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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New Facts About Stress to Reduce Conflict in the Workplace

The MI Insurance  Accounting and Systems Association (IASA) asked me to present a keynote speech on my signature program…Take the Ride of Your Life (Shift Gears for More Balance, Growth and Joy).  IASA offers members continuing professional education, conferences, publications and seminars.   The members were open to learning new facts about stress to reduce conflict in the workplace.  We had an open dialogue.  They were an ideal group of people to work with on this subject.

I have included some of the main ideas for you to use for your own work/life balance and conflict issues.

  • Balance is important to all generations
    Work centric:  Those placing a higher priority on work than family.
    Family centric:  Those placing a higher priority on their family.
    Dual centric:  Those placing the same priority on their jobs/family.
  • Understand how each generation views their work life balance differently.  Discuss these differences in meetings.
  • Making time for ourselves is a necessity…not a luxury.
  • Set boundaries in order to make time for the things you want to do.
  • Include work/life balance in your mission statement.
  • Acting like a victim or blaming others will not make positive change.  The idea is to look at life differently.
    Remember, you get what you tolerate!
  • There is good news and bad news about burnout
    The bad news is that we allow burnout to wear us down.
    The good news is that is is time for us to make changes in our life when we start burning out.

Please let me know if you want  more information on this program.
Let me know if you want me to call you to discuss how we can bring this topic to your team… to improve conflict the workplace.

Check out Michelle Goss, an IASA audience member share ideas she learned from the  Take the Ride of Your Life Program:

 

What is your most pressing issue about stress in your life?  Please let me know since I enjoy connecting to my readers.

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Until the next time…Remember…YOU GET WHAT YOU TOLERATE!
Joyce Weiss
Conflict Resolution Consultant & Accountability Coach

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Reduce Conflict in the Workplace by Creating Strong Teams

I recently had the honor of being the keynote speaker for the MI Health Information Management Association (MHIMA) on the topic of Reducing Conflict in the Workplace by Creating Strong Teams.  Their theme was Soaring Higher, Faster, Stronger…Through Team Synergy.  A special thanks goes to April Martin and Marsha Allen for bringing me back and to Ginny Pitts and Denise Holstege for some great input from their interviews.

MHIMA members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare in the public.

  • Advancing data accuracy
  • Advocating confidentiality
  • Championing new technology

Hopefully the following tips that I presented to the members can provide you with strategies to help you build strong teams:

  • The Johari Window Exercise is still an effective tool to take down barriers … improving communication skills
    1. Discuss the Arena:  Things I know about me, you know about me
    2. Discuss the Potential:  Things we don’t know about each other
    3. Discover Blind Spots:  You know about me, I don’t know about myself
    4. Remove the Facade/Mask:  Things I know about myself that you don’t
  • Ask the important question…What do you bring to the team?  Are you …
    1.  A Creator:  Endless ideas, energy, confidence, enthusiasm?
    2.  An Advancer:  Energy, promote ideas, excitement, some control, persistence, organization, make ideas real?
    3.  A Refiner:  Find flaws, willing to challenge, pushes toward completion, likes research and details?
    4.  An Executor:  Step by step you get the job done, thorough, good process thinker?
    We need creators, advancers, refiners, and executors to create strong teams and reduce conflict in the workplace!
  • Esprit de Corps happens when…
    1.  Each person is committed to each others success
    2.  The team supports each other during up and down times
    3.  The team does what ever it takes to succeed 

    If you have questions on any of these tips please feel free to call (800.713.1926) or email:  Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com

    Check out the short video below:

 

What is your most pressing issue about creating strong teams?
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Joyce Weiss
Conflict in the Workplace Consultant

 

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The New Normal: Doing More with Less to Decrease Conflict in the Workplace

I had the pleasure of being a presenter at a conference sponsored by the MI Society of Government Meeting Planners in Grand Rapids MI.  The topic was The New Normal:  Doing More with Less.  The main idea was to reduce conflict in the workplace by improving communication skills. Thanks to Andy Silver, The Director of Training for MI Department of Community Health, who helped me understand the needs of the audience which helped me customize the program to their needs.

The following is a list of 3 questions for you to ask yourself and share with your team to discover how you can improve your working c0ndition and decrease conflict in the workplace:
1.  What systems do you use to identify what is important to whom and when?
2.  How do you weed out or stop things that are not working and recharge with new program alignment?
3.  What barriers are hindering you from creating a positive work environment?

The answers to these questions are a good way for you to improve your working condition and reduce conflict in the workplace.  Your team can improve communication skills by coming up with new ideas on how to do more with less.

Please share your answers with me and I will respond because I enjoy connecting with my loyal readers!

Below are 2 short video testimonials that describe how Doris Sims from the Greater Lansing CVB and Mona Murphy from Flint Area CVB enjoyed the session.

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Do You Have a Successful Team? Do You See Bullying in the Workplace?

My clients have seen some negative behaviors that are making it hard for them to create a successful team. They are experiencing more bullying in the workplace.

Make sure to confront the bullies by using be direct with respect®.
Check out this past blog post with ideas on how to do this successfully.

Communication tips: bullying in the workplace

Check out how your team works together. Are they working in harmony to make a great team?
Do the following statements apply to them?  If not, how can you make them true?  Do they…

1.       Trust each other?

2.       Engage in unfiltered conflict around ideas?

3.       Commit to decisions and plans of action?

4.       Hold one another accountable for delivering against those plans?

5.       Focus on the achievement of collective results?

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Listen to the  podcast below  with Joyce on conflict resolution.

Conflict in the Workplace Podcast

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Leadership Consulting: Great Leaders Make NO Excuses

Have you ever attended a meeting when complaining prevailed?

Did you wish that the leader stopped the negativity in order to move forward?

This blog post describes how a strong leader took a negative situation and turned it into a very productive meeting.

I recently attended the School of Education and Human Services board meeting at Oakland University in Rochester MI.  Our fearless leader Dean Louis Gallien told us how Oakland University may lose 23% of its state allocation if state legislators accept our governor’s budget plan for higher education.

Dean Gallien told us that our governor needs to fix our state budget and make tough decisions.  He led us into discussions on how to move forward and figure out what we must do to continue making Oakland University vital and growing.

The board of directors did not waste time feeling like victims or blame the government.
“No excuses” became our mantra for the rest of this productive meeting.

I wish all leaders stopped constant complaining during meetings. This kind of behavior only breeds negativity which stops problem solving and creativity.

Think about your own situation for a moment – especially if your budget was cut or if you experienced a reduction in staff or benefits.

How much time was wasted in conversations on what was taken away?

We need to spend more time on the positive things that the company is doing.
We need to spend the rest of our time discussing ideas for streamlining, cost cutting, and restructuring.
Many of us are experiencing the “new work reality” about reduction of budgets.

Do your best to use the following tips to keep creative ideas flowing:

  • Look towards the future
  • Search for a second right answer
  • Find opportunity from change
  • Do your best to stay positive during challenges
  • Accept responsibility and don’t blame others
  • Don’t walk away from negative people – run!

These are not easy to do BUT they are necessary in order to move forward and succeed.
Let our competition complain and stay stuck in their status quo while we find answers to our challenges.

Remember – You Get What You Tolerate!

Until the next time.
What is your most pressing question about your own meetings?

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