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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Do You Want to Have Unique Gifts or Incentives For Your Clients or Loved Ones?

Many of you know that I have authored 2 life coaching books, Take the Ride of Your Life! and Full Speed Ahead: Become Driven by Change.

I’m offering my loyal readers a VIP Special Package that you can use for gifts or for your own professional and personal development…especially during these stressful times.

You will receive conflict resolution secrets that I share with participants in my workshops which are in both books.Dare to turn conflict in the workplace or home into creativity and bigger profits.

You can get the VIP special package for only $45.00. It is regularly over $65.00, but because you are my loyal readers you’ll get it for $45.00 during this month only.

Are you…
Going in circles?
Struggling up hill?
Wobbling out of balance?

Live your life to the fullest, no matter what the terrain! Do you remember learning how to ride a bike? In Take the Ride of Your Life!, you will use your bike-lesson memories to energize yourself and your journey. Why a bike?Because that’s where most of us learn our first lessons about taking off into the new and unknown and having the courage to do it. If you remember the thrill of the wind in your face, here it is again in this extraordinary book. Rich in exciting insights, easy “gear-shifting” action steps, and incredible bike-lesson stories from all walks of life, this book is your passport to the life you’ve been waiting for.

Take the Ride of Your Life!

Will help you:

  • Reduce stress and conflict
  • Gain control in your life with bullies and tough conversations
  • Use stress relief exercises

Check out how satisfied readers feel about this fast reading book.

“The idea of looking back to your first bike lesson to find your essential strength in life is a tremendous concept.  And it works! By helping me remember and bring my bike story to life in this book, Joyce helped me recognize new sources of energy and vitality in myself and to keep this process going.  This is essential to me as an artist.”
Monte Nagler, fine arts photographer

“Joyce Weiss has an amazing ability to help people see how simple it can be to “shift gears,” to make those small changes that can lead to such dramatic and overwhelmingly positive improvements, both at work and in their personal lives.”
Bob Danzig, author, speaker, professor and former Nationwide CEO of Hearst Newspapers

“Terrific stuff, Joyce!  You’re an endless source of practical ideas and great inspirations for getting everyone involved in turning around potentially negative situations.  The bicycle analogy is something we can all relate to and is a truly inspirational message.”
Bill Zehnder, President, Bavarian Inn Restaurant

Full Speed Ahead: Become Driven by Change
A book that helps readers achieve their personal and professional best.

Put your life into overdrive!
Are things around you changing faster than you can cope?
Instead of chugging along, are you stuck in neutral?
Have fear, worry, failure and adversity stolen your zest for living?
You needn’t feel defeated anymore.
This book can put you back in the drivers seat!

By reading Full Speed Ahead you will gain the following benefits:

  • 5 strategies to help you deal with life’s stresses
  • Great skills to improve your communication
  • How to appreciate diversity and watch your creativity soar
  • How to add humor and fun to your life
  • 3 stages of risk-taking to make intelligent choices

Each chapter is followed by a worksheet and an action plan to help you put these principles into action NOW in your professional or personal life.
Achieving your personal best has never been easier or more fun.

“A straightforward, engaging and down-to-earth book for those desiring improvement in the quality and direction of their lives.”
Anthony Robbins, Author, Awaken the Giant Within, and Unlimited Power

Now here is the good news on how you can receive this package for a real savings!

If you purchased both of these books on my website they retail for $50.00 (which includes shipping and handling and tax).

I’m offering my loyal readers this VIP Special Package:
An autographed copy of both Take the Ride of Your Life! and Full Speed Ahead

Plus:
3 personal growth journals

  • 19 Secrets for Successfully Navigating Life’s Potholes, Ruts & Obstacles
  • 19 Surefire Ways to Bring More Joy & Harmony into Your Life
  • 19 Powerful Actions to Achieve Your Personal & Professional Goals

Plus:
A CD with the Take the Ride of Your Life Song which will motivate and energize your day.

You can have all 6 products for only $45.00.  This includes everything from shipping and handling and tax!

If you want the VIP special package that includes all 6 products, please email me at Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com or call me at 800.713.1926.
Please give me the names of who you want me to autograph the books to for their special gifts.

If you want to purchase several packages I will give you a special rate – you must call or email for the special bulk rate.

These books will help you or anyone that you know deal with stress and conflict by giving solutions and ideas that you can use immediately!

Remember to email me at Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com, call: 800.713.1926 to receive the VIP Special immediately!

 P.S. Invest in the special today and receive FREE an extra copy of Full Speed Ahead which is a $16.95 value. You can give the extra copy to a friend or relative and keep the package for yourself.

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Independent Community Banks of North Dakota Learns New Facts On Stress and Doing More with Less

I had the honor of working with the Independent Community Banks of North Dakota.  Wendy Ruud-Assistant Vice President of ICBND- asked me to work with her Emerging Leaders Development Group.  The Emerging Leaders are creative, bright, and open minded banking leaders who all impressed me…to say the least!

They are progressive, energetic bankers who want to better themselves both personally and professionally.
They are committed to preserve community banking and its philosophy.

We discussed The New Normal…Doing More with Less.

