Less is more

How do you do a book reading and signing "virtually"? Here is how! Join us 11/12 or 12/2

Last week we did it! And we will have it again on 11/12 and 12/10. It is a book reading and signing webinar for The Accomplishing More With Less Workbook which we released recently at Amazon.com. The webinar starts with an intro about the book and how it developed, and proceeds into selected readings about a variety of topics which include:

• The Myth of Multitasking
• Filing messages
• Working strategically
• Starting the day with intention
• The Immediately Priorities Matrix™
• Managing stress

How does the “signing" part work? You might ask!

For those who purchase the book before or during the lunch & learn webinar from Amazon, and e-mail me their info, I "mail" (the good old snail mail) to them a signed card and include a signed gift certificate that would allow them to attend one of the People-OnTheGo online live workshops this Fall (or in Q1 2010 when the schedule is available) at no charge. It was a nice blend of the virtual and real worlds!

The recording of the last book reading is available on Facebook

If you cannot make the live webinars, and you're interested in learning more about The Accomplishing More With Less Workbook and hear about the topics listed above, visit the "Accomplishing more with less" group in Facebook and see the video!

Check out the book reviews on Amazon!

Generations in the Workplace--Gen X in Action! by Adam Christensen

What a better way to get more insights about Gen X’s work style and preferences, and how to best work with them, than to talk to Adam Christensen, who in addition to being a Gen X himself, manages an organization that spans across generations, geographies, and time zones. Adam, as the CTO of HR Systems at Wells Fargo, is responsible for all enterprise employee-related systems at Wells Fargo, including over 150 applications that provide employee portal, social networking, eLearning, payroll, benefits, recruiting, analytics and many other services to the Wells Fargo employees, managers, and contractors worldwide.

 

In this lunch & learn webinar last week, Adam provided his insights and shared his experiences relating to the generations in the workplace, focusing on Gen X, and touching on the topic of how generations can work together more effectively.

 

The recording is on Facebook!

 

To view the recording of the webinar, visit Facebook, and once you login, please search for the "Accomplishing more with less" group, and then in the group page, scroll to the bottom to see the videos, which include this recordings.

 

Hope you will be able to join us in future webinars! Next week's webinar is "Twitter 101: Gen Y Teaches Us Twitter" by our returning guest speaker Jenny Blake.

 

 

iPhone 3G Contest extended: Organize your Results Curve(tm) Lunch & Learn in September--YouTube option available

As many of our readers have requested, the “making the workplace a better place” contest has been extended until the end of September 2009. Here is how you can participate, make your workplace a better place, and be part of the iPhone 3G drawing:

1. Get your team into a conference room (or organize a web conference if your team is virtual).

 

2. Show them “The Results Curve™--how to manage focused versus collaborative work” webinar recording:

 

Here is the abridged version (7 minutes):

 

 

The full version  (15 minutes) is available at the "Accomplishing more with less" group on Facebook.

3. Discuss how you are going to help each other stay focused and how to escalate issues when issues are worth escalating.

 

4. Report your findings:

 

- Either by e-mailing us at training@people-onthego.com (with “Results Curve Contest” in the subject line).

- Or posting your comment in this blog entry.

- Or by posting your findings at the Wall in the Accomplishing more with less group.

 

5. After you report your findings, you will be entered in the iPhone 3G drawing--results to be announced at the end of day on September 30. 

 

Most importantly, you will be the catalyst for constructive change, and you and your team will benefit as a result.

 

Join us in making the workplace a better place! Get started now by scheduling your lunch & learn!

Lunch & Learn Webinar: The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner

Eric Weiner, a former foreign correspondent and self-confessed grump, traveled the world looking for the happiest places. He traveled to ten countries, exploring the relationship between place and happiness. He went to Bhutan, which has a policy of Gross National Happiness and to Iceland, where people are happy despite the bleak winters--or perhaps because of them.

In this webinar, Eric shared his insights into happiness, based on his travels and his study of the "science of happiness." You can view the recording at the "Accomplishing more with less" group on Facebook.

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

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Lunch & Learn Webinar: Discovering Your Strengths and Putting Them To Work

In this webinar, Training and Organizational Development consultant Kathleen Sexton of Kairos Learning explored the field of strengths. She discussed why it is important to know your strengths, how you can determine yours, and be able to articulate your strengths to others. She talked about Markus Buckingham’s work on strengths to look at how you can put your strengths to more use in your work.

Also, check out Kathleen's handouts rom the presentation:

Download Accomplishment_Stories

You can also view the recording at the "Accomplishing more with less" group on Facebook.

 

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

Review program and register for our lunch & learn webinars

Lunch & Learn Webinar: Keeping Inclusion & Diversity Top of Mind

Keeping diversity top of mind during this economic downturn can be challenging, especially in the face of budget cuts. As diversity leaders, you may be struggling with how to advance your inclusion & diversity (I&D) initiatives in this new climate. Marilyn Nagel, Director of Global I&D for Cisco, discussed strategies Cisco is deploying to keep this imperative at the forefront of the business agenda. She shared specific and actionable low cost solutions that yield high impact results.

To learn more about the program at Cisco, please visit: www.cisco.com/go/diversity

Also, check out Marilyn's slides from the presentation:

Download Inclusion_and_Diversity_Slides

Join us for our upcoming free lunch & learn session!

