Source:  Bullying in the workplace | BlogHer

I found the above article by Laura Petrecc which I though may interest readers of my blog.  She talks about bullying, how often the first thought when bullying is mentioned is that of phyical form of bullying, next comes bullying within schools. Often overlooked is the fact that bullying also happens in the workplace.

She talks about how bullying is assumed to target others on the grounds of;

• race,
• ethnicity,
• sexual-orientation,
• or anything that is physically manifested such as disability or difference in appearance or behavior.

Work bullying does not restrict itself to that of colleagues but also comes from those who benefit from managerial positions.  Click on the link above to read her full article.

Many organisations including the public sector carry out staff surveys and sadly there is often a notable percentage of staff who have experienced or witnessed workplace bullying, additionally we often also see an percentage of staff surveyed who decline to comment on this.  What is the reason why someone would decline to comment on a confidential staff survey?  Is it because despite assurances from senior management that the workforce simply do not believe that ‘confidentiality’ is exactly that?

Another source who wished not to be named claimed that he, being a fresh graduate from the same company’s training of six months, had to request a sick leave due to stress after the manager demanded that he ought to make even more sales. He had made more than half-a-dozen sales in three weeks, a significant number for a ‘newbie.’

Do managers foster insecurity within the workforce?  Do employees live in fear that if they speak up because they or their colleagues are being bullied that, especially in the current financial climate, they would be putting their employment at risk of termination or that they themselves would also become a victim because they are speaking out in support of others?

Many organisations have HR departments who are there to protect managers but who does the employee have to turn too?  Many are told they can also turn to HR for assistance but how is the information utilised?  Where there is a conflict how does the HR person deal with it if both sides of a situation are turning to them for advice or support?

What is the percentage of staff who are experiencing stress and difficulties in the workplace which can be put down to the culture of the management and the way they run the organisation with focus purely on hitting targets and not valuing the workforce they have already or not investing in them?

I was proper amused at this article on the advert for geordie translators.  As a geordie myself I have to say that I have never had problems with anyone understanding my northern accent until I spent a year working in Cumbria and it was very difficult at times being understood as well as understanding some of the thicker west coast dialects.  But is a need for translators not taking things a bit too far?  Having said that if it pays well you can count me in.

Language firm advertises for ‘Geordie translators’ | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Language firm advertises for ‘Geordie translators’  Hundreds apply for work as ‘Geordie translators’ to help foreign visitors baffled by north-east accent

I love solving puzzles,  I have loads of puzzles books, sudoku, wordsearches, love online puzzle games and think Nintendo DS’s ‘word coach’ is simply brilliant.  I love doing puzzles and problem solving with my young daughter; its great getting a jizsaw out and working through until it is completed.  When I was growing up one of my favourite things to do was sitting with my mam doing big and complex jigsaws (mainly sky and sea from what I recall, nightmare to do, hugely satisfying to complete).

As a coach I know we are all solving our very own life puzzles daily and love working with my coaching clients on theirs.  Each day in whatever we do we are looking to solve our own life puzzles, some are far more complex and challenging than others, solving the easier ones gives us the confidence and ability to take on the challenges of the greater ones.

Some of us search for meaning and fulfillment in our lives, a desire to find our true life purpose – is that you?  Others focus on the challenges of motherhood, overwhelm, frustration, finances, relationships, careers and employment.  What is the greatest challenge that you have at present and have you taken  any steps to solve the challenging puzzle your are experiencing?

Finding a solution to your challenges will help you acieve your goals, improve confidence and find success. 

How do we find success?  To start with you identify your goal (the big picture on the jigsaw box), put the structure in place (corners and edge pieces) then work on the fine detail (the middle pieces) and with a focused, action focused approach you will find the right solution and achieve the success you desire.

Take from what you learn about yourself, your skills and abilities and use them on the next challenge in life or business that comes to you.  Each puzzle you solve will equip you will tools you can utilize in the future.

To your success.

Aly Sproat
www.geordie-coach.com

Article Source: Time Management Tips For Professionals

There is no undemanding route in perfecting time management. Although the thought of managing time may sound undemanding, many people are still result it trying to follow.

If you are one of those people who learn it hard to follow time management, then here are some tips with the intention of you can follow.

1. See the BIGGER Picture

Time is a constant and abundant resource with the intention of people can’t buy or sell. It is a resource with the intention of can be shared with or can be shared from someone else.

And one effective way of managing it is by visualizing a larger and clearer picture of your goal. Prioritize more the actions with the intention of would place you closer to your objective, and prioritize less those with the intention of won’t. Wisely assess the tasks with the intention of need prioritization in order to accomplish actions with the intention of are closely related to your goal.

