Dealing With Difficult People Workshop

HR and Technology: Social Media Sniffers

Social media is becoming more prevalent in the workplace.  If it isn't an employee updating their Facebook status, they are going home to blog about what happened at work (and sometimes not waiting until they go home to blog).  And while employers are utilizing software and blockers to prevent employees from doing this on company time, it isn't stopping employees - who simply pull out their smart phones and do it anyway.

Here is an interesting article about human resources and the technological obstacles presented by social media.  It is well worth the read:  Article.

Assertiveness Communication Skills for Women Workshop

Since our Assertiveness Communication Skills for Native Women and Women Working in the Native Community workshop was so popular, we have decided to conduct another assertiveness communication skills workshop.  Only this time it will be for women in general.

This workshop is taking place on Friday, April 29, 2011.  For more details about the workshop, please click on the image above or go to our website.

Team Building Workshop

We are conducting a workshop on Team Building on Thursday, April 28, 2011 for native women and women working in the native community.  For more information on the workshop, please click on the flyer above or simply go to our website.

We would love to see you there!

Management Tip: How and Why

When coaching your employees on performance, it isn’t enough to simply tell them how you want them to do something. You need to explain why you want them to do something.

People are more likely to follow directions and stick to processes when they understand why those directions and/or processes exist. We need those connections – how and why – to develop understanding. Once the understanding is established, we are more likely to do as we are supposed to and will also be less likely to fall back into repeating the specific performance issue(s) that started the coaching process.

So, remember… Rather than simply saying, “Do it this way…”, it is better to say “Do it this way… because…”