Joyce Weiss has published three books, created a premier online program, and sends out five different email newsletters each week.
In addition to those self-published resources, the article summaries below written by third-party journalists who interviewed Joyce Weiss cover topics such as life prioritization and delegation, resolving conflict in the workplace, team building, job burn out, conflict styles, and improving communication skills. Enjoy!
Joyce Wins Best of MichBusiness Award
Joyce Weiss was honored to receive the MichBusiness 2016 One Person Wonder Award which is presented to those people who are difference makers, are able to achieve work-life balance, and seem to be able to do it all. Learn more…
Three Strategies for Communication Success
5 Steps to Conflict Resolution
Doing THIS Damages Your Reputation At Work
How to Criticize Constructively
What is the one responsibility you probably avoid more than any other at work? Giving criticism.Not criticizing is destructive. Giving criticism is constructive. As long as you have criticism to offer, you still believe things can improve. When you stop criticizing, you have given up – on your ability to think, and on the organization’s ability to absorb new ideas.Weiss says companies that discourage honest criticism are jeopardizing their ability to serve their customers – ultimately, their ability to meet competition.
Learning to give criticism takes trust, and trust is what builds good teams, the ones that succeed at work.
Slowdown Moves More Adult Kids Back Home
As economy stutters Generation Xers discover there’s no place like Mom’s while they look for work, dig out of debt, or try to save on rent or for a home of their own. Both sides face hurdles. “If the expectations aren’t discussed, the relationship will deteriorate like a bad marriage,” says Joyce Weiss, author of Full Speed Ahead: Become Driven by Change. “The economy has changed, and it’s a new situation. But some may be moving back because of immaturity, but they just don’t realize it. And parents aren’t always the best role models financially. How can they give their kids a lecture without looking in the mirror first?
Accentuate the Positive
CONSULTANT JOYCE WEISS advises unmotivated salespeople to get out of their safe comfort zones and reevaluate the way they do business.”When things aren’t going well, it’s easy to blame the marketplace or the economy, but you have to stop whining, look in the mirror and force yourself to squarely address the problem and brainstorm for solutions.” Remember this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Standing in your own sunshine causes most of the shadows in our life.
10 Tips to Keep Motivated Employees
In many companies, work has become a place of disillusionment. Employees start with enthusiasm and creativity, but day after day they feel more and more helpless, as if they don’t have any real choices anymore. Employees are overwhelmed, exhausted and bored. They feed like they have been shot down. Complaining and ridiculing others becomes the norm. The “romance” is gone.If this scenario sounds like your company, don’t despair. Deep down, employees are begging to gain a sense of hope and enthusiasm again, but they need your help. If you make a genuine effort to follow these ten tips, you will not only notice attitude shifts, but real changes in behavior among your employees. Give it a shot, and watch the fun return:
- Walk Your Talk.
- Be Supportive.
- Be a Leader with Vision.
- Use Straight Talk.
- Build Supportive Teams.
- Encourage Creativity and Laugh at Mistakes.
- Empower Employees to Feel Liberated.
- Help Employees Feel Comfortable with Change.
- Insist That Employees Always Keep The Customer in Mind.
- Keep Employees Focused on Their Cheerleaders and Fans.
Release Employees from Boring Board Meeting, Some Companies Say, and You’ve Got a Winning Team
This philosophy is right on, according to Joyce Weiss, a corporate speaker and motivator based in Michigan. Her job is to go into companies, including AT&T and Electronic Data System (EDS) and show them how to have fun. Because, she says, employees that play together work better.
“Just when companies think they need to put the frivolous games aside is a time when they need them most,” Weiss says. “You need to support one another, and this is how you do it.”