Monday, July 30, 2007

Here are some of the objectives from a workshop

http://www.executive.org/seminars/Interest-Based-Union-&-Management-Discussion.pdf

This is interesting. "Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". "... engaging both parties in a constructive dialogue". "The purpose of the dialogue is to anticipate and resolve emerging and current workplace issues, and to prevent misunderstandings, controversy and serious conflicts..."

Ricardo Semler

What this guy does is very innovative and very different from the "traditional management" organizations.
http://www.innovatearabia.com/speakers/RicardoSemler.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler

What he did to his company has a lot to do with open communication between management and employees.

Sub-topics for the workshop

Here are some of the sub-topics we can use (from http://www.interpersonalcommunicationworkshops.com/workshops.htm)

  • Effective speaking
  • Effective listening
  • Staying present while communicating
  • Resolving conflict
  • Collaborating, negotiating, persuading and influencing
  • Giving & receiving feedback
  • Communicating proactively and assertively
  • Working with difficult people
  • Partnering with your employees
  • Partnering with your boss
  • Partnering with co-workers
  • Communicating via telephone & email
  • Building strong working relationships based on mutual respect
  • Applying emotional intelligence
  • Overcoming communication weaknesses
  • Forming effective communication habits

Friday, July 27, 2007

Welcome to our Blog

We will begin to load the information that we value and consider useful for our workshop.