Joyce Weiss

I work with organizations and individuals who want to kick conflict and chaos to the curb - Communication Strategist and Master Coach

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Accountability Strategies to Build a Winning Team! Part one

  • Do you want to learn accountability strategies to use immediately?
  • Are you tired of your team blaming others, making excuses or playing the denial game?
  • Would you like to experience a team that honors ownership, accountability, and responsibility?

If so, you are in the right place!  By the time clients contact me to create a training or coaching session, they have tried everything to move their team from acting like high school students to a force of success – with no avail!
The five accountability strategies below will get you started.  There will be more strategies in the next few blog posts.

Accountability Strategy #1: Know your Culture 

It’s time to change a negative culture now!  Share these next blogs with your team to see where your gaps are to change a blaming environment where people point fingers to a culture of team problem-solving.

Accountability Strategy #2: Understanding the Old Definition of Accountability

Ask your team for its own definition of accountability.  This is a great step to know the action steps your team needs to take to move forward.

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Accountability Strategy #3:  A Better Definition of Accountability

Teams need to know the importance of collective and personal accountability.  We are in this together will help build trust and improve morale.

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Accountability Strategy #4:  Encourage a Positive Mindset

Accountability strategy #4 is very important!  A positive mindset is mandatory to make a permanent change.  Hold team members accountable when they blame or play the victim.

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Accountability Strategy #5: Get Rid of the Victim and Blame Game

The sign of a strong team is how it deals with stress and challenges.  Celebrate when desired results are achieved.

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I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you measure accountability at work.  Which accountability strategy speaks to you?

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.

Check out my NEW Testimonial Page on JoyceWeiss.com at the link below:
You may know some of my clients! 😉  
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Until next time,

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

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

 

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No More Food Fights! Team Strategies

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Are you tired of employees or co-workers complaining about each other?

Do you want to develop an environment of Esprit de Corps where people get along and RESPECT in the workplace is part of your culture?
Search my previous blog posts on “conflict in the workplace” where you will find tips on how to remove barriers and build strong teams.

Now that your team is removing obstacles, the following tips will help build a positive environment.

 

Team Strategies #1: Esprit de Corps team strategies | repair generational conflict

  • Each person is committed to each others’ success
  • The team supports each other during up and down times
  • The team does whatever it takes to succeed

Team Strategies # 2:  Know the Strengths and Weakness of Each Team Member

There are numerous communication/team assessments on the market.  My clients are always fascinated with the results of Inscape’s DISC Workplace Profile. My group engagement skills help each team member interpret and apply the DISC assessment to improve team communication.

Teams learn the following information after taking the DISC:

  • How to reduce stress/tension with team members who are different than you
  • Create respectful ways to communicate with direct reports, colleagues, and leadership
  • Know your team’s tendencies, work preferences, and desired environment
  • Change, “Why does this person do that?  It’s so irritating!” to “I now understand why this person acts like this and I will figure out how to respond in a productive way.”
  • Take your professional development to a higher level through communication empowerment

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you stop food fights with your own team strategies.  What stories or expressions help?
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.

Let me know if you want to discuss how to receive your own DISC assessment for you or your team.  It’s easy and cost effective considering all the valuable information that you will learn about yourself and your team.  Call me at 800.713.1926 for more information.

Until next time,

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

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!  

 

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Toolbox Alert #3: A Code of Conduct Really Works!

This post is the 3rd article of a series called Creating Your Own Code of Conduct.

Toolbox Alert #1 covered the following topics:

  • The importance of a Code of Conduct
  • Challenges you may face while creating the Code of Conduct
  • An important reality check about the Code of Conduct

You will find the link to Toolbox Alert#1 HERE

Toolbox Alert #2 covered the following topics:

  • Knowing the priorities of the Code of Conduct
  • The Code of Conduct is the police officer
  • What to do when someone breaks the Code of Conduct

You will find the link to Toolbox Alert #2 HERE

This week’s article will cover the following topics:

  • Examples to get you started to create a Code of Conduct
  • Joyce’s thoughts about creating a Code of Conduct

Examples to get you started to create a Code of Conduct

The following are examples of ideas created by clients during past training sessions: code of conduct | career coach | improve meetings

  • Eating before meetings in order to focus on important issues
  • Total engagement of the entire team – no silence
  • Talkative team members sticking to the point
  • Finger pointing and blaming will not be tolerated
  • Sidebars won’t happen during meetings in order for everyone to listen to the speaker
  • Company values will be followed.  If there is a breach of the code, we need to confront others
  • Treat people how you want to be treated
  • Bullying will not be tolerated
  • Harassment will be addressed especially with sexual orientation, minorities, women, and new team members
  • Discipline will be consistent with all leaders

Joyce’s thoughts about creating a Code of Conduct

  • Everyone has to agree to the Code of Conduct or it will not work. code of conduct
  • When there is a breach the person needs to be called out.
  • We need to ask,  Is what you are doing aligned with our values? 
  • Retaliation is never part of the code.  People need to feel safe in order to respectfully tell team members when
    they break the code.
  • The entire team needs to create the Code of Conduct

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you created a code of conduct in your workplace. 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 share this and any article that speaks to you or your company.

