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 […]
Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace: Join us for a free teleconference.
Join our Wednesday call for Leonard Szymczak’s “The Roadmap Home Fireside Conversations†discussing “REBUILDING TRUST IN THE WORKPLACE” with international speaker and author, Danna Beal, M.Ed. Danna has been the keynote speaker for over 300 businesses and business conferences.  She has been interviewed on over 60 radio and TV shows. Her new book, “The Extraordinary […]
When You Are Feeling Discouraged:
I know that we all have times when we feel life is difficult and the journey can be bumpy.  But I have found that traveling on the road of life is actually, amazingly similar to riding a bicycle.  The following life principles are reflected in a bike trip and paying attention to these fundamentals of the journey may […]
Compassion
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 […]
Two Steps in Healing the Workplace
Begin to heal the workplace by creating an environment that honors and benefits all people. Become personally responsible for your own actions, circumstances and feelings. Stop participating in a drama that hurts others and elicits defenses, guilt and suffering. Help unravel the web of egos by disengaging from the reactions and counter reactions that keep […]
Look Within
Many leaders employ individuals to meet the goals of the company; unfortunately the method used to achieve the goal is accomplished through coercion and suppression. People are not productive under this structure and few can withstand the criticism coming from fear-based management. Â Applying pressure to those who are actually working well restrains their enthusiasm, eventually […]
Cooperation
Cooperation is the result of respect and honor for one another and elevates performance. Conversely, internal competition within organizations depletes the energy and exhausts the individuals. Fearful environments do not promote friendships and, instead, cause suspicion, paranoia, rivalry and insecurity. Working in a fear-based culture impacts not only work performance but actually blocks teamwork and […]
Give Up Self-Righteousness
You cannot be strong without giving up self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is the linchpin for unraveling the entire ego structure. The ego’s belief or desire to be superior to fellow human beings is an attempt to overcome the sense of worthlessness by denying it or projecting it onto others. This pervasive ego strategy, employed by the multitudes, […]
The Ego-Driven Leader
This exercise is about looking behind the mask of artificial leaders. Read the list of the ego driven leaders listed below. Ask yourself the following three questions about each of the roles: What is the fear behind this role? (i.e. fear of appearing weak, not smart enough) What is the benefit to this person? (i.e. […]
Seattle–WAC: Enlightened Leadership Seminar
If you are a member or a guest accompanied by a member of the Washington Athletic Club, join me for a luncheon seminar on February 10, 2010 from 11:30 AM-2:00 PM. The WAC is located at 1325 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Cost is $65 and includes lunch. Learn 7 key steps to enlightened leadership and […]