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.

How does your Human Resources function spend its time?  Putting out fires?  Responding to requests from Senior Management?  Listening to employee complaints?  Intervening on benefit related issues?   All of these very important functions of HR very often detract the HR Department from another key function which does not make loud demands until it is too late – compliance with regulatory statutes and creating an environment in which employees are not inclined to seek third party intervention.   If a disgruntled employee were to file a complaint resulting in your obligation to open your records and processes to those wishing to discredit and gain monetarily from you – how would your organization fare? In 2007 at least 82,700 companies were faced with just such a problem and they ended up paying over $290 million for failing to hear the call of the important, while focusing on the daily urgent.