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10 Questions To Ask Yourself Are you content with your life the ways things are? Or are you seeking more insight and understanding around what is important to you? 3 Ways to Eliminate Holiday Stress Holiday stress is definitely a popular subject. Over the years, I have absorbed stress during the holidays with juggling children, family, cooking, working, shopping, and on top of it all trying to be creative with my gift ideas. I'm a woman and women always take the lion's share of holiday stress. Women believe that they have to do it all. They don't! 5 Powerful Traits to Develop In Your Life You can think of these traits as the building blocks...the foundation...of your growth into a successful life. Review these abbreviated traits and decide which one you want to start building into your life. Are You a "Burned Out" Manager? Responsibility for both the department's deliverables and managing employees can be challenging for any manager. Since you need to guide your team's well-being, make sure you are taking care of yourself. Are You A 'People-Friendly' Manager? A "people friendly" environment reduces stress, decreases turnover, and supports higher levels of performance with employees. Organizations today are addressing the "people friendly" environment with additional programs that support work-life balance. And..that is great. Are You A 'Snooze Button' Junkie? One of our readers sent in a request... "How do I get up early in the morning without hitting the snooze button?" I chuckled when reading this request because I can easily relate to this issue. I confess I too am a 'snooze button' junkie! Are You A Woman Without A Will? A will is an important document as it clearly states where you want all of your assets to go after you die. And if you have young children, you decide who cares for them. When you have a will the processing of your estate (assets) will be quicker and cheaper. The State doesn't decide...you do. Do you have a will? Are You Asking The Right Questions? During our journey through life we ask many questions. What is the direction of your questions? Are they external or internal? Avoiding "Burnout" in Your Employees How do you know if your employees are in the "burnout" zone? Sometimes a tired employee is still a happy employee...one who has worked hard and feels totally satisfied from their accomplishments. Other times, the employee is stressed and barely holding on to their performance levels. Be a Food Shopping Organizer Have you ever gone shopping and then at home you realized that you forgot something. This happens ever day by thousands of people so you are not alone. Did you forget to take your coupons or didn't give them to the cashier at checkout? It's now time to focus your organizational skills on your grocery shopping and keep the money in your pocket. Here are ideas to support you on this road. Can I Make Mistakes With Employees? What's one question that all managers face in managing employees: ...can I make mistakes with my employees and still be effective in managing them? Create Your Home Office Without Spending Lots of Money You don't have to spend lots of money to set up a home office. If you have a separate room for your office...great. Most of us can't afford to allocate lots of space for an office or have a professional organizer devise an office system for us. What you do have is your own creativity to carve out the right space for your office. Here are some ideas to stimulate your thinking. Day Spas: Popular Body Treatments Are you in need of a little bit of "you" time? Would you like to take a few hours to escape from the real world? Would you like to be pampered, instead of you doing the pampering for someone else? If so, you may want to schedule an appointment at one of your local day spas. De-Cluttering and Organizing Your Bathroom Bathrooms seem to attract lots of small items like makeup, medicine bottles, hair accessories, razors, hairbrushes, lotion, shampoo, product samples and the list goes on. Finding what you need as well as removing old products can be challenging. Here are a few simple ideas to help you create more space and be more organized. Do It Anyway -- Take 5 Minutes To Do Something Important Life seems to get busier and busier and everywhere you turn there is something to do. How could you possibly add another item on your "To Do" list? Yet this one action is probably the most important thing to do in your life. It is something that you can and need to add to your daily routine. It will only take you 5 minutes or less. Do You Believe In The Law of Attraction? The movie "The Secret" made popular the 'law of attraction'. The movie focused on the power of our thoughts and how they impact our lives. This is not a new concept. Throughout history, successful people understood the power of attracting what they wanted into their lives. Do You Know How to Communicate Change To Your Employees? Do you ever find yourself confused on how to best communicate changes to your employees? Here is where you need to do some serious brainstorming. Why? Because it takes a lot of communication to make a change successful. Have You Considered Management Coaching...For You? Today, there is so much managers need to know in business. You have to manage a constant flow of industry information each day. Besides being an expert in your business function, you have to manage your employees so they perform at high levels. You are responsible for the profit and loss of your department. Help Your Employees Build Their "Confidence Muscles" Have you found when managing your employees that they bring different levels of self-confidence to their work? We know that the more confidence an individual possesses the more efficient and productive they can be in meeting their goals. If you view your role in managing employees as a mutual working relationship, then you would want to be part of nourishing their confidence. How Do You Deal With a Difficult Co-Worker? Do you enjoy your job but find it difficult to work with certain people? Most people have bumped into someone at work that they just don't like or find frustrating or annoying to be around. Unfortunately, when faced with a difficult co-worker, we may not know how to best deal with the situation. How To Build Trust With Your Employees To be successful in managing employees you have to build a repertoire of skills to motivate employees. Creating a strong working relationship with each of your team members occurs when you increase trust with