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Monday, October 16, 2006
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VOLUME 3
ISSUE 130
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October WorldWIT Website Columns
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A Radical Approach to Being Laid Off
When Just Surviving Just Isn't Good Enough!
by Bill Crawford, PhD
It's clear that being laid off can affect one's emotional and mental health. Often these symptoms can transfer to one's physical health, too. In this week's guest column, Dr. Bill Crawford explains how one's body reacts to a lay off and offers advice on how to alter your psychological state of mind so that you can shift to a positive place professionally, as well as emotionally and physically.
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I Believe You Have My Stapler
Here at WorldWIT, we keep our global community going with plenty of Diet Coke on hand, not to mention paper clips and pita chips. But not all corporations are as generous with coffee or seemingly standard office supplies like staplers or Post-It notes. Interested in a humorous take on the corporate penny pinching issue? Read this article from Slate. Share your own funny cost-cutting office supply story with Thinking Aloud readers by sending your anecdote to Anne Jennings with the subject line: Hands Off My Stapler.
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Ask Liz
How do I handle my employee's overly detailed phone calls?
Dear Liz,
I think I may be overly tolerant when it comes to people making personal calls while "on the clock." For example, a direct report of mine is going through a difficult divorce. She has conversations on the phone pertaining to the details of her divorce and soon-to-be ex-husband's bad behavior. Occasionally he will call her at work and they will argue on the phone. She doesn't get really loud, but we work in a low-wall cube environment and you can hear a pin drop. I want to be sensitive to what she is going through, but I am very uncomfortable overhearing some of her phone conversations. As her manager, I feel I need to discuss the issue with her. Any suggestions on the approach I should take?
Truly,
Dorothy
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The Name is the Same
Pinch Me...or Don't
I work in a relatively small office and my boss' behavior is outrageous sometimes! We have several employees that are from India and when talking to them he will interchange their names. When he realizes that he has done this he laughs and says, "You guys all look the same!" and laughs more.
-C.H., ChicWIT
Have you experienced an outrageous workplace scenario? Send your true, Pinch Me...or Don't story to Anne Jennings.
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WorldWIT News
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Want to be an ED?
We are looking for women who want to work for WorldWIT, the world's largest online network of professional women. With nearly 50,000 brilliant members in 80 chapters worldwide, we have positions for Executive Directors across the country and globe. The ED is a commission-based position whose job is to get sponsors for her local chapter and to organize and host chapter events. The ideal candidate for the Executive Director should be someone who is connected in her field and/or community, comfortable making sales calls and interested in planning events as a facilitator and host. If you'd like to hear more about an ED opportunity in your area, contact Anne Jennings for more information.
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Contact Info
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Questions? Comments? Write to info@worldwit.org. To submit an article, a question for "Ask Liz" or a story for "Pinch Me...or Don't", send an e-mail to Anne Jennings.
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