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Change, change, everywhere we turn. As a top executive, you can’t delude yourself into thinking that your entire management team and employees really like it. While there are those who thrive on change, most people experience it as a stressor. To succeed, executives must become masters at transforming the fear associated with change into workplace creativity and enthusiasm. Therein lies a major challenge. If there’s fear anywhere in the executive boardroom, it often has little or no avenue for escape. Realistic or not, executive fears can be crippling when it comes to driving a business through this abysmal state of the economy.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Nov 10, 2008) – In today’s tight economy, most of us know at least one person if not several who are out of work and looking for jobs. To brighten the holidays for these friends or family members, there are seven special gifts you can give, and they don’t cost you a dime.

Handling layoffs is a delicate situation and I have been involved over the years in many ways, as an impacted employee, as a manager doing notifications, as a VP of HR planning the event, as a Career coach assisting those being impacted and, as an account manager working with corporations to best plan the event. The bottom line is that the employees being impacted have to be the main priority, with those left behind being taken care of as well. So, whatever you do, and whoever you select, select a career continuation/outplacement firm to assist the employees and protect the firm.

I am going to finish that project!

I am going to try and finish the project!

Who do you think finished the project?

Well we sometimes defeat ourselves without even realizing it. How often have you said you will try to get to a meeting knowing that you have another event the same day? Or, when you say you will TRY to make a party and you really mean there is no way I will be there.

TRY is one word that is hard to erase from your vocabulary, but with coaching and practice it eventually disappears.

That makes you more straightforward in your speech. Makes you more respected in what you do. More confident in yourself as you know when you say something it is your word and you will stick by it. Others view you with more respect as they know where you are coming from. You even feel more confident saying, NO, I cannot make the meeting, but, I will have someone attend in my place. Or, I will follow up with you tomorrow to find out what I missed.

Go ahead. See if you can stop yourself using the “TRY” word one time today. Two times tomorrow and so on. Make it a habit.

If you cannot do it yourself, get a coach. What else can a coach help you with?

We are proud to announce and introduce Sherri Elliott as the new President of Optimance Workforce Strategies.  Sherri immediately strengthens the Optimance team.  We will now enjoy expanded capabilities to provide an integrated range of time and cost saving business solutions.  Sherri and the OWS team will deliver Human Resource audits, compliance, outsourcing, recruiting and training programs.