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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DANGER: Do Not Fear Conflict in the Workplace!

Did I get your attention?  I sure hope so.

Conflict in the workplace is a good thing.  Ignoring conflict is going to produce an unhealthy workforce.

Many of you already know that I’m the Queen of Conflict Resolution.

I decided years ago to take on this challenge when I discovered how many leaders did not like conflict and did what they could to push it away or ignore it.  Fast forward 30+ years later and clients appreciate learning how to have tough and necessary conversations

Fear of Conflict in the Workplace Strategy #1: conflict in the workplace
It’s Hard to Trust Without Conflict

  • Disagreement is a sign of strength.
  • Healthy companies realize that false agreement is not a good thing.
  • Group Think is something that I talk about with leaders who are conflict-averse.
  • Agreeing with management just to agree does not foster trust.
  • It closes necessary disagreement.

Fear of Conflict in the Workplace Strategy #2:
Be Brave and Take Risks      

It may be hard for you to visualize how challenging it was for me to share my opinion when I was younger.  I know my family wishes I was still that person.  I’m not!  It’s been a process.  I understand how hard it is for some of us to tell our truth without fear of rejection.

  • It takes much strength to take this risk.
  • People may roll their eyes or disagree in a loud voice.  I say, “so what!”
  • It took me several years of reading books on bold conversations and going to workshops on this subject for it to sink in my head how being silent was not giving me the respect that I needed.

I understand how hard this is for people because I had to overcome being an agreeable person.  Now, you can’t stop me from speaking my truth and have built quite a coaching and training practice helping clients find their voice with Joyce!

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you deal with conflict in the workplace. What stories or expressions help you?  What do you do to prevent “group think” from happening?

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 online presence – to help them create engaging virtual programs.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new engagement skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Isn’t amazing how much drama occurs in the workplace?  It’s like they have their own reality TV show!  If you can relate, it’s costing you BIG time!  I specialize in coaching clients to kick conflict and chaos to the curb to get the respect and peace they deserve!

Find your voice with Joyce!

I would love to work with you!

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Conflict Resolution Queen

Have a great week.

 

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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! 😉  
Here’s the link 

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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How to Improve Meetings and Increase Morale

Do you want to improve meetings and increase morale?
Have you seen creativity disappear the moment someone says something negative?

Whatever you do … don’t squelch creativity.  This article will help you reduce conflict in the workplace and improve meetings by NOT using certain words.

Improve Meetings by Avoiding these words: team building lessons | improve meetings

  • Yes, but….
  • We tried that before
  • We haven’t got the manpower
  • Don’t rock the boat
  • Great idea, but not for us
  • It’s not in the budget
  • Silence….

Improve Meetings by using positive phrases career coach | improve meetings

When someone says one of the killer phrases you can always put a spin on the statement by saying,

  • “If we could try that idea what do you think will happen?”
  • “If we did have enough people, how would that make a difference?”
  • “If we did have money in the budget, what is the first thing that you would do with it to increase morale?”

You will be amazed at how fast conflict in the workplace is lessened when the team starts paying attention to these killer phrases. You will improve meetings and hear more laughter at work!

Improve Meetings by Adding Fun

My clients create ground rules to make sure that the team knows that they will be held accountable if they say the killer phrases.  The team needs to be consistent and hold everyone responsible if the negative words are mentioned.

Of course…the idea is to add some fun in the workplace while you improve meetings and increase morale.
We don’t want to add more stress to your environment, so do your best to add a positive spin to this activity! 🙂

You can have the guilty party place $1.00 in a pot which can be used to give to the team’s favorite charity, pizza or ice cream. Please send me ideas on how you have stopped these negative phrases to reduce conflict in your workplace.

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you deal with negativity to improve meetings. 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.  Send me an email here or share your ideas in the comment section.

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 Communication Strategist and Career Coach

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

PS  Learn how I can leverage my 30+ years of leadership consulting and coaching experience to help your organization address conflict resolution in the workplace here.

 

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Easy Ideas to Increase Morale

Do you want to increase morale?
Isn’t it time to break up some of the sameness of the week?
The workplace doesn’t have to be dull!
Sprinkle in some new events and see how the anticipation plus execution pays off in dividends!

Employee engagement helps keep star employees from leaving your workplace.
Ask your team for THEIR ideas on how to create a more energetic environment.

If STRESS is KING – that must be dealt with first to help employees perform in a positive atmosphere. Getting to the root cause is important and it does take time.  It is worth the effort.

Ideas to Increase Morale Strategy #1 increase morale

The following are ideas that my clients use to help place smiles back on their employees:

  • Theme days (Elvis, clashing outfits)
  • Talent contests
  • Employee baby pictures bulletin boards
  • Free time to exercise or walk outside
  • Dress down days
  • Give standing ovations to team members
  • Meet a team member at the airport

Ideas to Increase Morale Strategy #2increase morale

The following ideas will work if your teams share the same responsibilities:

  • Change partners every 5 days
  • Create peer team feedback sessions once per month
  • Empower teams to resolve conflict on their own before contacting management

Let’s Get Real

I can just hear some of you thinking – This will never work at my company.  Why not?
Start with small steps.  Reread some of my past posts on how other clients engage their employees to increase morale.

Let me know what you do to engage your employees to bring joy at work.

When I started my career over 30 years ago leaders told me not to have their employees laugh during my training.  Leaders only wanted serious training to increase productivity.  They wanted me to lecture and share strategies.  Those of you who know my personality realize that humor is part of my life and every training and coaching project.  Laughter and getting energy from each other makes a great training session rock!

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you increase morale. 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.

Visit our knowledge base for more resources on how to increase morale – here 

This is Joyce Weiss
Corporate Communication Strategist and Career Coach

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

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What do You do to Engage Employees?

What do you do to engage employees?
What do you do immediately to engage new employees?  These are two questions that I will be asking participants for my next Team Building Training.  Someone in the audience usually gives a sarcastic answer – keep negative team members away from new hires so they are not influenced by these toxic people.  There’s a lot of truth to this statement!

The ideas below were given to me by a group of HR professionals.  I look forward to hearing what you do to engage employees.

Engage Employees Strategy #1:  Make Them Feel Welcome Immediately engaged employees

  • Organize a staff lunch on the first day to greet new team members
  • Ask the team to describe how departments interact with each other
  • Meet with the new hires to assess their training goals and needs

Engage Employees Strategy #2:  Remove New Job Jitters

  • Provide a mentor for the new hire to job shadow
  • Invite new employees to attend meetings in all departments to make their roles clear
  • New employees will meet with mentors daily for at least a week to answer questions
  • Communicate clear written expectations and consequences to remove confusion

Let’s get Real on How to Engage Employees!team building lessons, engaged employees

I realize that some of you may be thinking that your company doesn’t have the time to do all of the strategies above to engage employees.  All I ask is for you to take a look at your turnover.  If it’s low you are probably using some of these ideas.  If the revolving door syndrome is apparent, it may be time to implement these techniques.  Remember – these are being used in the best and brightest place to work to engage employees.

Find more ideas on how to engage employees in our Team Building Knowledge Base.

I want to hear from you

Add comments to the blog on what is and what is not working when you create initiatives on how to engage employees.  You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my loyal 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 Communication Strategist and Career Coach

Do you want to discover how Joyce can help you improve your organization’s communication?
Visit our team building services page to remove barriers, reduce stress and engage employees.

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

 

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Joyce Weiss
6737 Oyster Cove
West Bloomfield, MI 48323

Email: joyce@joyceweiss.com
Phone: 1-248-681-5831

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