Greetings!
Welcome to the first issue of the Working Dynamics
Newsletter. In this and future issues, we will pass
along suggestions for basic ways to build successful
careers and productive workplaces. We also want to
let you know about some of our recent successes.
We will send four issues of this e-newsletter to you
in 2004. If you would prefer not to receive them, you
can unsubscribe below. However, we hope that you
will find it interesting and will let us know what you
would like to see in the future. Success at work is
important to all of us and worth the effort to achieve.
Best wishes for your continued success, Working
Dynamics.
| Lunch Learning Sessions |
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We are pleased to announce that Jada Banks,
Richmond educator and trainer, will join Working
Dynamics in presenting a new seminar series for the
workplace. Learn-at-lunch sessions are designed for all
employees. They are offered on site, making it easy for
busy staff members. Sample topics include "Increasing
Your Emotional Intelligence at Work" and "You're Not
Hearing What I'm Saying (even though I thought I was
clear)." See full listing of topics available for lunch
sessions as well as half-day and full-day seminars for
leaders and development sessions for teams. For more
information, contact us at (804) 353-9527 or e-mail
info@workdyn.com.
Full details on seminars ... »
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| Online Quiz to Test your Hot Buttons |
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As a first step to managing conflict in your worklife,
learn your hot buttons - those irritations and
annoyances that sometimes provoke you into conflict,
even though you "know better." You can take a Hot
Button Test online on the Conflict Dynamics Profile
(CDP) website at the Eckerd College Leadership
Development Institute. To return, simply close the top
window.
Hot Button Quiz »
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| Eight Ways to Develop Trust |
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Highly publicized examples in large organizations have
emphasized the desperate need for restored employee
trust. Recovering and rebuilding trust is much more
difficult that preventing erosion of trust in the first
place. You don't have to be the CEO to build trust in
your organization. Leaders at all levels have multiple
opportunities on a regular basis to build trust levels
within their team and the entire organization.
Eight Ways ... »
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| What Is Conflict at Work Costing You? |
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You know how uncomfortable it is when your
relationship with your boss goes sour or there is
internal conflict within your team. When does
discomfort cross the line and become a real drain on
you personally and professionally? Use an online tool to
measure the effects of unmanaged conflict on you
personally and another to measure its effect on teams.
When you are finished, click RESET to clear your
forms. After you have made some changes in
relationships at work, come back and use the tools
again!
Find out now ... »
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| Working Dynamics President Recognized by NAWBO Richmond |
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The National Association of Women Business
Owners/Richmond recently recognized Susan Gunn,
Working Dynamics president, as Member of the Year.
The award was presented at the 2003 NAWBO/Verizon
Enterprising Women of Excellence Awards Dinner to
honor accomplishments in recruiting and involving new
members and new board members, bringing new vitality
and meaning to the role of leadership chair, helping
bring new diversity to the membership and board, and
serving as a mentor to business owners in the chapter.
NAWBO and Verizon's top honors for business success
and contribution to the community were given to these
business owners: Katrina VanHuss, owner of Turnkey
Promotions, Inc., recipient of the LandAmerica Woman
Entrepreneur of the Year; Cara Dickens, owner of Glass
& Powder Board Shop, Inc., recipient of the Data
Concepts Rising Star Award; and Maggi Beckstoffer,
owner of MBM Marketing, recipient of the Owens &
Minor Community Service Award.
Learn more ...
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