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Unhappy Work Atmosphere?

If it wasn't called work.....

When I first started working when I was sixteen, I had already learned the value of good hard work. Growing up, my father had insisted on us working every spare moment of every day. Well that's what it seemed like! I had to tell my friends on most occasions that I could not go to the party or have a stay over because I had to help my dad build something or clean something. I hated it.

But after I had started working a real job for real money, there was a comment made to me from a manager of the Albertsons store that I was working at while I was staying overtime to mop up the floor. I will remember his words the rest of my life. As he watched me work with enthusiasm and vigor, he said with sincerity, "Eli, if you ever need a job at anytime in your life, you've got one."

Wow! Someone noticed my hard work ethic. That made me feel good.

Since that day I have always tried to compliment those

Building Successful Relationships

As humans, we are social beings. For most of us, one of the cruelest punishments is total isolation. We need other people to listen to our stories, to share their own, and to mirror and respond to our thoughts and feelings and behaviors. But since we really do need other people, why do so many of us, so much of the time, have the biggest conflicts and the most harrowing difficulties with those people we need the most?

Part of the problem is that we need people, yet we may believe that we should not need anyone. The dream of Marlborough Man, the independent, cool, tough guy, still exists for men and women alike. So, we get into relationships with people we need and then we make every effort to prove to them how much we don't need them. And this happens at work, at home, and in any situation where we spend time and share activities with other people.

We are all social beings - and - we

"Excuse Me, I'm Confused"

This blog is to help share the latest tools in improving communication skills, eliminating confusion in business and personal relationships and empowering people to live their dream with passion

September 6, 2007 Posted by Mike Conner | visualization, time management, Team Building, synergy, strengths, speaking, self-empowered, self-discovery, purpose, prosperity, professional development, power, personal development, motivation, leadership, knowledge, individuality, finding a trainer, enterpreneur, enlightenment, employee values, effective management, concentration, communication, career coaching, business contacts, business coaching, build relationships, balance | Comment (0)

Knowledge (Mass): The Product of an Energy Exchange - the Essence of Co-creation or Light

Only narrow-mindedness sees knowledge as discrete and domains of knowledge as unrelated. We live in a system of vast interconnectedness. As such, leadership becomes more than the sum of the research about genetics, situations, influence, management of others, and power/influence. It becomes the movement and connections of energy, mass , and light - E=mc2.

Leadership is not a straight line emanating from the leader's influence to the follower's compliance. It IS the exchange of energy between people who exchange utilization of the roles of leader and the roles of follower. People allow and accept others to play or assume the role of LEADER or those who play or assume the role of FOLLOWER. It is an exchange and dynamic process.

All people have the power to choose the position in the exchange based on the variables of value upon which they focus.

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August 15, 2007 Posted by Dr. Darlene Andert | synergy, organization, leadership, effective management | Comment (0)