Loyal readers like you help us find more people who could benefit from these posts. Help us help them reduce conflict and improve leadership skills and quality of life.

This is Joyce Weiss
Corporate Communications Strategist and Career Coach

Have a great week.

Until next time, Remember…”You Get What You Tolerate!”

 

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How to Build Trust

At times I invite colleagues and experts to include their insight on communication and conflict resolution on Communicate with Impact.  You are in for a real treat because the video below contains helpful information on Building Trust at Work.  Tom Borg is a Business Expert who works with small and mid-size companies.  He helps them improve their profitability by building their internal communication and trust levels.

Enjoy the video!

Key Points from Tom Borg’s Interview:  Barriers to good communication and trust building within a company

  • Leaders do not go to the people.  They waits for their team members to come to them
  • Leaders are not approachable
  • Messengers are often shot
  • Company gossip brings down morale
  • Emperor has no clothes syndrome

CLICK HERE for more information about Tom Borg’s services.  You can send Tom an email at Tom@Tomborg.com.

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CLICK HERE to send me your questions or concerns. I enjoy hearing from my readers plus they get their questions answered. Let me know what topics you want me to write about concerning your own conflict in the workplace “issues.”

Do You Want to See How Your Communication Impacts Your Success at Work?
CLICK HERE to take the easy and fun Communicate with Impact Quiz.  You will get your results immediately and learn more about setting boundaries to be more effective at work and in your life.  Sound good?
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Send me any comments that you may have about this article.  Loyal readers like you help us find more people who could benefit from these posts to reduce conflict at the workplace and home. There may be someone in your life who is feeling stressed out…who could benefit from the inspiration and knowledge on improving their working condition or home life. Let them know about the “Communicate with Impact Weekly” so they can sign up for their own weekly articles.

Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist

I share powerful techniques on tackling tough conversations to build employee engagement, accountability and improve my clients’ quality of life.

Feel free to call me (800.713.1926) concerning your own team/executive retreats, workshops, on line professional growth coaching, and keynote speeches.

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

See YOU Next Week.

 

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“Got” Personality Issues at Work?

conflict 2 men staringYou Really Like Going to Work…Except For: 

  • The colleague who drives you crazy
  • Your team who is having it’s own drama
  • Cliques of like-minded people who are very different than you

If you can relate to these issues, believe me, you are NOT alone!

So, Joyce, What Can I Do When Colleagues Drive ME Crazy Because They Are Not Like Me?

It’s not an easy answer BUT we can resolve this issue. Remind yourself that we can’t put our head on the shoulders of anybody else. Realize that some people are methodical while others like spontaneity. Neither one is better than the other. They are just different behavioral styles. Talk to your team member and spin your discussion positively. Use your humor about your differences that agreeing to disagree is a great first step.  Check out past posts on Different Equals Different…Different Does Not Equal Wrong. 
The strategy below will backfire if your team lacks trust with each other.  Send me a private email before you attempt to have this conversation at Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com

Joyce, Give Me a Strategy to Use…PLEASE!

Glad that you asked. This is an exercise that I use during my Communicate with Impact Training.
Ask the person (Let’s call him Brad) if he is willing to have a productive and honest conversation to improve communication. If Brad agrees,  start asking him what you do that he appreciates. Let Brad know that you appreciate hearing his statement. It’s now your turn to do the same with Brad.

Now comes the tricky part of the strategy. Ask Brad to tell you what you do that drives him crazy. Set a ground rule that this is supposed to be a positive experience…not a boxing match! It’s important for you to either ask Brad for more clarification or thank him for his openness. Now it’s your turn to do the same. Becoming defensive is not a good thing, so make sure and stop yourself from making excuses.

Check out my article on Creating a Culture of Excellence to learn more on how to have this important conversation.

What About You?  It’s Your Turn!  I Want To Hear From You

What successful strategy have you used to clear the air with someone at work?
 CLICK HERE to send me your questions or concerns. I enjoy hearing from my readers plus they get their questions answered.

Do You Want to See How Your Communication Impacts Your Success at Work?
CLICK HERE to take the easy and fun Communicate with Impact Quiz. You will get your results immediately and learn more about setting boundaries to get control back in your life. Sound good?

Want to share or use this Article in Your Newsletter or on Your Website?

Of course! You are welcome to print this, and any other articles we send, if you use the following byline:
A recognized expert on Resolving Conflict in the Workplace, Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP is an author, Communication Strategist, and a Certified Speaking Professional. To book Joyce to speak at your event or company call: 800.713.1926 or email: Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com
Visit her website at ConflictInTheWorkplace.com to sign up for your own FREE video series and Communicate with Impact Weekly to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace.

Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist

I teach clients to tackle the tough conversations with bullies and negative people to build employee engagement, accountability, and rock star performance…
The Result? My clients resolve their conflict and they get a better night’s sleep!

Feel free to call me (800.713.1926) concerning your own team/executive retreats, workshops, on line professional growth coaching, and keynote speeches.

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

See YOU Next Week.

 

 

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

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