Joyce Weiss

I work with organizations and individuals who want to kick conflict and chaos to the curb - Queen of Conflict Resolution and Communication Coach

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Video 8: Why I Talk About Conflict in the Workplace

Clients ask me why I talk about conflict in the workplace.

My answer is easy.  I married a lawyer.  People smile or laugh when I say this.
It sounds funny. Which is a good thing. I had to learn how to negotiate in a big way.  Like most of us, I was not trained in school how to deal with conflict or how to have tough conversations.

I’m happy to say that reading as many books as I did on how to have difficult conversations and earning respect helped pave my way to a successful marriage.  This journey trained me to coach emerging leaders, individuals, and groups on how to find their voice with Joyce. My story is unique to me.

What about you?
What is your unique story that you can share during your training or speaking engagements?  Why do you do what you do?  How did you discover your uniqueness?

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on what stories you use in your training or presentations?  How are you unique?

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email
with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Please contact me at my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!   My last 4 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Here are Links to Videos 1-7 from the Series Secrets from a Trainer How to Engage Your Audience

 

Video 1
arrive early

Video 2
sit with your audience

Video 3
how to use humor

Video 4
using props

Video 5
danger:  don’t be boring

Video 6
movement exercises

Video 7
evaluations

 

 

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Career Advancement is like riding a bike. Shift Gears from coasting to owning the road!
Find your voice with Joyce!

 

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Video #3 in the Series: Secrets from a Trainer to Engage Your Audience

#CommunicationStrategies #Publicspeaking #CommunicationStrategist

Welcome to video #3 in the series: “Secrets from a trainer to engage your audience.” Communication strategies are important topics for my loyal readers and I do my best to address valuable ideas to fit their needs! 🙂 This week’s topic is how to use humor to win over your audience.  Full disclosure here:  I’m NOT a humorist.  I do take serious topics and make them fun for clients.  You will learn my secret on how to help your audience crack a smile or even laugh after you watch this video.

The links to the first 2 secrets are below:

Here’s the link for Video #1 in the series:  Get to the Room Early

Here’s the link for Video #2:  Sit with the Audience

Communication Strategies #1:  Make sure and watch the first 2 videos

You will feel more comfortable presenting and let your natural humor appear once you greet each audience member and sit with the audience before your presentation. These 2 communication strategies help my clients relax.  Let’s face it, they can now stop being so focused on doing a good job and let go of their stress by speaking with their audience.

This is stress release at it’s best!  I know first hand on wanting to make that perfect training session.  I find myself less stressed when I do this one strategy and so do my clients.  I can concentrate on what others say and stop listening to that little voice in my head about perfection!

Communication #2:  Write down humorous comments during the meal. 

Once you start speaking to your tablemates and really listen to their experience, you will have some humorous stories to use during your communication strategiespresentation.  Believe me, the funny gems are there if you only look.

Ask your participants if they are willing to share their stories or if you can use their idea without mentioning their names.  Give them a copy of your book or some small token of appreciation if you use their brilliance.

Stay tuned for more ideas on how to improve your presentations.  All of these ideas can be used in a small workshop or even a large keynote.

The links to the first 2 secrets are below:
Here’s the link for Video #1 in the series:  Get to the Room Early
Here’s the link for Video #2:  Sit with the Audience

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you use humor during your presentations.  What questions do you have for me about honing your speaking skills?  You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Please contact me at my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!

My last 4 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Career Advancement is like riding a bike. Shift Gears from coasting to owning the road!

 

 

 

 

 

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Video #2 in the Series: Secrets from a Trainer to Engage Your Audience

#publicspeakingtips #communicationstrategist #communicationstrategies

Do you want to know how to build rapport with your audience either as a workshop presenter or speaker?  This video is the 2nd in the series: “ Proven Secrets from a Trainer to Engage your Audience Immediately.”  Tip #2 is to sit with the audience before your presentation and not other speakers.  Communication strategies are important topics for my loyal readers and I do my best to address valuable ideas to fit their needs! 🙂

You will find secret #1:  Get to the room early HERE

 Communication Strategies #1:  Make a Decision Where you Want to Sit

Let the meeting planner know that you want to sit with the audience for lunch or dinner and not with the other speakers.  Some of you may decide that it’s better to sit at the speaker’s table and that’s fine! This strategy is a secret sauce for me and my clients.  Building relationships is the key to successful communication.

Communication Strategies #2:  Listen to the Conversation at the Lunch/Dinner Table Carefully

This strategy works for me because I get a chance to win over a table by asking them questions about themselves, their job, their frustrations communication strategiesor goals.  Listening to your tablemates is a 90% guarantee that they will listen to you more when you go on stage.

I can be bold and tell you that this strategy will improve your rapport.

