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Workforce Learning, LLC is a leadership development and management training company that provides managers and C-level executives with the skills and knowledge they need to build a more productive work environment. Since founding the firm in 1997, Alice Waagen, PhD, has developed highly effective leadership programs and coaching workshops that teach the people in charge how to motivate and inspire employees. For more information, and to book a workshop or training session, contact Alice.
Workforce Learning Newsletter
December 2011 + January 2012
The end of the year always makes me think about goals. Every December, I take stock of the previous year and ask myself: How well did I achieve what I set out to do? What was my biggest success? What would I like to do differently?
I admit it. I am a goal-aholic. And in my 15 years as a business owner, I have come to learn that goals should guide, but never dictate. Click inside to find details about how you might want to go about this process of setting goals, sticking to the good ones, and letting go of the lemons.
In The News
Alice Waagen is Management Columnist for Be Inkandescent Magazine
To start the new year off right, Alice Waagen offers tips for setting goals. First and foremost, she says, inspire yourself! “A good goal sticks in your mind, wanders around its corners, and pops out occasionally to bug you. You should get excited every time you achieve even small progress toward its completion. If the goal does not inspire you, it will drift off the list. So pay attention to what brings you joy.” Read the article.
Alice Waagen is featured on Monster
“When leaders are looking to fill a staff vacancy, I suggest they start by creating an organizational staffing or resource plan,” Alice Waagen told Philly.com. “Think of it as a shopping list based on an actual inventory, not an ideal. Do an inventory of the work that needs to be accomplished.”
Tip of the Month
January 2012: How to fix a severe case of broken relationships.
Question: I have been a manager for the past five years of a small marketing department within a mid-sized corporation. I am a pretty “Type A” personality and drive myself and my team kind of hard.
I thought they were all okay with this but was devastated last week when I was called into Human Resources and told that a formal complaint had been filed against me as an abusive boss. Three of my staff members accused me of temper tantrums and abusive language.
So now, I am being forced to go to anger management training to keep my job—but I am tempted to just up and quit management all together.
What should I do?
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alice@workforcelearning.com
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