Check out the following topics from the training:

  • We can’t have a productive work environment if employees are stretched to the max in their work or home life.
  • All generations need to discuss their needs and challenges with each other in an open forum to create a positive work flow.
  • Boomers live to work.
  • Generation X work to live.
  • Generation Y blend the two
  • Making time for yourself is not a luxury…it is a necessity
  • Make appointments with yourself in outlook to go home at certain times to gain control in your personal life
  • Have strong conversations with negative people who pull the morale down.
  • Negative people need to understand that they waste a lot of time and energy.
  • Complaining cannot be tolerated.  Bringing ideas to solve an issue must be the new norm.
  • It is not enough to be efficient.  We also need to be effective!
  • New facts on stress:  Burn out means that it is time for a change.
  • Humor is a survival skill.
  • Improving morale is a constant challenge for all successful companies.
  • Learn the lean philosophy from Toyota.  Continuously look for waste.  Make sure people discuss the root cause of problems immediately before mistakes continue.

We had some very interesting group interaction on each one of the above topics.
Participants walked away with ideas on how to set boundaries at work and home.  They commented on how they enjoyed learning new facts on stress to reduce conflict in the workplace.

A special thanks goes out to Wendy Ruud, Anita Quaglia, Dawn Flaten, and David Mason who allowed me to interview them before the program.

Check out the video from Anita Quaglia and Jeremy Jensen – 2 Emerging Leaders on how they will set boundaries after learning new facts about stress.

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You Get What YOU Tolerate!

Joyce Weiss

 

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How to Increase Respect in the Workplace and Reduce Stress

Do you want to increase respect in the workplace?

Do you want to re-energize your team?

Do you want to reduce conflict and stress?

If you said “yes” to even one question…please continue reading!

All teams need a wake up call from time to time – an energy boost or an attitude adjustment. How do you know when it’s time for your team to get re-energized? Look at them. Is there energy in the team?  Are they communicating with respect?  Do your teams make time for stress relief exercises? Are people excited about work? Are employees talking to each other? Is there laughter and fun in the air? If you answered “no” to even one of these questions, then it could be time for you to initiate your team for ideas on how to increase respect and reduce stress.  It helps if you are open and will use some of their ideas.

For many companies, it’s the “same old” routine day in and day out. People grudgingly go through the motions of work, but they don’t have their heart into it. There’s so much stress or negativity in the air that you can cut it with a knife. The silence is deafening, and when someone does talk, it’s laced with sarcasm and retaliation…there is an over abundance of conflict in the workplace.

But work doesn’t have to be this way. You can help your team learn new facts about stress so everyone is focused and having fun again. Here’s how.

  • Create a stress relief committee.

Ask for volunteers to head a stress relief committee. Typically the people who want this role are the overly optimistic people who are full of energy anyway, but that’s okay. You need someone to take the lead. Empower the committee to determine when the team needs to do various stress relief exercises and allow them to organize a group break so everyone can recharge.

  • Ask the group for their input.  Ask them the question…What does respect mean?

You can’t mandate what the team “should” do to reduce stress and re-energize. That approach will always backfire because someone (or maybe everyone) will think the activity is “dumb” or a “waste of time.” Therefore, have the stress relief committee find out what each person would like to do to reduce stress and increase respect in the workplace. It could be anything from bringing in a chair masseuse once a month to getting everyone to dance to some upbeat music to having a 15-minute silence break. There are numerous respect activities and I will include a few examples in the next article.  The possibilities are endless so long as you get everyone’s input.

Check out this blog post on New Facts about Stress to Reduce Conflict in the Workplace.

  • Address the nay-sayers.

Invariably you’ll have at least one person who won’t want to go along with the group’s activity. The key to winning this person over is to find out what he or she needs to do to reduce stress. Whatever you do, don’t let the nay-sayer sit out from the designated activity. That will only cause others to look down on him or her and erode the team’s spirit and increase workplace gossip. Instead, say to the person, “As the manager, it’s my job to make sure everyone has some stress relief. Tell me what will help you re-energize.” Listen to what the person says and do that activity next (as long as he or she participates in the current activity).

The Energy to Succeed

Everyone needs a fun break from time to time – an escape from the stresses of work and life. So give your team the opportunity to discuss how to reduce stress to increase respect in the workplace. By doing so, they’ll have the strength and creativity to get more done in less time…and with better results.

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Until next time…REMEMBER
YOU GET WHAT YOU TOLERATE!

Joyce Weiss

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Make Time for Yourself! Work Life Balance Articles & Tips

Does this sound familiar?
“I don’t have time to do what I really want to do!”

I’ve launched a new site, www.TipstoBeHappy.com that contains free tips on how to be happy in your life, career and with your team. Each tip will contain a quote, stress relief exercise and quick activity so that you can live your life the fullest.

Here is a sample of a tip and a favorite quote for you to use to make that time for YOU!

“We are always getting ready to live, but never living.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer

List the activities you’d like to do – like taking a trip, going for a daily walk, or organizing your day. Then, prioritize.  Put those items that most closely match your life’s purpose at the top of the list. Get started accomplishing what’s most important to you!

Sign up for your own tips here.
You will receive weekly tips on how to deal with work and home.
They will also contain new facts about stress.

There are numerous articles written on stress and work life balance.
Click here for a blog post that I wrote on “New Facts About Stress to Reduce Conflict in the Workplace.”

Please write your biggest challenge that you are experiencing at work in the comment box below.
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Joyce Weiss
Conflict in the Workplace Consultant

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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.

Was this helpful?
Let us hear your thoughts in the comment box below.
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For more information, articles, and podcasts, visit https://www.joyceweiss.com

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

Contact Joyce

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