No Workplace Bullies
(now Civility Partners, LLC)
50% of Americans are bullied at work. 27% of them quit.
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Upcoming Workshops
Power of Positive Workplace
Lead with Honor
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Upcoming Workshops at
National University Division of  Extended Learning
Training
Understanding Workplace Bullying

Create a healthy workplace, deliver a culture of civility to your organization, sustain the positive change, and save your bottom line.

 Who should attend?

Business owners, coaches, managers, supervisors, and professionals in the areas of human resources, organizational development, training and development, employee assistance, and performance management. 

Upcoming dates:

April 21, 2010

August 18, 2010

And more thru-out 2010 

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A publication by Civility Partners, LLC
Successful learning organizations understand the power of positive workplaces.

Intro from Jim Kirkpatrick

"Catherine introduced me to the concept of "a culture of bullying", which can and will be a powerful derailer of an otherwise strong training event or learning initiative.  Consider, for instance, a program where mass training has occurred to teach employees how to handle difficult conversations, or respect differences in others, or utilize innovation and creativity in the workplace.  Then imagine these training graduates walking into a culture of bullying.  It will knock the potential impact of such programs almost to zero..."

Creating a supportive working environment

"...supportive working environments are consistently identified as an important attribute of an effective learning and performance organization... in order to learn, employees must feel safe to disagree, to ask questions and to make mistakes. They must recognize the value of competing ideas and allow those ideas to spark new ones within themselves..."
 
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Leading with Honor
 
Written especially for us by:
John Ikeda, Leadership Consultant
 

As I was driving into work today, I was listening to Felicity Loudon, the great-granddaughter of George Cadbury making a plea to Cadbury shareholders to reject Kraft Foods $18.9 billion takeover bid. Why? She is afraid that Cadbury's culture will be decimated by a cold hearted corporation based in the United States.

George Cadbury began selling teas, chocolate drinks and coffee in 1824 along Bull Street in Birmingham England. As the company grew, it became an iconic brand that is now part of England's culture and history. Felicity also said that her great-grandfather had gone to great lengths to ensure that his employees were well taken care of and treated respectfully. She does not want the culture behind Cadbury to disappear as it is absorbed by Kraft.

In the big scheme of things, Kraft's acquisition of Cadbury is not something that has raised many eyebrows. It will make Kraft the largest confectioner in the world, but not many are complaining or crying foul. Felicity raises an important question though, is business just about making money?

If you have been negatively impacted by the recent recession, you should think twice before answering. If we're not careful, Capitalism in its purest form could end up decimating the middle class and return us to the dark ages where there were basically two classes, the rich and the poor.

To counter this possibility, a growing trend in business is a move to make Capitalism more socially responsible. If businesses and people had been more socially responsible over the past 10 years, our current economic crisis could have been avoided.

To Lead With Honor in the world of business means to do your best to make a profit for your company, but to temper this goal with social responsibility. The goals would become something like this:

1. Growth of the company and a fair return on investment to shareholders.
 
2. Environmental responsibility
 
3. Labor practices that are fair and equitable to everyone involved
 
4. Provision for the care of the poor and needy
 
5. Healthcare and retirement benefits to employees; balanced against the long term cost of these programs that would be fiscally sound
 
6. A work environment where people are valued
 

7. Equal opportunity to all

While I know these are all standard practices, I have to wonder why there are so many corporations in the news that don't follow them? What about you and your company? Are you leading with honor?

John Ikeda, is an independent leadership consultant. John is a PMI certified Project Management Professional with over 25 years experience in management and the development of leaders. A retired Commander in the US Naval Reserves, he is also an accomplished journalist with articles that have been published in both leadership and project management. His website is www.leadwithhonor.com.

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And, please tell us what you think! We also take questions and are happy to answer them. Email catherine@civilitypartners.com.
 
Thanks for reading,
Civility Partners, LLC
 
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