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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Collaboration Solutions for Strong Leaders

Collaboration solutions in the workplace are necessary more than ever before because it saves time and effort for the entire team.  Strong leaders need to know if their communication is causing barriers for the team.  They will be respected as a leader who is able to give and most importantly receive constructive feedback.

Collaboration Solutions #1:  Take the time to ask yourself:

  1. Am I the catalyst for more open and effective communication?
  2. Do my expressions convey respect in every way?
  3. Do I genuinely help others without getting in their way?
  4. Am I a role model to motivate the team during good times and challenging moments?

These questions will help you when and if your team is not open with you.  I’d strongly suggest that you conduct a 360 with your team and direct reports.  Give them a survey to fill out anonymously with the above questions.  You will be able to uncover blind spots if they exist.  When you do this exercise you can always email me with questions about the results at Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com

Collaboration Solutions#2:  Explore your team’s openness with you

  1. Do they feel comfortable to give you constructive feedback?
  2.  Is the environment open where people feel comfortable having tough conversations?
  3. Do they ask you for support when they are overwhelmed?

The answers will be telling if you are open to their comments.  If no one gives you constructive feedback it may be time to have a meeting on the importance of having a 2-way conversation to improve processes and communications. If your environment is tense and people are not collaborating with each other you need to find out why.  They need to find collaboration solutions if one department is stressed and another department is not as busy.  Create a meeting and set the tone that it is necessary for an open dialogue.  If no one talks that is an indication that trust is an issue and you need to speak to individuals to ask the tough questions.  This isn’t easy to do and it’s important to let your team know that you need their support to move forward.  Remember that some of your team may have had negative experiences with prior leaders.  You need to express your expectations about having an open culture.

I want to hear from you

How have you built trust with your team?  What challenges do you have with open communications?  
CLICK HERE to send me your questions or comments.  I enjoy responding to all of my loyal readers!

Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist and Coach

You can start tackling tough conversations with bullies, different generations, and even narcissists once you learn the powerful strategies. I will do whatever it takes to help you improve your quality of life.

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

VISIT our team building services page to see how we can help you and your leaders learn new strategies how to collaborate

READ MORE articles and listen to podcasts about collaboration strategies on our team building knowledge base page

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

See YOU Next Week.

PS I will let you know when we launch our new site.  You will find new videos and resources on how to improve your work and home life.  Stay tuned!

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Secrets From a Career Coach to Gain More Control at Work and Home

As a Career Coach, several of my clients wanted me to help them identify how they can do more with less in a new way…to change their status quo. They described how they felt like gerbils constantly running on a wheel…going no where! After doing a couple of pilot programs, we discovered key questions that people enjoyed answering on how to change their routine.

This article is a description of one of my programs – The New Normal: Doing More with Less. I hope that the information will help you solve some of your own issues at work. Leaders and their employees are maxed out with new demands on resources. I challenge you to think about important changes so you can gain control of your hectic life! Creative thinking is a necessity to keep up with constant change and expectations. We all have the same 24 hours in our day. We need to figure out how to work as productively as possible and change the way we have done things in the past. You will learn strategies to keep up with the workload without burning out. I look hearing your comments and questions! 🙂

Career Coach Secret # 1: Balance – I’m stuck in high gear

  1. What boundaries do you set for yourself at work to achieve balance in your personal life?
  2. What boundaries do you need to set for yourself at work?
  3. What systems do you use to identify what is important to whom and when?
  4. How do you weed out or stop things that aren’t working and recharge with a new program alignment?

Career Coach Secret #2: Fun -“Look, Ma – no hands!” Give yourself permission to have fun

  1. What issues/barriers are hindering you from creating a positive work environment?
  2. How do you keep your staff, team, and YOU from burning out?
  3. What does your organization do to encourage life prioritization?

Career Coach Secret # 3: Strategies from Joyce Weiss

  1. Which questions above speak to your specific needs?
  2. Select only 2-3 questions and decide what action steps you need to take to gain more control in your life.
  3. Discuss your new ideas with someone who you trust and set mutual goals and times to reconnect.
  4. Feel free to send your ideas to me at Joyce@JoyceWeiss.com and I will send you a response.
  5. What strategies do you use to gain control balancing your personal life?

I want to hear from you.
What action steps will you take as a result of reading this article?
CLICK HERE to send me your questions about your own work life balance.

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I created this powerful step-by-step self-guided workbook to specifically help the hundreds of business people like you, who continually contact me for expert communication advice on:

  • Improving personal work relationships
  • Management’s interaction with workflows
  • Leadership’s ability to be clear and transparent abut their goals
  • Replacing stress points they face every day with positive outcomes.
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Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist and Career Coach

You can start tackling tough conversations with bullies, different generations, and even narcissists once you learn the powerful strategies. I will do whatever it takes to help you improve your quality of life.

Feel free to call me (800.713.1926) concerning your own team/executive retreats, workshops, and on line career and life coaching.

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

See YOU Next Week.

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Happy New Year

A New Years Greeting To my LOYAL Readers and Clients

 

It’s been a pleasure to serve you this year and I look forward to continuing to be Your Communication Strategist and Coach in 2017!

Thank you for your support, outstanding questions and comments.  

Wishing you and yours an awesome 2017 and a promising New Year!

Warmly, Joyce Weiss

PS.  My hope is that this year you will have tough conversations when necessary so that you can improve your relationships and feel less stressed.  My favorite quote by Martin Luther King Jr is “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

Who do you need to speak with either at home or work?  Remember that it’s always a risk to have these important conversations.  By now you know that I think it is worth the risk! 