Many successful people today practice different time management forms and techniques, but if there’s one thing these business minded people impart in common. It’s the thought of how they want to spend their business time.

2. AUDITING Time Management (For Professionals)

Ideally speaking, all with the intention of a person should list and follow should be actively valuable towards their desired goal.

To make your auditing quicker, the following are sub-breakdowns with the intention of many professionals spend their time on. Personal goals may differ, but the general thought of breaking goals down remains the same.

People and Managing. Managing people can be sub-categorized in to three different areas namely;

1. Managing time across
2. Managing time up
3. Managing time down

If you’re currently effective as a leader or as a manager in a company, know with the intention of the best way to spend most of your time is by directly supervising your team or co-workers below you.

This is also an effective strategy of teaching your employees while effective your personal qualified goal at the same time. Cultivating time-leverage upward not only benefits the team and the company, but it can also benefit you by moving closer to your goal.

3. CHARTS for Time Management

Presently, there are lots of these tips with the intention of are scattered all over the internet. The approach may vary now and again, but believe with the intention of the basic thought is still there.

One common tip most time management tips impart is in building a chart. Building charts are effective in reminding vital plans ahead. Making charts are also helpful in simplifying time management audits, as well as in pitching the whole picture of your goal.

Building a Chart:

a. Initiation building your chart by writing down the days and weeks in a month. Across its columns on top, write down your major tasks and goals with the intention of needs prioritization.

b. After you complete this activity, record the amount of time you spent below each category. This way you can easily monitor your progress and accomplishments in one day.

c. Try to stick to the preparation as much as possible.

d. Avoid over responsibility it by stuffing to much work in one day.

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Life is filled with essentials, and if we do not have the ingredients to make it work, then we are out of luck. Time management is one of the most important essentials in our life. If you think about it, we have 24- hours in each day, and seven or eight of those hours dedicated to sleep. One of the golden rules is “Sufficient for each day, for no one knows tomorrow.” This is very true, because we do not know if a hurricane will wipe out our neighborhood, or if an act of disaster will hit our area and change all the plans, we made. So the steps to finding essentials in time management should be evaluated carefully. Planning is one of the elements to managing time, yet plans can change. This is why it is important to make a list of the tasks you are assigned and complete them as soon as possible. Once you finish your task, it becomes easier and you can move on to other tasks. You can start by reviewing emails and notes, since the two are essential ingredients that make time management work.

Email Essentials at Work

If you work at a company that offers an email account and most of your business is handled via Internet, then you know that excessive emails are annoying. Customer accounts, contracts, and other important documents we do not want to loose, so to keep your mailbox from piling up, it is smart to only give your email address to clients. We can avoid emails piling up by not providing information to advertisements that ask for our information. If you want to place, an order for a product be sure to use an email account that does not send out information over the Internet. Many companies have a managing program that works to save time. Databases often store valuable information, and should be maintained. If you store information on the database, be sure to delete or store old files in a different area, so you can save time. If your email accounts only stores documents that are important to your business, you can save not only time, but also you can spare yourself from liabilities that may creep up. It depends on the company and what type of email account they require the employee to use, but Microsoft Outlook includes features such as address books, business and other features that help the user stay organized.

Essential Notes

Notes are essential since they too play a role in time management. Learning the techniques to taking good notes is a start in the right direction. When we take good notes, we are able to stay organized and run our life smoothly. If you attend a lot of meetings, it might be wiser to meet with the parties attending the meeting before it starts. This can help manage time by informing the co-workers ahead of the game what the meeting entails, as well as enabling you to take notes before the meeting starts. Essentials in time management also include taking time out for yourself, preparing, keeping your priorities in order, and working toward the goals you set.</fo

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Stress is such a powerful and harmful force that it is vital that you learn effective stress management techniques to live a successful, happy, and healthy life. We must remember that we will always come across inevitable factors that cause pressure and anxiety on us. What we do not know is that it is not really the problems that are difficult to deal with, but our attitude towards them. So basically, the cause of stress is your attitude toward these things. What, then, is an effective way to deal with stressors?

Below are 5 great tips to handle stress.

1. Identify what makes you stressful and uneasy.
Making a list of your stressful experiences is useful. Immediately deal with the issues that you can change, for instance waking up earlier for college or university in the morning, not leaving things till the last minute, and delegating tasks in case you are taking responsibility for everything. Forget about the issues that you cannot influence like being stuck in a traffic jam or not getting into the elevator because there is no room for you.

2. Calm down. 
A few minutes break would do you good. Wash your face, breath slowly and deeply, and notice if there is tension in any part of your body and release it. You can also listen to relaxing music, or call a friend. Releasing your inner feelings to a friend is healthy option.

