Season Greetings to You and Yours!
Holiday Greetings
Let me (Dr. Gloria Jo Floyd) take this time to wish you a very special holiday greeting for 2008. This is a wonderful time for you to make the holidays a wonderful time for another. Why not search out a family, a friend, a colleague, and/or a whole group of folks and do something nice for them this year. What could you do, you say? bake a cake, cookies or something else wonderful and share it where it will be really felt. Invite a few people to share your holiday meal or a special meal prepared just for them. Gather a few gifts to take to an identified group of lonely elderly at your local nursing home, foster care or group home, etc. etc., You get the idea. One of my activities will be to do 17 parent gift bags for mothers in one of our area battered women's shelters. It is a small way for me to get into the holiday spirit. Why not, also, learn the traditions of this holiday for another ethnic/cultural/religious or related group so as to expand your horizons and global understanding. Any of this will make you and the other person(s) feel great! So Happy Holidays (see information at the end of this news journal on my gift to you and your organization this year!!)
Goals For The New Millennium
Are you ready for the new millennium? Do you know where you want to grow in the New Year? What do you want to accomplish mentally, spiritually, physically, financially, educationally, socially and in your career or volunteer endeavors. Jot down brief and measurable goals for you for the year two thousand. It is said that if we just write down our goals, commit to them, seal them in an envelope, put them away in a drawer, and go on about our lives, that we will meet 60 - 80% of those goals. To be even more successful, I recommend that you write your goals down, read them daily preferably but no less than weekly, at least weekly evaluate your accomplishment of them, stay focused on them and this writer believes you will be very successful. Remember measurable, not pie in the sky goals and only those within your realm to accomplish. Some example for yearly goals might include:
 | Spiritual: Pray at least twice per day |
| Financial: Save one dollar per day for the next 365 days. Have $25 per week directly deposited from my checking account to my savings for one year. |
| Social: Assure daily that I will resolve each conflict with any individual before I go to bed each night |
| Educational: Read one book per month that updates my knowledge in my field for one year. |
You get the idea! Let me know some of the goals you set and keep me posted through the year as to how you are fairing with each.
Leadership 2000
Well people, what will you do to lead your life more effectively in 2000? All of us
lead and manage something no matter our position in the field. So I give you these
basic thoughts for the new year.
| Role model daily your best regardless of your position. |
| Offer help, assistance and encouragement everywhere you go. |
| Put your best nursing foot forward. |
| Take time to smile. |
| Practice legally, morally, and ethically everyday. |
| Be an advocate for yourself, your patients, peers, clients, neighbors, and for the misused, the neglected and/or the abused everywhere. |
| Study, study, and study some more to be the best. |
| Don't gripe and complain rather look for and share solutions on a daily basis. |
| Everyone prefers a positive leader and all of us are leaders! Yes even you and me. We need to believe it so we can achieve it. |
Staffing
Are you stressed and stretched due to being understaffed or working with poorly qualified, lazy, apathetic, negativistic and/or pessimistic individuals? If so, what are you going to do to protect you, your client base, and/or organization from this touchy situation? I would like to recommend that you do the following along with any other steps you can think of:
| Adequately assess the situation to be sure your have judged it, you and the others involved correctly. |
| Consider asking the relevant parties (supervisors, staff members) their perception of the quality of the staff, staffing and staff implementation of the work. |
| If others voice concerns, you or your leaders may hold a meeting to discuss how to improve as a team. |
| Be a high functioning role model yourself each day. |
| Have one on one, solution based dialogue with your team mates when applicable so that together you can work on improvements |
| Develop a list of quality short cuts (e.g. pre-developed documentation checklists, team share of a difficult task) to make your work easier and to suggest to the team. |
| Ask for help |
| Use your time effectively and efficiently. |
| Don't let the team or a team member get you down. |
| Share some work focusing articles found in relevant journals or on the Internet to share with everyone. |
| And keep up your own good and high quality work. |
Continuing Education
| Be sure that you are staying abreast of all of the current and up-to-date information in your area of expertise. |
| Read a lot |
| Ask relevant questions |
| Attend frequent continuing education programs |
| Read thoroughly at least one journal in your specific area (i.e. consultation, entrepreneurship, clinical, business, hospital, nursing home, home health, education) monthly. |
| Take on-line courses |
| Try teleseminars/telephone classes |
| Look into video conferences |
| Try an audiotape course, |
| Etc., etc. |
Whatever you do, stay informed, qualified and credentialed to stay out of legal controversy. See http://www.ncehs.com and/or other web sites for a variety of these type offerings. For your holiday gift from NCEHS, you may take 25% off of any teleseminar, on-line course or workshop registered for by December 31, 1999. To receive this gift you must type on the registration form: Take 25% off 6 Code: Holiday Gift To December 31, 1999
Brief Articles For You
You might want to read the following brief articles on my site, http://www.DrGloriaJoFloyd.com
| To Avoid Accusations Of Sexual Harassment... |
| Concerned About Legal Liability....? |
| Tips For Time and Self Management |
| Performance Evaluation Is Done Best When... |
| Standards Of Practice |
| Survival Tactics For Life and Work |
| Managing Conflict , People & Difficult Situations |
Want to See Your Words In Print?