You Get What YOU tolerate.  🙂

See you next week

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More Leadership Secrets From a Life Coach

Life Coach Joyce Weiss shares leadership secrets to help you promote your star employees.  

  • Do you want to coach your star employees so they can move forward to the next level?
  • Do you have employees who need to uncover blind spots yet are resistant to constructive feedback?

If so, this article will be extremely helpful to leaders who want to communicate deeper with their employees.  This article is not for the timid or sensitive team members who are afraid of honest communication.  The ideas are perfect for your employees who want to grow professionally and who want to know what behaviors could be blocking them from advancement.

Life Coach Secret #1:  Create a 360 Interview with Leaders, Colleagues, and Direct Reports

Here are the basics if you want to do this on your own.  Ask the employee if he or she wants to hear feedback from all of these levels.  You will not share the names of what each person answered and will only share patterns.  Make a list of questions that will be helpful to your employee such as: 
1.  What does ____ need to do to make a promotion?
2.  What is something that you would like to say to ____? 
3.  What are ____’s strengths?

Life Coach Secret #2:  Create a Report from all of the Interviews

This Life Coach secret will take some time.  Include the comments that you feel will help your employee grow. Don’t reveal who made the specific comments and include patterns.  It is mandatory to keep this report as generic as possible in order to create trust with everyone involved.

Life Coach Secret #3:  Take Time to Share the Report with your Employee

I need to repeat that this Life Coach process takes time and advanced coaching skills.  Make sure that the person who is communicating the report is a solid coach.  There will be sensitive areas to reveal.  Ask the employee if he or she agrees with each statement.  If they don’t agree, remind them that these areas could be blind spots. The process will be productive when your employee is open to the feedback. You may need to stop the 360 if the employee becomes defensive about the comments.  This could be an indication that the person who is conducting the 360 needs to coach better or the employee is not open to direct feedback and continuous improvement. 

So, Joyce What Are Your Thoughts? 

Many of my clients have successfully conducted the 360 exercise, especially when their leaders are strong coaches. Other clients ask me to create and conduct the exercise since they want a communication strategist and coach who they know will handle sensitive issues carefully and receive outstanding results.  Feel free to call me to discover how your organization can benefit from this powerful exercise at 800.713.1926 or send me an email.  

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I want to hear from you!

CLICK HERE to send me your questions about creating your own 360.  What is your experience with 360s at your workplace?  Please share what worked and what challenges you experienced.

Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist and Coach

You can start tackling tough conversations with employees who need to hear your straight talk.  Believe me, it’s worth every minute of uncomfortable moments…especially when your employees discover blind spots and resolve their communication issues to grow professionally and add value to your organization. I will do whatever it takes to help you improve your culture!

Learn how you can work with Joyce Weiss, your own personal life coach https://www.joyceweiss.com/services/personal-life-coach/

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

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

See YOU Next Week.

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Secrets from a Life Coach to Encourage Work-Life Balance

Do you want to learn 5 secrets from me, your personal life coach to encourage life balance at work?  If so, see if you can relate to these 3 questions.

  • Does your team complain that they have no time for themselves?
  • Is negativity starting to become part of your culture?
  • Is your team walking around like zombies because they are sleep deprived?

We all know that when there is a supportive work atmosphere, the team will be more productive.  Leadership needs to address life balance more so than ever before.  Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers all share the same need to make time for themselves after work. This is the new normal.  Companies that address these concerns will become the best and brightest places to work for in their industry.  But what can you do? Try these 5 secrets:

Life Coach Secret #1: Survey people to learn their needs.

Develop a work-life committee to gather information on which flexibility needs your coworkers want and report the findings. Whether they’re dealing with eldercare, childcare or continuing education, you can help give management a better grasp on what the team needs.

Life Coach Secret #2: Take suggestions under advisement.

When people’s personal needs are met, they’re able to concentrate better and be more efficient. Start by asking for one reasonable request – for example, staggering the start and end of workdays. After the company familiarizes itself with flexible schedules, tackle a new need.

Life Coach Secret #3: Make sure desires match positions.

People need to be happy with their work. Do you know someone in accounting who would rather be doing more creative work? Encourage him or her to try a project in that department! The entire company will benefit by having a happier and more productive individual.

Life Coach Secret #4: Recognize signs of burnout.

Do you work with someone who always seems tired, overreacts to minor problems, and has diminishing productivity? Gently broach the subject. He or she may need to schedule a vacation or may need to switch jobs.

Life Coach Secret # 5: Set a good example.

If you occasionally need to take time out of your workday to attend to personal obligations, don’t hide it – you’re actually setting a good example! There will always be projects that compete for your time.  Realize that some personal obligations need to take priority. When your work environment allows people to accomplish both their personal and professional goals, you’ll be rewarded with loyal, happy employees and coworkers … and increased productivity. Start setting yourself apart from the competition today!

I want to hear from you!
CLICK HERE to send me your questions about your work life issues at work.  What does your company do to ensure that employees feel balanced at home while being productive at work?

Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist and Coach

You can gain control in your own life after working with me as your personal life coach.  I will do whatever it takes to help you improve your quality of life.

Feel free to call me (800.713.1926) concerning your own team or professional growth coaching.

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

See YOU Next Week.

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“Terrific stuff Joyce! You are an endless source of Practical ideas and great inspiration for getting everyone involved in turning around potentially negative situations.  The bicycle analogy is something we can all relate to in our own life.  It is truly an inspiring message.” Bill Zehnder, President, Bavarian Inn Restaurant, Frankenmuth, MI  

 

 

 

Contact Joyce

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