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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

About Human Resources: Take a Stand Group Ice Breaker; Moneyball Home Run

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From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources

Vol. 12 No. 125 - ISSN: 1533-3698 September 20, 2011

Dear People:

Fall brings tree color; falling leaves; bounty from the garden; crisp, cool days and evenings; apple cider; the scent of wood smoke; hunting; Beaujolais Nouveau wine; Halloween; Hannukah; Columbus Day; Yom Kippur; Thanksgiving; Ramadan and many more seasonal occasions to celebrate. These give you many opportunities to develop traditions and celebrations at work. Wonder why traditions and celebrations are important in your workplace? Traditions are important in companies and organizations just as they are in families. They are terrific for team building, developing positive employee morale, and generating culture affirming work stories. Find out more about fall holidays and developing celebratory traditions at work

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Please forward this newsletter, in its entirety, to your colleagues, coworkers and friends, because you want to add value to their work and lives.

Regards and wishing you and yours the best this week,

Susan


Take a Stand Group Ice Breaker

Take a Stand Group Ice Breaker breaks the ice in a meeting, team building or training session in more ways than one. Not only do you get your group thinking and taking a stand on issues that participants will have the chance to defend, but you get your group physically moving. Like most ice breakers, you'll need to prepare in advance, but the variations of this group ice breaker are only narrowed by your imagination. Read more...


How to Make More Money: Your Lifetime Income Potential

Work is about the money. Work only becomes not about the money when you have sufficient income - however you define sufficient income - to support your chosen life style. With sufficient money to live on, work can then become about making a difference, contribution, sharing an important mission, doing tasks you love, feeling important, making friends, gaining success, pleasing customers, and achievement. Here's the first step you need to take to make more money...Read more...


Moneyball Hits a Home Run

Are you interested in a book that will make you look at your current bench strength and the talent that you want to recruit in a whole new way? I like baseball. I like business. I like recruiting. And, I liked Moneyball: the Art of Winning an Unfair Game. The book, by Michael Lewis, serves up a home run. Even if you're not a baseball fan, this book is a well-written, worth-reading story. Read more...


How to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence

Can managers and other employees develop emotional intelligence? While some researchers believe that emotional intelligence is an inborn characteristic, others believe that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened. I belong to the can be learned and strengthened club because I have experienced many individuals who have enhanced their emotional intelligence when they put their minds to it. Here's how...


 


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Susan M. Heathfield
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