http://blog.melonicoaching.com Margaret Meloni helps you keep the peace with tips and stories on how to become from the work related conflict that prevents you from having good working relationships and impacts the quality of your personal life. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “It is better to be alone than in bad company.” - George Washington Other people do form opinions about you based on your group associations. This is also why good employees leave bad teams. They simply do not want to be associated with a group that has a bad reputation. ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/leadership/bad-company/ It was 4:45pm and the requirements review meeting had already gone fifteen minutes beyond the scheduled end time. Joe was becoming agitated. He needed to get out the door at 5:00 pm exactly in order to pick up his daughter from soccer practice. The meeting was not showing any signs ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/communication/conflicting-priorities-mitigate-yourself/ Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life. - Brian Tracy You have probably either heard me say (or read an article where I ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/communication/skills-you-can-learn/ Sometimes your behaviors support you and sometimes they do not. The key is to identify the supporting behaviors or opportunities so that you can use them more and to identify the behaviors that are damaging or the threats so that you can learn to prevent them. When you pay close ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/leadership/mitigate-the-risk-called-you/ “But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.” Roger Sessions What a great reminder that there is a sender and a receiver involved in communications. ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/communication/sending-and-receiving/ Each day you bring strengths and weaknesses to work. You walk into the room (virtual or otherwise) with what makes you unique. Or as the saying goes, wherever you go, there you are. That is a good thing. It is all of the elements that make you, well you; that ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/leadership/you-are-a-risk/ You know that things do not always go smoothly. Why be surprised when issues arise, when instead you can be prepared when issues arise? http://blog.melonicoaching.com/podcast-inspirational/the-problem-with-problems-2/ The only thing I said is what you heard. I can’t take credit for this expression because I learned it in a coaching skills course a few years ago. Once I took a minute to process the sentence, (because my mind had one of those ‘Hey, wait a minute, what are ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/leadership/the-only-thing-i-said-2/ (If you keep doing the same old things) You have probably heard or seen the expression, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This expression has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein and others. For the purposes of our time ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/leadership/it%e2%80%99s-not-a-new-year/ I know you, you are a giver. How do I know this? It is a common theme shared by my community members. You might not even KNOW the ways in which you give. Certainly with the year coming to an end you are receiving requests and reminders for charitable donations. ... http://blog.melonicoaching.com/inspirational/giving-laura-arrillaga-andreessen/