Joel Weintraub M.Ed, B.S. Physiology Health Education www.joelweintraub.com www.healthhumor.com 610-825-2179 joel@healthhumor.com

Leadership Boot Camp

Topics Manage Stress Getting Along with Difficult People Reduce Employee Turnover Strategic and Creative Thinking to Improve Productivity & Efficiency Office Productivity (Lightening Round) Time Management & De-Cluttering Desk Memory Techniques Take Home Material Five Sleep Techniques

Stress Positive and negative stress Work related stress Type A and B personalities Work related stress would be good to focus on for this subject

Five Brief stress reduction techniques Breathing exercises Progressive muscle relaxation Autogenic Training Visual Imagery Mental Hypnosis I don’t know some of these techniques- are they best for work or personal use?

Science behind stress reduction techniques Passive observation Letting go of control This is excellent!

Rational Thought

Anatomy of Emotion Amygdala

Three Levels of Communication Content Emotion Power How to love your job is communicating effectively?

Getting Along With Others

Negotiation Which way do you face them? Marriage Encounters 10 Point system

Replace but with and

End Complaints Instantly Agree Apologize Act

Thank people for complaining Agree Apologize Act Appreciate

Two Types of Mentality Fixed Growth

Reduce Employee Turnover

Discover Employees Passions Why Resumes are Written Upside Down Take advantage of hidden talents Nurture Employees passions

1st Day on the Job Send employee welcome card Glad you joined the team Include what impressed you about them during the interview

Show Appreciation Use the employee in your next print ad Ask company president to write a personal note to employees who make a remarkable contribution

Constructive Compliments Don’t say, “you’re a genius” Say, “Everyone listened intently to your report. The statistics you gave drove home the point You showed so much compassion by helping Bobby

Give Some Perfect Scores in an Annual Review Lowering scores keeps achievement down Changes their perception of themselves Changes their perception of their employer

Feedback Should Be Specific about what you are recognizing Timely The more you wait the smaller the impact Don’t forget the power of intermittent reinforcement Monopoly Game

Office Politics Meetings and office interaction Inclusion 60/40 rule of communication Mind reading

Creativity and Strategic Thinking

Utilizing Creativity to Promote Team Building and Mediate a Dispute

Parallel Thinking Facts Positive Thinking Creative Thinking Reversal Juxtaposition Negative Thinking Emotional Thinking Overview

What Does Comedy, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving have in Common? Reversal Jokes Credit Card Companies and Creativity Health Insurance Companies and Creativity Ketchup Bottles and Creativity Preventing Crime with Creativity Problem Solving at Work

Lateral Thinking Juxtaposition Joke Stop Highway from Drivers Going the Wrong Way Making Money on Post Office Stamps

What Situations Arise at Work 1. Reducing crime in Philadelphia 2. How grandmothers influenced teenagers dress code 3. Vendors prevented groups from forming 4. Residents wandering off in a nursing home

How to Stop Residents from Wandering Off Fake Bus Stop in Germany

Lateral Thinking & Creativity Creativity while talking or E-mailing Influenced by who you are talking to or E-mailing

Empathy and Mirror Neurons What is empathy? Mirror neurons in a social situation Monkey see monkey do Have empathy for customers and employees

Using Strategic Thinking for Problem Solving

Frame/Risk/Choice

Framing/Risk/Choice

Time Management How to get 25 hours out of a 24 hour day

How to Start Your Day Plan the night before Draft a to do list Assign times to various tasks

Fallacy of Multitasking How do you feel after multitasking? Energized? Exhausted?

Stay Focused Dealing with Tasks that Require Focus? Turn off phone Shut down e-mail

You can’t to two things at once Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London Workers distracted by phone calls and e-mail Fall in IQ twice that of marijuana smokers

Take a Bite Out of Mess Just clean one drawer Just work on one section of the room Associated friends calling with one chore

Trouble Getting Motivated Starting a Project? Just take one simple step

Still Having Trouble Getting Motivated? 25 minute work sprints 5 minute break After 2 hours do something to distract you

Simple Rule If it takes less than 2 minutes Do it now

Organize your Life Follow up File Equipment needed 12 Hanging Files 31 Manilla Folders

Category File Equipment Needed Accordion File

Library Wall or Refrigerator Calendar

Organize your desk File folder Category file Library Rolodex

Avoid New Years Resolutions 365 days to fail No adrenaline kick

Control the Information Explosion File information in binder Take advantage of idle time Read with a highlighter Memorize before highlighting We forget at least 75% of what we read in three months

Read with Purpose Keep an Idea File Be an active reader Keep an Idea File Note on the paper the reason you are keeping it Review this idea file the first of each month

Phone Calling Group the call backs Tricks for getting off the phone Have routine jobs available

Time and space Paretto Principle (80/20 Rule) Parkinson’s Law Work expands to fill the time available Space expands to fill the room available

Organize your Space One in-One out Rule Keep items where you’ll need them Put hangers in backwards

Memory Techniques/Overcoming Absent-mindedness Emotions never forget Have a logical reason or purpose where you put things Say it out loud Concentrate on what you are doing

Memory Techniques Four Principles of Memory Linking Rooms of your House

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Sleep Body temperature Exercise Don’t associate your bed with too many activities Worry 25 hour sleep/wake cycle Go to bed the same time every night

Sleep Naps Don’t stay up late Diet Warm bath Three stages of sleep Tossing and Turning REM Deep Sleep

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Daylight = Adenosine builds up Sleep = Adenosine + Phosphorous = ATP Adenosine gets used up = You wake up Groggy for first ½ hour before you are fully functional Awake Body cells derive energy from burning ATP Adenosine builds up Sleepy around 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Caffeine Blocks the Adenosine Receptor Adenosine can no longer cause sleepiness

Our Internal Clock Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Darkness Temperature drops Melatonin is released Light Increase in temperature Melatonin is suppressed Cortisol is released

Pineal Gland

Pineal Gland Secretes Melatonin Melatonin is released at night

Additional Sleep Tips Flat paint Lavender 45 watt bulb Dimmer switch Replace pillow one-two years

Determine Type of Pillow Stomach Sleepers Soft with little elevation Back Sleepers Medium with moderate elevation Side Sleepers Firmer with higher elevation

Humor Memory enhancement Turn frustration into humorous dramatizations Improved immune system Memory enhancement Turn frustration into humorous dramatizations The power behind a smile Yeah!!!

Review Manage Stress Getting Along with Difficult People Reduce Employee Turnover Strategic and Creative Thinking to Improve Productivity & Efficiency Five Sleep Techniques Office Productivity (Lightening Round) Time Management & De-Cluttering Desk Memory Techniques

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