The IT Girls Coach

TED said it best:  Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.

By Krissy Jackson

Below is an excerpt from a paper I wrote recently on Managing Interpersonal Conflict in the Office if you would like a copy, please email my office at: info(at)talltreescoaching.com

Incivility

It is not just blatant bullying that is causing distress in today’s workplace; incivility is rife according to Pearson et al. (1990:55) who conducted a study in an effort to understand just how much performance was affected by incivility. The effects were even worse than they had suspected, “48% intentionally decreased work effort, 47% intentionally decreased time at work, 38% decreased work quality, 80% lost work time worrying about an incident, 63% lost time avoiding the offender, 66% said their performance declined, and 78% said that their commitment to the organization declined”…

As a coach, working with clients who have been/are being bullied, and helping bullies to change their ways is just one of the things I do, when working with executive clients.

It is important to realize that bullying can take many forms:

* Having information withheld that affects your job performance - includes being excluded from business meetings and lunches
* Being exposed to an unmanageable workload - includes being given tasks with unreasonable/impossible deadlines
* Being ordered to do work that is humiliating or well below your level of competence
* Being yelled at and being repeatedly reminded of your errors or mistakes.
* Having your work stolen
* Having your opinions ignored or ridiculed
* Having your work excessively monitored
* Being humiliated or ridiculed with regard to your work
* Having insulting or offensive remarks made about you
* Having gossip and rumors spread about you.
* Dealing with passive aggressive behavior from colleagues
* Dealing with colleagues who put you down in order to elevate themselves.

Bullying can also cause people to feel physically sick, so is a contributor to sick days. If you dread going in to work on Monday mornings there is a good chance you are being bullied at work.

As you can see bullying takes on all kinds of guises and can be administered by all kinds of people, not just managers or supervisors. There is a lot being written about this topic as companies are beginning to realize just how this kind of behavior is affecting their bottom line.

If you are being bullied and feel powerless to do anything about it, get in touch with me and lets discuss your options. You do not have to live your life like this.

~ Krissy

Still not sure if you are being bullied or not? -read the following excellent article on Forbes.com:

In pictures, 10 signs you are being bullied at work.

I don’t know if this video says more about the value of vision, or the current global
infatuation with reality TV - but it should remind you to think outside of the box.

How could you improve your career, or life by thinking differently?

A three webinar Networking Series

Dates: Wednesday 7th October,Wednesday 21st October and Wednesday 4th November
Time: 9 pm UK time
Location: Webinar - just log on, or pick up the phone.
Cost: £20 each or **Special Offer - all three for £50**
Book here

Please note: You can participate in one, two or all three of the webinars, and don’t worry if you can’t make the live webinars, we’ll also be recording them so you can listen in your free time.

How to Network Your Way to the Top!!!

If you are frustrated by the old boys club, have been devastated when someone from outside your company got a position that you had applied for internally, because, it seems they knew the bosses, or you know on one hand that networking is important, but on the other you find yourself wasting a lot of time on it with no perceivable benefits, then the following course is definitely for you.

Remember the old saying “it’s not what you know it’s who you know”? Well in this competitive age the rule has never been more true. If the thought of networking makes you cringe you will love this informative course which will teach you, not only why networking is essential for YOU - but also that networking is not a “one hat fits all” approach. There is a specific method to suit every kind of person, even introverts!

If networking has not worked for you up until this point, this series is going to help you understand why, and provide you with a networking plan that is guaranteed to work for you in the future, while saving time and energy in the process.

Not convinced this course is for you?
Think about the following statistics:

1. Research has found that networking accounts for at least 60% percent of all jobs landed and the figures are said to rise as high as 90% for positions at the executive level.

2. Career experts say that the vast majority of job openings are never advertised or publicly announced, but filled through word-of-mouth or networking, known as the “hidden job market.” The likelihood of a job opening not being advertised at all increases with the level of the job.

Can you afford not to be a successful networker?

