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As an author and avid reader I am delighted to share some great articles that you may find useful in your workplace.

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Thank you for your interest in these articles. As you can see they are organized into three categories, however, each article holds relevant information for everyone. Enjoy and feel free to share with others. I would appreciate that you reference the article when sharing - authored by Linda McDonald, MS of REACH Resources, www.reachresourcesinspire.com.

 

Business/Organizational Development

The Well-Designed Workplace Learning Experience-Helping Employees Excel

Research supports the idea that positive learning experiences provide the most effective learning and skill development environment. Our individual learning style is shape by our perceptions and preferred method of processing. Learning interest and capacity is supported (or not) by the environment in which we learn. If it is negative or critical, employees may stay and do the best they can, but they will never be at their best. Explore the possibilities of creating a workplace learning approach that helps employees excel in all areas.

Kick-Butt Meetings

Effectively run meetings can be the best place for nurturing moral, building teams and modeling the attitudes and behaviors that you most want in your business environment. Through your leadership in modeling kick-butt meetings people are recognized and appreciated and will continue each day filled with inspiration, new challenges, feeling valued and respected. If someone did this for you, what kind of employee would you be?
Encouraging Words and Actions Influence Positive Change

What if we decided to focus on the 98% that is working well and ignore the 2% that isn’t; we entered each day full of anticipation and optimism; we showered our employees with acknowledgement for what they do, how they do it and the attitude they bring to their work? I wonder what would happen?

Post Holiday Fizzle - Putting the Sizzle Back in Your Workplace

Environment triggers in the workplace that are managed early will prevent year round the dreaded and devastating negative-work-environment-syndrome. Don’t let it happen to you. Use these 7 Simple Sizzle Steps starting today.

The Process of Building Business Relationships

Between the competition and the possibilities, we just cannot do it alone. Every business transaction consists of two or more parties. Simply put, we need each other.

Vision To Reality

Personally and professionally these four simple steps can help you create success and fulfill your dreams.

For Coaches

 

The Brilliance of Workshop Development

Empower yourself to inspire learning through great workshop programs. You have a vision and are inspired to share it out to the world. Imagine bringing that vision; that passion into a workshop learning environment where your customers and clients are inspired to expand their awareness, knowledge and skills related to your area of expertise or interest. 

Coaching Toward Responsibility

 

This article is much like Response Ability written from the perspective of being a coach and helping clients manage the gremlin in their life.

 

Metaphorically Speaking

 

 ....considering the metaphors that arise in the Future-Self Visualization and wondered in what way can they be used to more fully explore key qualities.

As I scratch the surface of the role metaphor plays in communication and understanding, I become increasingly intrigued with its significance.

 

 

Personal and Professional Empowerment

 

From Auto-Response to "Response" Ability

 

Somehow you get triggered and before you know it…….and then you think, ‘next time I’m going to…….’ Next time comes and with it that same ol’ reaction despite your intention to ‘do it’ differently. You can learn to choose how you react when triggered and eventually you will no longer consider it a trigger at all.   This article is about creating the conscious intention to let go of "default modes" of reaction to embrace new and preferred modes of reaction.     

 

Can I Give You Some Advice

 

Empower yourself to inspire through great communication. How great would it be to learn to honor and facilitate others in our life to live and be their full magnificent and resourceful selves?  What if we all modeled behaviors for creating connection and taking this learning out into the world creating a mobius of connection?

 

Response Ability

 

I learned of the gremlin some years ago and have worked whole heartedly on finding ways to manage his presence in my life so I can respond to life in a way that works well for me. My gremlin is always working to find new ways to sabotage my growth and set me back. Little does know that his efforts also create new opportunities to learn.

 

Articles in publications

 

Abundant Wellness Newsletter

    Law of Attraction

    Law of Intuition

 

Women Business Owners Alliance

    September 2007

    October 2007

    November 2007

    December 2007

    January 2008

    February 2008

    March 2008

   

REACH For It! Blog

 

Abonndanza

    Valentine's Day Message

Books

I LOVE books. I have MANY in my own library and if you are a fan too, I hope you will find what you are looking for here. I have an affiliation with Amazon.com. Any purchases you make through my link result in a 5% payment that I donate to the Women's Fund of Western MA. This organization raises money and supports programs to benefit the business and leadership skills development of women and girls in MA who would otherwise have very few resources available to make their desires and dreams a reality.

Recent Books I have read and enjoyed.

The Tipping Point

Managing From the Heart

Before You Quit Your Job

24/7 Dharma

The Dream Giver

There is Nothing Wrong With You 

 

 


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