Check Your Attitude At The Door

Attitudes, like viruses are catching. They sweep through organization like a tsunami bringing a waves of productivity or eroding morale. People take their cues of how to feel and react to daily events from each other and especially their leaders. Employees want and need a consistent positive work environment to do their best work. Research has demonstrated that positive feelings enhance performance. They look to their leaders to set the behavioral example of the tone and impact of their interactions. While you may be clear about your company direction and strategy, how clear are you about the attitudes that you carry to work? Many people intend to inspire people to do their best but inadvertently end up intimidating them with their negative attitude. Your attitude speaks volumes before you utter a word. Like your shadow, you often are unaware of it. Your attitude permeates everything about you: the way you think, the tone of your voice, what words you choose, and even how you move your body - your body language. While you may think that your thoughts and feelings are purely private, your body is mirroring and in fact is speaking your mind. What you are thinking and feeling gets translated into your body language, and is very much like those electronic signs with a message that flashes, this time across your forehead. Most people don' t realize that they are communicating a non-verbal message that often may override the words they speak. Most of the time you may think the problem is just the other person who is being defensive when in fact you may be sending signals that are provoking that response. It is not necessarily easy to catch your self and adjust your mindset/attitude. Most people are consumed with the daily fires that flare up and the deadlines that are looming in their future. This book gives people access and tools to become aware and shift to a positive and productive mindset.

These are my thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. They have come from my mind, down through my fingers, onto these typed pages that I hope will be read and understood by you. This was written as my wish to help deal with lifes issues with less pain and more peace. Maybe these words will enable you to think in new ways and help you to see in a different perspective. You might be able to unravel that internal knot that has been kinking up your emotional balance all these years. I believe the world is full of wisdom, and if we are smart enough and pay attention, we can acquire some part of it. I know you may not agree with everything I have written, and that is all right. I believe the message you need will hit like an electric current. It will be the message that the universe has sent to you at this very time.

Are you a first time dog owner, or someone who just wants to be the best dog owner possible? Are you taking in a new puppy, or thinking about rescuing an older dog? Or perhaps your current pet is not so well behaved. Whatever your circumstance and motivation, Whos the Alpha? will help you train your dog to be the best citizen she can be! Alan Berg relies on his forty years of experience handling and training dogs to share a unique day-by-day approach with guaranteed quick results that teaches puppy or rescue dog owners how to reliably potty train in just a few weeks; understand a dogs behavior and personality; develop a trusting relationship; train a dog to its full potential; solve problem behaviors; instruct for advanced behaviors; and teach entertaining and challenging tricks. Whos the Alpha? shares positive training steps and exercises that will help dog owners successfully lead their best furry friends through their first few weeks of life and ultimately transform their beloved companion into a happy and healthy member of the family pack. Alan will tell you in clear, concise language what to do, when to do it, and why. Every training step, from the first day you bring your new family member home, is detailed and explained.

Within a split second, life can change forever. The comforts, conveniences, and relationships we take for granted can be lost without warning. Trauma comes to us all at some point in our lives, whether as a sudden shift or a slow erosion of trust, but God’s plan for our lives—our divine destiny—will stand firm. We can be victorious through trauma and come out on the other side more whole and complete than ever before. With God leading us, trauma isn’t the end of our story … it’s just the beginning!

When Art Mimics Life, Somebody’s Going to Get What’s Coming to Them Henry Lindon's flight across the north Atlantic was turbulent and sleepless. His plane has just touched down in Amsterdam, where he’s come to work as a visiting professor. Lindon is torn about leaving his troubled wife, Marylou, behind in Dallas, but relieved and excited to start a new chapter in a lively city. The taxi drops him off at an elegant building at Roetersstraat 8-1, where he’s greeted by his university liaison and soon-to-be neighbor, the lovely and spunky art professor, Bernadette Gordon. After settling into his apartment, Lindon changes clothes and sets out to explore canals and cafés, wondering what the dinner invitation from Bernadette means for his fresh start. But troubles from the past soon cross the Atlantic. Lindon discovers that notorious Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren, born in 1899, is about to play a part in Lindon’s own personal drama. With evil closing in, Lindon, Bernadette, and Marylou find that secrets of the art world may hold the key to settling old scores and putting a predator away for good. Whether you are familiar with the world of Henry Lindon from author Clay Small’s first book, Heels Over Head, or this is your introduction to his works, you’re in for an exciting and unusual international adventure with characters that will live on in your memory long after you’ve finished the book.

THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK FOR EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, AND HEALTH RISKS, FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED Now in its sixth edition, Risk Communication has proven to be a valuable resource for people who are tasked with the responsibility of understanding how to apply the most current approaches to care, consensus, and crisis communication. The sixth edition updates the text with fresh and illustrative examples, lessons learned, and recent research as well as provides advice and guidelines for communicating risk information in the United States and other countries. The authors help readers understand the basic theories and practices of risk communication and explain how to plan an effective strategy and put it into action. The book also contains information on evaluating risk communication efforts and explores how to communicate risk during and after an emergency. Risk Communication brings together in one resource proven scientific research with practical, hands-on guidance from practitioners with over 30 years of experience in the field. This important guide: Provides new examples of communication plans in government and industry, use of social media, dealing with "fake news," and new digital tools for stakeholder involvement and crisis communications Contains a new chapter on partnerships which covers topics such as assigning roles and expectations, ending partnerships, and more Presents real-world case studies with key lessons all risk communicators can apply. Written for engineers, scientists, professors and students, land use planners, public health practitioners, communication specialists, consultants, and regulators, the revised sixth edition of Risk Communication is the must-have guide for those who communicate risks.