Stay tuned for more ideas on how to improve your presentations.  All of these ideas can be used in a small workshop or even a large keynote.

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you make your audience comfortable with you before you start your presentation. You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Here’s the link for Video #1 in the series:  Get to the Room Early

Please contact me at my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!

My last 4 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Career Advancement is like riding a bike. Shift Gears from coasting to owning the road!

 

 

 

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3 Accountability Strategies to Stay Employed!

Would you like to learn 3 accountability strategies to help you stay employed?
What is one reason why your organization should keep you?

One of my clients asked me to talk to her high-level administrative professionals on “Empowering Yourself to Success.”  Her team is doing a GREAT job. My task was to encourage them to get to their next level of continuous improvement and dig deep discussing the 3 accountability strategies.

This blog post contains some of the content that I used in the training. I hope that you enjoy these ideas.

Make sure and share your concerns, stories, or questions about employee engagement…to reduce conflict in the workplace.

Check out this podcast on TEAM Synergy.

Accountability Strategy #1:  Doing Your Personal BEST 

The comments below are answers from my research to the question, “How do you do your personal best?”

  • “I ask for more things to do.”
  • “The more I know, the more I can contribute.”
  • “I do what I can to make my boss look good.”

I shared the platform with Olympic Gold Medalist, Mary Lou Retton.  She told me how she feels about doing your personal best.
“Champions don’t wait 4 years to make their heroic opportunity.  They create an opportunity every day.  Champions practice because they treat workouts as the Olympics.  Anyone could win in the Olympics, but could doesn’t count.”

Accountability Strategy #2:  Adding Value Accountability Strategy

  • Make sure that you contribute more than you cost.
  • Make a difference.
  • Add enough value so that something very important would be missing if you left!

What are the reasons why your organization should keep you?  Hey, if you don’t toot your own horn…who will?  Your answer may be a good one to keep during your next evaluation. 🙂

Accountability Strategy #3:  Use this post for a team meeting

Share this post with your team and ask them the same question on why the organization should keep them employed.  This is a great team exercise which I use during my training.

  • People who are modest are asked to go deep and share because we all need to know our strengths.
  • People who like boasting about themselves are asked to be very honest and share their talents.
  • The team will let them know if they are just bragging.
  • Be careful with this one because at times conflict can come out of these transparent exercises.  Conflict is great when things get resolved and communication goes deep.
  • You know where to find me if you want me to help you discuss these important issues and hold each other accountable.

I want to hear from you

Was this helpful?
Please share with your team or others who you feel would enjoy the content.
Make sure and send me the reasons why your company or clients should keep you.
I will respond and I’m sure this will be an interesting set of comments from my readers.

Stay Connected with Joyce

Please contact me at 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development.
There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule! 🙂  Send me an email and you know I will get back to you. 😉

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Career Advancement is like riding a bike. Shift Gears from coasting to owning the road!

I help others have tough conversations so they get a better night’s sleep.  Find your voice with Joyce! 🙂

 Remember to check out this podcast on Team Synergy by hitting this link

 

 

 

 

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A Career Development Strategy to Protect Your Reputation

Women’s Health Magazine interviewed me on how to resolve conflict in the workplace.
The subtitle of the article is “If you don’t settle on-the-job disputes the right way, you could get a bad rap.”

Career Development Strategy #1:  Listen to the Debate 

Whether you and your cube-mate are debating the best approach to use on a big project or her/his obnoxious cologne choices, your coworkers see the same thing: a catfight. Workplace conflicts between two women are judged to have more negative consequences that conflict between two men or one woman and one man, according to a new study in the journal
Academy of Management Perspectives.

Career Development Strategy #2:  How to Respond During a Conflict

  • Don’t worry and vent – be direct with respect®
  • Keep conflicts task oriented – remove emotion if possible (not so easy to do!)
  • Dial back your voice
  • Hit pause – Get into the GAP and decide how you want/need to respond
  • Avoid the gossip – Communicate directly with the person

I want to Hear From YOU

Send your ideas to me about how you have seen others damage their reputation at work.
They can be short, long, stories, or observations. This could be an entirely new blog post for me to write about.
I suggest that you DON’T use names! 🙂

Here’s the link for your FREE Communication Assessment communication strategies |Joyce Weiss | Communication Strategist | Career Coach | assessment

This will help you measure the impact of conflict and communication on your career and bottom line!
I will send you an email after you complete the assessment. It will be productive, fun, and you will learn something new about your communication!
I look forward to responding with you soon.

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

This is Joyce Weiss
and Remember…YOU GET WHAT YOU TOLERATE!

 

 

 

Contact Joyce

Email: joyce@joyceweiss.com
Phone: 248-681-5831