Change Notes #44 December 1st, 2021
This week’s Change Notes Newsletter focuses on positive conversation tactics, DEI, conflict, communication, and mental health in the workplace. These are all important topics that we cannot afford to shy away from when growing as a business and professional.
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Positive Change with Appreciative Questions
Conversations can sometimes be difficult at work, but this article offers some helpful tips in asking more appropriate and helpful questions to direct these conversations in a positive direction. This article dives deeper into how to word your thoughts and questions appropriately as well as different ways to connect in order to have productive conversation.
Focusing on DEI: A Top Priority for Today’s Leaders
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is something that has grown in popularity recently among workplaces. This function has existed for a long time, but has only recently become a more popular function to invest in. DEI is essential to making sure everyone has healthy morals and ethics in a workplace in order for everyone to work more successfully together.
Focusing on DEI: A Top Priority for Today’s Leaders | Learning Solutions Magazine
How to Manage the Inevitable Conflict
Conflict happens no matter what so being prepared for it makes it go more smoothly in the end. This article focuses on the best ways to handle your inevitable conflict for a project manager. Working through conflict rather than avoiding it is one of the major points this article touches on that will help.
Do You Miss the “Old Way” of Communicating?
Communication is a critical component to running a successful business, but communication nowadays can look very different depending on your role. Over the past year the format in which you primarily communicate may have changed significantly. This article sheds some light on different forms of communication and how you can get back to feeling more “normal”.
ProjectManagement.com - Do You Miss the “Old Way” of Communicating?
A New Era of Workplace Safety: Prioritizing Psychosocial Health
Mental health has become more widely talked about in the past couple years. For a long time, you were taught to keep your feelings inside and especially don’t let them effect your work. However, mental health regarding the workplace has become more common and understood. This article covers topics such as burnout and other real issues in the new era of workplace safety.
A New Era of Workplace Safety: Prioritizing Psychosocial Health (talentculture.com)