Plus, how to discuss Covid-19 vaccines and returning to work.
OCTOBER 13, 2021 • VOL. 19 ISSUE 41 | | Hi John, "All employees need a good kick in the pants to provide them with proper motivation." Do they? In today's featured post, coauthor of Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson highlights the impact of verbal violence with a personal story. This post was originally published in 2016. And we host our first in-person public course in more than a year: Getting Things Done. Save $100 before October 15th. Details below. |
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| | VERBAL VIOLENCE: IS THERE ROOM FOR IT IN THE WORKPLACE?
| by Kerry Patterson |
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| | One day, during a particularly boring stretch at church, I leaned back and noticed, for the first time, the laminated beams supporting the chapel’s roof. The beams reminded me of my summer job after my freshman year of college when I worked at a plant that made (any guesses?) laminated beams. I didn’t really earn that job; I sort of cheated my way in. It began when I stopped by the mill where my dad had worked for the ten years before he and mom moved to Arizona. I didn’t move south with them (I went off to college instead), so I was sleeping on my grandfather’s couch and putting around in his 1943 Dodge. I desperately needed a paying job so I could (1) return to college in the fall and (2) not be a hobo. | |
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| GETTING THINGS DONE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COURSE
| Build a trusted system for managing your work and life so you can better focus, apply your expertise, and perform to potential. Register for our first in-person public course in more than a year. Class size is limited and social distancing will be maintained. For a limited time you can save $100 with code SAVE100 at checkout. Discount code expires October 15th. | | |
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| | HOW TO TALK WITH COVID VACCINE SKEPTICS
| This short video with Joseph Grenny addresses the controversial topic of Covid-19 vaccines and how you can discuss them in the workplace. |
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| | | DON'T CATEGORIZE YOUR EMAIL—CLARIFY IT!
| Do you have a love-hate relationship with email? Justin Hale offers one quick tip to help you improve your relationship to email.
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