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September 16, 2010 by
Reliance on Universal Love-The Key to Freedom
August 2, 2010 by
When we rely on the ego we are always trying to manipulate the world from a personality level which holds no real power. When we connect with our authentic power, stemming from the power that sustains all life, Universal Love, we can move mountains. I invite you to watch this video and be reminded of your true Source.
Click below.
Universal Love
The Ego Is Always Running for Cover
July 31, 2010 by
The ego in the workplace tries to expel pain by projecting it on to others or suppressing and denying the emotion. But where is the pain really coming from? Pain is the result of unhealed wounds being reactivated in the present.
The ego is always running for cover, distracting itself from looking within, and avoiding feeling pain. However, it is the resistance that is causing the pain. Allowing yourself to face the center of the pain lodged in the heart will bring the release and relief you desire. Running from the pain is the whole cause of the ego insanity in the first place. Feeling it and forgiving yourself for all your self-deprecating descriptions will bring you freedom—your emancipation from the jail sentence you have given yourself. This is true exoneration and absolution. The Divine has already given it to you; it’s up to you to do the rest.
What to Do When Bosses or Co-workers Are Driving You Crazy
June 1, 2010 by
Join Leonard Szymczak as he interviews author, international speaker, and workplace coach, Danna Beal M. Ed., via your telephone on the steps for healing troublesome workplace relationships.
Danna, author of the soon to be released book, “The Extraordinary Workplace: Replacing Fear with Trust and Compassion”, will reveal the steps for healing your most difficult conflicts in the workplace. During this free teleconference she will help you:
• Discover the source of conflict so that you can clearly see the situation.
• Relieve the anxiety, pain and stress of dealing with people who are arrogant or negative.
• Gain a better understanding of how people manipulate and control others.
• Gain confidence in your own authentic power and voice in your workplace.
• Find freedom from the drama and achieve respect from those with whom you work.
• Unravel the complexities of intertwined personalities and find your inner peace.
• Be a leader in your organization by staying true to your own inner voice, in spite of chaos.
• Sleep better at night when you are no longer haunted by the daily stresses of your workplace.
• Discover the source of conflict so that you can clearly see the situation.
• Relieve the anxiety, pain and stress of dealing with people who are arrogant or negative.
• Gain a better understanding of how people manipulate and control others.
• Gain confidence in your own authentic power and voice in your workplace.
• Find freedom from the drama and achieve respect from those with whom you work.
• Unravel the complexities of intertwined personalities and find your inner peace.
• Be a leader in your organization by staying true to your own inner voice, in spite of chaos.
• Sleep better at night when you are no longer haunted by the daily stresses of your workplace.
When: Thursday, June 3, 2010 6:00 PM PDT
What: Virtual Conversation via Your telephone
Call in phone number (call a few minutes before 6 PM) 1-218-936-7643 Conference Access code: 265615#
You may want to call in from your workplace with your team or co-workers. Please forward this to friends or family members who would like to find solutions to their workplace issues. If you are unable to call in for the conference, it is being recorded.
In Addition:
If you would like a free audio MP3 article “Is Rivalry Preventing Teamwork in Your Organization?”or the recording of the previous teleconference, click on this link: www.dannabeal.com
For information or to order Leonard’s book, “The Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peace” go to: www.leonardszymczak.com
AUTHOR DANNA BEAL, M.Ed., business consultant and international speaker has been conducting her groundbreaking workshop series, “Healing the Workplace Culture”, and keynotes on, “Enlightened Leadership: Restoring Trust and Compassion” for over 300 businesses and organizations throughout the United States and Canada. She has been on over 60 radio and TV talk shows discussing her new model for enlightened leadership and cooperative workplaces. Her new book, “The Extraordinary Workplace: Replacing Fear with Trust and Compassion”, will be released this fall.
For a private consultation, call Danna at 425-467-8214.
Compassion
April 13, 2010 by
In a compassionate workplace culture, projects are assumed with enthusiasm, based on the natural desire to create, innovate and improve. People working in groups of mutual respect and responsibility have a greater sense of belonging and a stronger desire to reach shared, beneficial goals. Positve relationships and friendships ensure the involvement and reinforcement for innovative group processes. Gallup polls on “Best Friend at Work” support the role of friendship in employee engagement, happiness, productivity and loyalty. Fearful environments do not promote friendships and, instead, cause suspicion, paranoia, rivalry and insecurity.
Recognizing Ego Strategies in the Workplace
November 8, 2009 by
Since the dawning of time, human beings have been asking these basic questions:
Who am I? Why am I here? Why do I exist? And without answers, people are floundering. Feeling unprotected, humans devise schemes to protect themselves and to solidify their armor. “I don’t know who I am,” is what they are really saying. So they make it up. And these roles become so believable they believe they are real.
