel them forward.

Questions I Asked During Lea’s Inspirational Interview inspirational interview

  1. Tell us about the title of your book, I Did not Miss the Boat.

    It’s all about my family’s escape from Vietnam. My father built a boat that saved 495 people including my family. The boat gave us freedom. We all need to live our lives as we want – that’s total freedom.

  2. Lea, you became confident using your voice. Why did it take so long to write your story?

    It usually takes people 40 years to find their story and voice. That’s how long it took me to find my story and start using my voice.

  3. Tell us about your podcast, Family Roots.

    I wrote the book to find out about myself. The podcast is all about that piece of history.

    My son, Alexander learned about his family after he read, I Did Not Miss the Boat. He started asking me questions about the story. As a result, he created a podcast – Family Roots.

    This started a journey with both of us learning about each other.

    We now understand how different our upbringing has been.

How Can Your Book Help Viewers?

  • The book helps open up the dialogue for other families to start asking questions about their family.
  • All the memories from my childhood were not positive. This is typical of many families. We need to start having these heart-to-heart conversations – no matter what stories we discover.
  • Be proud of your roots and be comfortable in your own skin.
  • Don’t feel judged when you tell others about your background.
  • Reconnect with your roots
  • Open up the dialogue. Talk to your parents and grandparents. I now know that they did the best that they could. They didn’t have the freedom as I have.
  • There’s always some conflict in the family. We are all different in our upbringing.

I read I Did Not Miss The Boat and Highly Recommend It

It’s a great read for people who are curious about what refugees have to go through to find freedom post-Vietnam war.

  • The book triggers a lot of important conversations about diversity and inclusion.
  • It embraces change.
  • Conflict prevention is another theme.
  • Taking action to move your life forward is part of Lea’s message.

Her memoir is a perfect book to gift to friends and family for the holidays. It’s also a great read for book clubs.

You can get an autographed and gift-wrapped copy by going to LeaTran.com. Amazon.com also carries it.

Let’s Stay Connected

Please share your thoughts about this week’s post. How does this inspirational interview with Lea Tran resonate with you?
You can share in the comment section or send me a private email HERE.

What questions would you like to find out about Lea Tran’s journey? I will include your questions in my next interview with Lea.

Until Next Time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP, CVP
Conflict Resolution and Communication Coach
Queen of Conflict Resolution

P.S. Please share this post on your social media. As a result, other growth-minded people can reduce their high drama and inner stress. We made it easy for you. The shareable social media links are below.

P.P.S. I’m the Human Resource Professional’s Partner. I coach employees and managers to feel comfortable using their voice without losing their cool – so they feel heard and respected.

P.P.P.S Are you {or your direct reports} ready to explore working with me as your private coach?

Call me at 248.681.5831 or send an email: Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com to discover how easy this process is. Plus these packages fit with anyone’s budget and schedule.

Filed Under: be bold, inspirational interview
Tagged With: interview from thought leaders, resolve conflict and interpersonal issues

November 23, 2021 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

What Does Freedom Mean to You? Video

This week’s article deals with freedom and what it means to you.

I was asked to create a short video on why freedom is important to me.

Gina Carr and Terry Brock are the guides in Video Rock Starz. They created a 5-day challenge on Funding Your Freedom. You will find more videos in the next few articles.

Here are My Thoughts on Freedom

  • Creating life on my terms.
  • Finding and coaching clients who I enjoy because they are growth-minded.
  • Making time to exercise because it’s part of my day that I love.
  • Spending hours with friends and relatives who are fun to be with.
  • Remaining silent if I chose to be.
  • Using my voice to be heard especially during conflict.
  • Laughing loudly and often.

Freedom and Conflict freedom

My main reason for doing what I do as a conflict resolution coach is to support clients to feel free to use their voices.

I find many clients are concerned about being honest and direct because they are conflict adverse. 

Resolving conflict is something that most of us don’t learn in school.

It doesn’t matter the age of clients concerning feeling comfortable speaking their truth.  

Many of us came from families that didn’t handle conflict well.

The great news is that it doesn’t take long to change our mindset once we learn how to start the conversation.

It’s gratifying seeing clients become free and more confident.  

Hey, anyone who knows me, knows that this has been my story and how I broke free from not using my voice.

What Does Freedom Mean to You?

Now it’s your turn.

Think about what freedom means to you.

Please comment below.

It will be fascinating to read many different answers to this question.

Let’s Stay Connected

Please share your thoughts about this week’s post. How does it resonate with you?
You can share in the comment section or send me a private email HERE.

Until Next Time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP, CVP
Conflict Resolution and Communication Coach
Queen of Conflict Resolution

P.S. Please share this post on your social media. As a result, other growth-minded people can reduce their high drama and inner stress. We made it easy for you. The shareable social media links are below. 

P.P.S. I’m the Human Resource Professional’s Partner. I coach emerging leaders, executives, and employees to feel comfortable using their voice without losing their cool – so they feel heard and respected.

P.P.P.S Are you {or your direct reports} ready to explore working with me as your private coach?

Call me at 248.681.5831 or send an email: Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com to discover how easy this process is. Plus these packages fit with anyone’s budget and schedule.

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: be bold, freedom
Tagged With: confidence, effective communication

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