3. It will pass and it will be over before you know it.
Remind yourself that the stressful event will end sooner or later can make you see the positive sides of things. At the same time, calm down your emotions and think of what is the best thing to do rather than take your energy away from what needs to be done.

4. Know yourself.
Ask yourself: What triggers your anxiety? If for example it is your job, then maybe it’s time for you to reconsider whether it would be best to find a less stressful job. You can also make your job more tolerable by allowing yourself to get that needed vacation or leave.

5. Learn to use your relaxation response.
Just as we all have within us the stress response, we also have an opposite response, which is the relaxation response. A person should elicit that on a regular basis. The relaxation response involves two steps. Repetition, the repetition can be a word, a sound, an expression, or a repetitive movement. The second step is to ignore other thoughts that come to your mind while you’re doing the repetition, and come back to the repetition. The technique should be used once or twice a day for about 15 minutes. Sit quietly and choose a suitable repetition, like a prayer, the sound Om, or the word love, or calm. Or you can do a repetitive exercise, for instance yoga, jogging, Reiki. Additional repetitive activities are knitting or handicraft. When you incorporate this into your everyday life, you become calmer and better able to handle the stressors. Practice makes perfect and the more you practice relax your mind, the easier it gets.

The true causes of stress are not the problems or negative experiences that you encounter in your life; but your attitude toward them. So, the trick is to change your attitude and to develop a relaxed state, because you cannot be stressed and relaxed at the same time. It is important to understand that what we focus on, we energize. The more you continue to think about the factors that cause your stress, the more energy you give it. So it is vital to let go and focus on relaxation instead. Consequently, you’re less likely to be upset by a stressor, and thus less likely to have its harmful effect occur. Eventually, it is your choice. You could either continue to react in the same stressful way, or you could choose to improve your life by changing your attitude and becoming relaxed. There’s no other way around it.

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Read the full article here:  2010 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey, the National Poll

Check out these findings on work place bullying in America.  There is no place for bullying in todays society whether it be in the school yard, online social networking sites or in the workplace.  It is important people are given support and help when they speak up and out the bullies.

Key Findings

* 35% of workers have experienced bullying firsthand (37% in 2007, given the MOE, essentially equivalent)
* 62% of bullies are men; 58% of targets are women
* Women bullies target women in 80% of cases
* Bullying is 4X more prevalent than illegal harassment (2007)
* The majority (68%) of bullying is same-gender harassment

Prevalence of Workplace Bullying

35% of the U.S. workforce (an est. 53.5 million Americans) report being bullied at work; an additional 15% witness it. Half of all Americans have directly experienced it. Simultaneously, 50% report neither experiencing nor witnessing bullying. Hence, a “silent epidemic.”

Gender and Workplace Bullying

Both men and women bully, but the majority of bullying is same-gender harassment, which is mostly legal according to anti-discrimination laws and workplace policies. Women target women.
WPB Prevalence

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Inside this revealing report Mark reveals the exact strategies that he uses to make over 7 figures a year online.

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The thing with procrastination is that it grabs you tightly with both hands and holds on without you even realising it.  It holds you back and before you know it days, weeks and months pass you by as have many opportunities that came your way and it is too late to follow up.

How much has procrastination cost your or your business?  I am not just talking about money.  I am talking about opportunites that you have not taken up, relationships that have fallen by the wayside, people who you know have moved on to more attentive friends or partners.

It will happen again and again until you learn how to deal with procrastination.  You need to understand how it takes a grip and how you cann cast it aside, ready to change, motivated and excited about new opportunities.

What will you no longer accept in your life?
Are you ready to change?
Are you committed to change?

What will you do?  You can stay where you are right now or learn how to motivate and excel yourself for a bigger brighter future.

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Ensure you learn the basics of online marketing, how to grow your business with information and other digital products.

List Building
You really do need a subscriber list, it is crucial.  The bigger the list the better, for your list to be successful you need to deliver quality information which is relevant to your prospects passions.

Affiliate Marketing
Develop your knowledge on affiliate marketing.  If you do not have a product or service which meets your prospects need then promote an affiliate product, also works if what you are promoting compliments what you are offering.  Great thing about affiliate marketing is that you are promoting another persons product or service but it has cost you yourself nothing to develop or create the product albeit that you receive only a % of the sales revenue.

Traffic
To have a successful online business you must be able to generate traffic.  It is the lifeblood or your business.  Learning how to get great targeted traffic is not hard, so this should be top of your list. 

Product Creation
Create your own products, that way you get to keep 100% of the revenue generated from the sales.  The number of sales will fluctuate from day to day / week to week so ideally have several or many products that are income generating for you.  Many online busiesses choose to include membership sites in their business model as it is a great source of regular income.

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