Start to understand the following ego strategies in the workplace so you can begin to unravel the drama and create a better, harmonious workplace.
As you progress through your day, notice when others in your workplace are utilizing a strategy for coping with the dynamics in your office or business. Simply observe any of the following methods:
- Identification
- Blame
- Self-Righteousness
- Resistance
- Grandiosity
- Manipulation
- Alliances
- Disassociation
In the evening, or when it is quiet, ask yourself:
- Can I see this person is only trying to protect his/herself?
- Do I ever utilize a similar tactic?
- Can I start to recognize when I am using an ego strategy?
- Can I look beyond others strategies and see their spirit instead?
As you progress through future days, become aware of times when you use a method above to cope in your workplace. Can you stop yourself at the source? For example, can you notice if you start to gossip or form an alliance with someone based on needing to feel superior?
Finally, I recommend you keep a journal to write down your insights. It will help you integrate your learning and, also, provide inspiration in the future if you reread experiences that led to new understandings.
What Kind of Magnet Are You?
November 3, 2009 by
So many people are interested in attracting new adventures, money, people and situations into their lives. It is wonderful to have clear goals and plans for achieving them. But there is a foundational core which is part of the attraction dynamic and that is what kind of magnet you are. As you strengthen your own magnetic center, you will more powerfully attract your desires.
Stop Depleting Energy in the Workplace
October 30, 2009 by
Countless young people enter the work force with enthusiasm, spirit, and fresh ideas to contribute to the organizations. Then they are gradually beaten down, indoctrinated and finally, become like the other egos, defending and pretending in an effort to survive with minimum damage.
Their inherent potential and talents that could be utilized in growing businesses are wasted. The employees begin looking around for another company or career, either because their family is complaining or because the doctor is ordering a change due to the stress they are experiencing.
What is the energy force or fuel that drives companies? Is it not the energy of its people?
This depletion of energy and creative power goes unrecognized by businesses, as they analyze every other element of their operations to determine how to increase profitability, reduce costs, and increase productivity. It is as though someone is shooting holes in the gas tank and wondering why they are getting poor mileage.
It is time for leaders and managers to become aware they are shooting themselves in the foot when they allow this ego-driven management, which is actually operating from fear, to permeate the business. The costs are estimated to be in the billions in terms of loyalty, retention, corporate memory, retraining, customer service and business potential. Many researchers are finding widespread employee disengagement and which obviously affects productivity, creativity, and profitability.
Lateral violence is a term being used to describe the backbiting, infighting and condescension occurring in workplace relationships. The financial impact goes uncalculated by administrators and leaders. The turnover in hospitals of registered nurses is reported by various studies to be anywhere between 30-60% because of lateral violence. And this is occurring in a profession supposed to be based on compassion!
This high turnover rate of nurses in hospitals is estimated to be costing $22,000-$64,000 per nurse. Other management studies indicate replacing one employee in most industries can cost up to 25-200% of the annual salary. Those expenses impact the bottom line. And yet changing the environment and creating a new, respectful kind of leadership to reduce these costs are rarely considered.
What is needed now is enlightened leadership. When leaders can honor the spirit in those they lead, they will empower people to their full potential. Fear based management is the old model, and businesses that want to be extraordinary have to recognize this truth. Enlightened leaders are a conduit for the energy and synergism needed for teamwork, creativity and productivity.
Employee Disengagement a Global Epidemic
October 21, 2009 by
A 2005 study by global consultants, Towers Perrin, found that while many people want to contribute more at work, the behavior of their managers and culture of their organizations are actively discouraging them from doing so. The study, the largest of its kind, was carried out among more than 85,000 people working for large and midsize companies in 16 countries on four continents. They found that 55% of US employees are passively looking for new jobs. This means they are not engaged at work and are vulnerable to other offers.
It shows that there is a vast reserve of untapped “employee performance potential” that could drive better financial results if only companies could tap into this reserve.
Health Care Workers Do Not Have Confidence in Senior Management
In their survey of 5,424 employees in U.S. health care, Towers Perrin found most disturbingly for health care institutions, that health care workers do not have confidence in senior management. Only 43% say that senior management is sincerely interested in employee well-being, the number one driver of health care employee engagement. What’s more, 37% say that senior management sees them as just another part of the organization to be managed, and 15% say that senior management treats them as if they don’t matter. Further, only 40% believe senior management communicates honestly and openly.
So what can be done? Is this a crisis? Businesses are not tapping into the potential of their workforce because the top down leadership style is depleting the energy of those they lead. People who are not happy do not perform well, are not productive and do not provide good customer service. Leaders need to take a look at themselves and discover how they can give up their own egos and lead with trust and honor instead of pressure to perform.
