In WORK WITH ME, author Gini Graham Scott presents her proven conflict resolution model-first outlined in her popular book Resolving Conflict and later in Disagreements, Disputes and All-Out War. Here she applies this model to the workplace, guiding readers on how to manage emotions and use logic and intuition to resolve common problems on the job. Written for everyone within an organization-workers, managers, supervisors, human resource directors, and CEOs-this book offers the tools needed for taking charge of workplace conflicts and developing the skills to so. Among some of the techniques...

Have you gone on a long trip where you have gotten bored while traveling or waiting in an airport or train station? Do you need a quick pickup to help your job search? Want to find new ways to pass the time and amuse yourself when you can't use your cell phone, read, or listen to music? THINGS TO DO features a variety of fun and creative things you can do when you are on a long trip, waiting around, just plain bored. You can do these things by using your imagination, being more perceptive, or experimenting with new ways to interact with others. The chapters include these topics: Ways to relax...

The following three tales are adapted from stories told by the peasants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They are drawn from some books I found in shops when I visited the former U.S.S.R. in 1988 as part of a citizen diplomacy group. I was intrigued by these folktales, since my paternal grandmother lived for some time in Odessa in the Ukraine. Also, I found these stories share a common theme --the poor peasant is able to succeed despite obstacles against an unfair ruler. He does so by being wise and generous, and having a strong desire to help and protect his family. Generally, the rich...

Affirmations are very powerful. They help guide you and remind you of what you want to achieve. They give you the confidence to feel you can succeed, so you are more committed to do what you really want to do. They help you stay focused on your goal or goals, which are critical to staying on the path to getting what you want. AFFIRMING YOUR SUCCESS features 53 affirmations, like a card deck with a joker, to help you affirm what you want. Like all affirmations, these are positive statements of what you want for yourself now and what you are doing to get it. These are divided into 10...