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In This Issue
Mastering common workplace challenges will set you up on a continued path to success and happiness on the job. To see how well you're handling those challenges, take the quiz below. As you read through the ezine, please don't hesitate to call if I can help.
Quiz: How Well Do You Cope with These Common Workplace Challenges?
No matter how rewarding our work may be, we all face challenges in our professional lives. These challenges can either serve as opportunities to improve personal and professional growth or they can interfere with our effectiveness and ability to enjoy our work.
Do you have the people skills, flexibility and street smarts to cope with common workplace challenges?
Take this True or False Self-Quiz to determine whether you are maximizing these opportunities for your own personal and professional development.
- When I feel disconnected or isolated from colleagues or clients, I make a point of scheduling weekly or monthly get-togethers to celebrate successes and reinforce camaraderie and team spirit.
- When a situation feels "cutthroat" at work or clients are playing hardball, I practice random acts of kindness in the work environment to create and encourage goodwill.
- Technology can make me feel like I'm available 24/7, so I limit the number of times (and amount of time) I log in outside of work hours.
- I easily distinguish between what's an emergency, what's urgent and what situations can wait until tomorrow.
- Every job involves repetition to some degree. To avoid becoming bored I change tasks regularly and take scheduled breaks to re-energize.
- When dealing with challenging co-workers or clients, I focus on solutions and don't get involved with any drama.
- I try to keep a positive attitude and believe that all problems at work have a solution--good communication and my desire for positive results help me find that solution.
- When a task or project requires a tremendous amount of focus, it's not uncommon to experience burn out. To avoid this, I take breaks, change up tasks and ask for help when I need it.
- When I find myself on the wrong end of favoritism, I try not to take it personally and, instead, face it calmly by focusing my efforts on displaying my talent, energy and results through my work.
- Instead of grumbling when no one notices my accomplishments, I point out my efforts in a positive, respectful and non-threatening way and encourage others to do the same.
- If I have to address an underachieving team, I identify the problem, address specific tasks, avoid making it personal and actively listen to them for solutions.
- To deal with work overload, I prioritize, delegate (or eliminate) and practice self-care with proper sleep, nutrition and exercise to prevent feeling overwhelmed.
- I accept change and transition as inevitable and manage it by being flexible, viewing it as an opportunity for personal and professional growth rather than as a threat.
Work is more than simply being good at what we do. Doing work that is rewarding and fulfilling also requires the ability to face and overcome obstacles. If you answered false to several of these and would like help in finding solutions to problems at work, please don’t hesitate to call.
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The following questions are designed to broaden perspectives, to open vistas, to widen the lens. There is no one right way to approach them. You can journal about them, talk to friends, create art, ponder them while driving, work out to them--whatever helps you explore "outside the box."
- Which workplace challenge do you face most often? What possible solution -- or prevention -- haven't you tried yet?
- Do you embrace challenges or shy away from them? What results or impact do you see because of that stance?
- What was the last workplace drama you were dragged into? What could you have done differently to remain above the fray?
Announcement
In honor of National Coaching Week, Lynne will offer a complementary session to anyone who books four sessions. This is a 25% savings. Please mention the newsletters and reach out to Lynne at Lynne@LynneGoldberg.com.
Relevant Reading
Goals!: How to Get Everything you Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible, by Brian Tracy
10 Steps to Successful Social Networking for Business, by Darin Hartley
Leading Outside the Lines: How to Mobilize the Informal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better Results, by Jon R. Katzenbach and Zia Khan
Today's Quote
"It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities."
~Eric Hoffer, Author (1902 - 1983)
Lynne Goldberg
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A Journal of Well-Being
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- Seasoned facilitator with proven results within the business and personal world
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- Developmental programs focused on providing both financial as well as personal rewards for clients
Lynne is a graduate of IPEC Coaching, a fully accredited coach training. Within three years of certification, she was invited to join Deloitte & Touche--the first external coach to penetrate their internal world of coaching.
Deloitte’s National Director of HR hired Lynne to service the HR community of 900 people, which led to her working with all the functions and service lines at Deloitte. Within two weeks Lynne hit the ground running, creating a program for the HR channel. This program, which was eventually retooled, is now presented––often by Lynne herself––to Deloitte's 45,000 employees. Lynne was the most requested facilitator. Although no longer an internal coach at Deloitte, she is still hired to make presentations for them as an independent contractor.
Her most recent creation, called "Thinking Your Way to A Better Career," rapidly became a highly requested and cutting-edge presentation.
In 2006, Lynne received the certification of Master Certified Coach (MCC) by the Internal Coach Federation, the highest degree awarded to coaches.
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