Lucky Gallagher is renowned for his free spirit and reluctance to settle down. After years of moving around from place to place before settling in Cottontail Junction, he never imagined an unexpected arrival could change his life. Enter Sammi a baby he never knew he had dropped on his doorstep. At first, Lucky is taken aback by the responsibilities that come with parenthood and resists the idea of being a father. As he navigates the uncharted territory of parenthood, Lucky needs help and his best friend Hannah steps in. Best friends who find themselves drawn together by an unexpected bond that blossoms into a love neither saw coming. Can Lucky rise to the challenge and embrace his role as a father? Will Hannah's steadfastness and compassion help them create a home where love thrives? In this heartwarming, clean romance, they'll find that true love can bridge the gap between the past and the present and that even the unlikeliest of beginnings can lead to a beautiful future.

In the distant past, an Aboriginal dies -- and makes a choice. It is 1968 and a young woman from New Orleans falls in love with a stranger. Up in Chalmette, Louisiana, a ruthless band of policemen commit an atrocity. Like gathering thunderheads these events will chain together and descend upon Detective Cody Briggs in an unrelenting storm. For Briggs, the Crescent City no longer feels like home. It has become a place where nothing makes sense, where people are not who they seem to be, where losing his life is the least of his troubles. Losing his mind is the real problem. Facing allegations of murder, official misconduct and witness tampering, Cody has to make a choice: Run, or stay and fight? But where can you hide when the devil makes house calls?

"Whether you're training a junior account executive in presentation skills or media training a CEO in the middle of a PR crisis, Karen Berg delivers, helping find a winning bottom line message no matter the need."--John Frazier, executive vice president, Quinn & Co. Loud & Clear is essential for everyone who needs to know how to get what he or she wants from anyone. Whether you need to get a message through to an employer, team, committee, your staff, your neighbor, teacher, student, or spouse, this book will show you how to get their attention by: Using your head. Before you even think about opening your mouth, you need to think long and hard about the person you want to influence and how to say what you want; Connecting with your listener(s). Berg will show you how to establish chemistry and intimacy with your listeners - from an individual to a stadium-sized audience - to make them want to listen to you; Keeping their interest. Why 'soft' communication, such as story-telling and picture-painting, are important devices and how to use them effectively. Plus, how to avoid the dreaded 'drone factor'; Saying it right. Speech and body language techniques make a lasting impression; Anticipating and overcoming the negatives. How to recognize disaster before it strikes, and handle it when it does. Each chapter also features a topic-specific 'plan of attack, ' plus plenty of client stories, checklists, worksheets, and quizzes. For an employee trying to get a raise, a committee leader who needs to motivate a team, a traveler trying to book a better flight, or a student trying to clinch a better grade, Berg's proven methods will help you say what you mean to get what you want. Karen Berg, CEO of CommCore Strategies, is a communication strategist and international speaker who has trained thousands of professionals for crisis management, shareholders meetings, management presentations, government and expert witness testimony, product launch campaigns, media interviews, and more. Coauthor of the million-copy best-seller Get to the Point, Berg is a recognized industry trendsetter whose views on communications issues are featured regularly in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Redbook, Working Woman, McCall's, and other publications. Frequently interviewed on communication trends, she has appeared on CNN, CNBC, and Today in New York. Berg lives in White Plains, New York.

How to be heard through the noise: “A must read for today’s busy, 24/7 professional who needs to communicate both thoughtfully and instantaneously.” —Mark Herman, EVP, Booz Allen Hamilton Loud & Clear is an essential guide to the effective communication skills that help you get what you want. Whoever you need to get a message through to—an employer, team, committee, staffer, neighbor, teacher, student, or spouse—this book will show you how to get their attention by: • Using your head. Before you even think about opening your mouth, you need to think long and hard about the person you want to influence and how to say what you want. • Connecting with your listener(s). How to establish chemistry and intimacy with your listeners—from an individual to a stadium-sized audience—to make them want to listen to you. • Keeping their interest. Why “soft” communication, such as storytelling and picture-painting, are important devices, and how to use them effectively. Plus, how to avoid the dreaded “drone factor.” • Saying it right. Speech and body language techniques make a lasting impression. • Anticipating and overcoming the negatives. How to recognize disaster before it strikes, and handle it when it does. Each chapter also features a topic-specific “plan of attack,” plus client stories, checklists, worksheets, and quizzes. It can be hard to get through in today’s noisy world—but for those trying to get a raise, motivate a team, organize a group, or just get better customer service, these proven methods help you say what you mean to get what you want.