"Discovering your strengths and putting them to work" (on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

Review program and register for our lunch & learn webinars

Lunch & Learn: What Losing 10% (body weight) Can Do

Improving body weight by just 10% can have a huge impact on employee health and productivity. For yesterday's Lunch & Learn, Deanna Moncrief joined us again and explained both the health and business benefits of keeping employees within a healthy weight range. Deanna also showed attendees how to quantify the financial gains realized by losing 10% of body weight. 

Deanna is the founder and CEO of Benchmark Wellness, a company specializing in deeply customized, highly successful employee wellness programs. Since 2002 Benchmark Wellness has been helping employers increase profitability by reducing employee health risks through education and behavior modification. The company administers innovative, cost-effective wellness programs for small- to mid-sized companies, holds employer training workshops across the United States, and also provides employee workshops and seminars in the areas of nutrition, weight management, and healthy living. 

To learn more about Deanna's wellness strategies to enhance productivity, or learn about the additional products and services that she offers, please visit www.benchmarkwellness.com or call 877-538-5797.

Also, check out Deanna's slides from the presentation:

Download Lunch_and_Learn_Losing_10_Percent

Join us for our upcoming free lunch & learn session!

Low Cost Solutions for Keeping Inclusion & Diversity Top of Mind (on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

Review program and register for our lunch & learn webinars

Lunch & Learn: Virtual Leadership and Team Effectiveness

Many organizations are distributed across a range of locations and time zones. Managers, employees, and business partners in these dispersed environments face many challenges. In today's session, Barbara Miller, president of Artemis Management Consultants and co-founder of Virtual Connection, joined us to share her insights about virtual teams and management. Drawing from her over thirty years of consulting experience, Barbara provided Lunch & Learn attendees with concrete strategies and techniques to be successful as virtual managers.

Barbara's interactive presentation provided participants with specific techniques they could immediately implement to make a difference in themselves and their teams. She addressed how to lead a team whose members are located around the globe and how to work with business partners or key stakeholders whom one never sees face to face. Barbara also shared the best practices others are currently using to achieve results in a virtual world.

For more information about Barbara and her insights on virtual leadership you can contact her at BMiller@VirtualConnection.biz or call (415) 388-9514. Also learn more about Barbara's 6 module web-based tool, Virtual@Work, which teaches managers and teams how to increase their virtual work effectiveness. Contact Virtual Connection at www.VirtualConnection.biz.

Also, check out Barbara's slides:

Download Virtual Leadership and Team Effectiveness

Join us for our upcoming free lunch & learn session!

What Losing 10% (body weight) Can Do (on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

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Lunch & Learn: Virtual Law for Non-Lawyers - Justice on the New Frontier

Virtual worlds and video games may be virtual, but the scams, disputes, and risks are very real.  Pillsbury attorney and Virtual Law author Benjamin Duranske joined us today to present a fast-paced guided tour of this rapidly changing landscape. Benjamin touched on knockoff virtual goods, gold farming, fraud, agreements with users, avatar defamation, potential government regulation, and more.

Benjamin focuses his practice on the emerging field of virtual law, intellectual property law, Internet law, and litigation. As the author of Virtual Law: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds, the first book on this emerging field, as well as numerous online and print articles on the subject, Benjamin has helped define virtual law. He currently co-chairs the Committee on Virtual Worlds and Multiuser Online Games of the American Bar Association's Section of Science & Technology Law, which he helped establish. He is a frequent speaker on the subject of legal issues facing virtual world and game providers, software developers, content creators, and users. Benjamin co-chaired the first Virtual Law Conference, and founded the SL (Second Life®) Bar Association, an informal professional organization of attorneys and other legal professionals with an interest in virtual worlds.

To find out more about virtual law from Benjamin you can contact him at 650-233-4565 or e-mail benjamin.duranske@pillsburylaw.com.

Also, check out Banjamin's presentation slides:

Download Virtual Law for Non-Lawyers

Join us for our upcoming free lunch & learn session!

Virtual Leadership and Team Effectiveness (on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

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Lunch & Learn: Using Insights to Help Teams Collaborate

Have you ever wondered why you just “click” with some people? Why some clients or business partners are so easy to work with but others drive you crazy? Why some colleagues seem to read your mind, while with others you struggle with recurring “miscommunications”?

Your professional success depends on your ability to develop and manage relationships with clients, colleagues, partners and others around you on a daily basis. In this Lunch & Learn session, Jennifer Winn helped participants look at some of the natural behavioral styles that underlie their actions and form the basis of others’ perceptions of them. Understanding these styles – and how to “flex” them when appropriate – can help you manage your relationships more effectively. Attendees learned to identify common “triggers” in themselves and others, and Jennifer gave them tips for how to improve their ability to influence and persuade those around them.

Jennifer is the founder of principal of Winn Performance Partners, an executive development and communication training firm. She specializes in helping executives and teams maximize their ability to achieve their goals by improving interpersonal dynamics and communication. To find out more about Jennifer's work and her use of Insights to improve communication and collaboration you can contact her at 925-314-9660 or e-mail jennifer@winnperformance.com.  

Join us for our upcoming free lunch & learn session!

Virtual Law for Non-Lawyers: Justice on the New Frontier (on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

Review program and register for our lunch & learn webinars