In this series we will cover three different networking arenas:

* Live networking
* Online Networking
* Inner Circle networking

You will be taught the rules for succeeding in each arena and it will become clear to you which one best suits your personality and should be your main point of focus.

Part 1. Live networking - Wednesday 7th October

* Who you need to network with and how to find these people
* How to develop an effective networking strategy that is time efficient
* How to work a live networking event for best results
* What to do after a live networking event
* How to find and maintain a minimum of 50 useful, active contacts in the next 12 months

Part 2. Online Networking - Wednesday 21st October

* How to develop a useful time efficient plan for networking online
* How to put together a profile that will make you stand out from the crowd
* How to make the most of posting on targeted networks
* How to grow your network and keep it engaged
* How to get your networking contacts to promote you

Part 3. Inner Circle networking - Wednesday 4th November
~ The most effective and underrated networking strategy of them all

* How to become the head of your own networking circle
* How to extend your inner circle of useful contacts
* How to mobilize your network
* Tips for making your network connect with you
* The importance of having clear objective in an inner circle network.

At the end of this 3 part course you will have a clear networking strategy that is in tune with your personality.

* You will no longer waste time and energy on inefficient networking
* You will know who your target network is and how to find them
* You will employ techniques which keep you top of mind with your network
* You will have a plan and a strategy for increasing your useful network by at least 50 people over the next 12 months.

NOTE: The Information provided in each part of this course will not be repeated session to session, so it is highly recommended that you attend all three parts. Although certain networking arenas might not suit your personality type, there will be plenty of information pertinent to the growth of your personal network in each session.

Click here to sign up

This presentation covers:

• Why everyone needs an exit strategy even if they love their current job
• Tips for keeping up with industry trends
• Effortless weekly maintenance checks that will make your CV stand out
• How having an exit strategy can help you improve your career path
• The importance of your performance contract
• Networking tips that will have people coming to you with job offers

Click on the following links to download the webinar materials:

Video Recording - Webinar “Your Job Exit Strategy”

• Toleration clearing - Work Sheet
• Networking tip sheets - Live
• Networking tip sheets - Online
• Networking tip sheets - Inner Circle
• Tips for writing online resumes
  




Please note: To reduce the file size and ensure a better audio quality, the recording only includes the actual presentation. The Q&A session from the live session has been removed.


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In previous recessions men bore the brunt of job losses but this time it will be different. With more women working in the hardest hit areas - retail and services - it is they who will suffer most, jeopardising their hard earned financial independence and equality at work. Could this downturn reverse the huge economic gains women have made over the past few decades?

Read full article here

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About this article

From:The Observer, Sunday 18 January 2009
Ruth Sunderland, business editor

The real victims of this credit crunch? Women
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk at 00.01 GMT on Sunday 18 January 2009. It appeared in the Observer on Sunday 18 January 2009 on p32 of the Focus section. It was last updated at 09.38 GMT on Monday 19 January 2009.

Webinar: Pre-Promotional Strategies that Get Results!

Recorded: June 3, 2009

Buy webinar recording and support materials here!

When vying for an internal promotion what you do in the three to six months preceding your interview will make all the difference to its outcome. And the suggestions we make for making changes in your current work habits might surprise you!

Who are you?
What makes you unique?
Who do you work best for/with?
Have you planned a route to follow?
Are you adapting, learning and growing?
…or are you chasing your tail as you try to figure out what others want from you?

This presentation will cover:
• Why you should be thinking about your promotions six months before you even apply for them
• Getting your “estate” in order
• Clearing current tolerations effortlessly
• How to make your appearance work for you
• Why you should go to work with the perspective that your boss works for you
• 10 Strategies which will get you promoted effortlessly and regularly

Buy webinar recording and support materials here!

Included:

• Video recording of webinar

• Worksheets - follow the video and take notes

• pdf ppt Slides -  colour

• pdf ppt Slides - black and white

• Work Sheet - Toleration clearing

• Networking tip sheets - Live

• Networking tip sheets - Online

• Networking tip sheets - Inner Circle