each member of your team. A team is a group of people, each one influencing the effectiveness of the whole. How to Deal With an Employee With an "Attitude" It doesn't take long for a manager to bump into an employee with an "attitude." Evaluating an employee as having an "attitude" also depends on what bothers a manager, as the same behavior may be just fine with another manager. How to Handle High Maintenance Employees Have you a "high maintenance" employee....one who demands a lot of your time? Every manager usually bumps into this type of employee. How to Have a Successful Party and Stay Within a Budget Do you think you have to spend a lot of money in order for your party to be successful? You can stay within a budget and still create a wonderful time for yourself and everyone at your party. Here are some helpful ideas for a successful and budget oriented party. How To Manage the Older Employee The work force has several different generations functioning side by side. Each generation has diverse needs which means you will have to manage them differently. So not only do you have individual styles to deal with, you also have the employee's generation to include in motivating the employee. How to Say "No" Each one of us have a barrage of reasons why we just can't say "no" to our neighbor, friend, co-worker, love one, family member. How many tasks on your "To Do" lists are there because of other people's requests? Are you frustrated with yourself for responding to others in the same old way? Why not try something different. How To Start An Employee Referral Program In this highly competitive market, finding top talent can be a challenge. Employers are searching for successful recruiting methods to bring in the right employees to grow the business. An employee referral program (ERP) can provide you with great talent and at a low cost. Interesting Ways to Display Your Favorite Photos Photos of family and friends add warmth and personality to our homes. The more public the photo display, the more creative you need to be to exhibit your treasures. Is Exercise a Dirty Word? We all know that exercising is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Yet...do we do it? What if you could give yourself permission to start small in your exercising efforts...and still feel good about yourself? Kick the Procrastination Habit in 4 Easy Steps When you create a "procrastination" habit, you reduce your ability to function effectively. This habit is controlling you and can be a hard habit to break. If you believe that procrastination is an issue in your life, what would it look like to no longer choose to resist doing something? Listening To Our Friends What I've been noticing lately is that we take our friends for granted; we don't always listen to them. Yes, I'm one of those sometimes non-listeners. Put a group of women friends together and you will see a big ball of energy; everyone is busy talking, sometimes listening, injecting similar like stories, and making tons of suggestions what you can do. Manage Your Relationship With Your Peers Your employees watch closely how you manage them, your boss and your peers and they will emulate your behavior. How you manage your relationships with other managers will affect the relationship you have with your direct reports. You lead by example! Managing the Recruiter You're a manager and don't have the time to do the all of the recruiting for your open position, so you rely on other people to help you in your talent search. Whether you depend on your Human Resources Department or outside recruiters to find the right candidates, it's important to know what you can expect from them. Plan Workplace Changes Whether it's a companywide or department change, you still have to motivate your team to understand, participate and accept the required changes. In order to motivate your staff, you need to plan...plan...plan. What do you need to plan? Recruiting - Asking the Right Questions Someone has weeded through hundreds of resumes to come up with a short list of candidates that potentially meet the requirements of the position. Now it's time to interview the candidates. Releasing Stress in Small Ways The one thing that virtually all people have in common is the stress of living in this modern age. So much has changed in the last 25 years. Yet all generations had to grow up and take on the responsibilities of raising a family, making a living and figuring out their place in this complicated world. Retaining Employees After The First Year Most employees start out as a new employee, develop competency in their roles, and then move forward to the expert stage. As you work with employees on development, it can be helpful to look at the stage they are in to appropriately plan with them their career development. Retaining the New Employee Keeping your talent is one of your main responsibilities as a manager...you are measured by your ability to handle this important function within the company. Losing people doesn't have to be inevitable even for positions that traditionally have large turnover. Starting a Women's Group Have you thought about starting a women's group? Maybe you stop yourself because you don't know where to begin or have some idea but can't seem to find the time to organize the group. It does take some time to organize the group - though not as much as you may think - and the benefits all the women in the group receive are significant. What Can You Learn From Your 'To Do" List? In this hectic, sometimes chaotic life, we push ourselves to do more without the satisfaction of ever completing our 'to do' list. Do you subscribe to the thought that more is better? I Can! Yet, I also know this is trouble for me because there is never enough. So...I made a decision! What to Look For in A Coach Have you considered the possibility of including a Coach into your support system. Top performers know it's important to find and utilize many venues in developing their careers. The right one-on-one coaching relationship can move your career and your life forward faster and better. What's Great For Your Health? To live longer, minimize our exposure to illness and to control weight, add daily walking to support a healthy lifestyle. Your Employee's Reactions to Change Employees will always react to change...positive or negative reactions. It doesn't matter if the change is major or if it's a minor change to a process. People react! So how do you as a manager handle your team's reaction to a change?

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