If you have a few words you want to share with people receiving this news letter/journal send them to me with your name, address, title, city, state, zip, telephone, fax, office and related data and your permission to info@ncehs.com Don't sit there reading and saying I could write a section better than what I am reading.. Do it - our readers would like to hear what you have to say on any relevant topic you wish. Send your brief 200-300 words by the end of any month typed or handwritten, to 210-698-8701 (Fax), if desired.
How to Be an Effective Speaker/Consultant/Business Owner
If you want to be and/or are already in business, keep in mind
that you have to stay or get focused. Who do you serve, or want to serve.
What, in other words, is your desired customer profile.
| Develop a business plan. |
| Write a marketing plan |
| Be sure you have good direction on hiring, firing and/or promotion. |
| Assure everyone, including you, has a job description |
| Write and perfect relevant and protective policies and procedures |
| Implement discipline consistently. |
| Stay focused on your goals |
| Keep your finances, accounts and taxes in order |
| Give more than is expected |
| Make money every day (smile) |
| And if you want some expert telephone seminars and/or courses on these areas, see www.ncehs.com / teleseminars / workshops to get any help your need. |
I will for example, present a 1 ½ hour program on Thirty Three Steps To Business Success
For The New Millennium by teleclass/teleseminar on January 11, 2000 from 12:00 noon 1:30
pm and, as well as, on January 11th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm, all on Central Standard Time
(repeat). This course is $30.00 and only a few slots are available. To
register with 20% off for either course, send your name, address, city, state, zip, fax,
office and email address, credit card (Visa, MC, AMEX, or Discover) number, and expiration
date, course name, date and time, preferred to info@ncehs.com with the following
notation: 20% off Teleclass seminar Holiday Gift To Me Total Due $24.00. You
may take this class from your home or office phone live. On registration you will be
emailed your course information and confirmation number.
Nominate A Person of Distinction
Nominate an outstanding person you know for the Millennium Edition of People of Distinction today. To do so, go to http://www.ncehs.com/peopdinc.htm
Are You Fed Up With Nudity, Violence, and Profanity In Your Life?
The Peoples Coach is fed up with the rampant nudity, violence, and profanity displayed over radio, T.V. movies, CDs, tapes, and in related everyday places. Are you? I am continually appalled that we all say we are, but the problem gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Why is that? What are you and I doing on a daily basis to stop it? Have you protested anywhere? To our leaders? To the electronic and print media? To movie producers? To advertisers? To your own acquaintances who exhibit violence, nudity and/or profanity in your presence? Are you and I by our silence or minor protests aiding and abetting this trend in our society? What can we do readers? Help me out here! Send me your thoughts to info@ncehs.com I want to begin a new organization to foster a new movement against NVP (Nudity, Violence, Profanity) and other vulgarities in our world. Would you help in your city and state? If so send me your full address, phone numbers and email address so I can be in touch. Let me know your suggestions and how you would like to help. I would like to have state and regional directors in every state. I would like suggestions for the name of this organization, how to structure it, fund it and get if off the ground in the next three months with the most effectiveness. I have ideas. I would like yours as well. Do we need a new organization you ask? My answer is what effective organization has contacted you to help fix this problem?
I would also like for you to share the names and addresses of organizations nationwide that you believe are addressing this issue effectively or ineffectively so that working and partnering together can occur.
Think about it, these problems are helping to ruin our nation would you help me with this in some small or large way?
Your Financial Success In The New Millennium
Let me wish you holiday and year 2000 financial success.
Many of us and our peers do not do money well. How about you? Let me suggest
tips for doing money well in the year 2000.
| Do save something weekly |
| Develop and stick to a budget |
| Get rid of all your credit cards that allow you to owe a monthly balance as the interest is killing your finances. |
| Start paying yourself first by putting aside for your retirement fund at least 10 percent monthly. |
| Work to give a part of your monthly earning to the tune of at least 10% to your spiritual, religious, or charitable designation. |
| Strive to use 10% of your earnings monthly to wheedle down all of your credit card, home and/or other interest continuously. |
| Strive to live on 70% of your earnings. |
| Plan to not have it unless you have cash for it. |
| Put everyone in your family on a budget maintenance protocol". |
| Stick to your plan. |
| Believe you can succeed. |
| Stop the negative self talk like "She's nuts, I can't do that." |
| Don't act like your money funds The People's Bank |
| Be assertive and say Noto loan requests, desires to get off your budget, and maybe I better put this off to the year 2001. |
| Study books on penny pinching. |
| Write out right now two financial goals for yourself. |
| Take away the temptation by transferring money consistently out of your account to your safe, less accessible account. |
| Work on funds to support you for 3-6 months in case of an unexpected illness, etc. |
| Never go to a store without a written spending plan. |
You can do that, I can and you can so let's do it in 2000. Start now!
Spiritual Reflections
As we end this new year, stop now and reflect on all of your blessings. Send a long letter, a card of thanks, a holiday greeting or some special hello to all the people who have made your life worth living in 1999. Develop a plan for your spiritual life for the year 2000 and beyond.
If you have a special thought you would like to share with our readers in a future issue, let us know.
Be aware, too, that http://www.DrGloriaJoFloyd.com contains a Spiritual Reflections section. With it you can document a request for your self, a special group, or others on the Prayer Request segment. Just list the request briefly with a organization, name, and/or city and length of time you want the prayer request to info@ncehs.com, c/o spiritual reflections in the subject line.
We don't want to get into your spiritual business but healthcare research has shown in recent studies that ecumenical prayer, coming from a myriad of persons, from many different countries, and from people professing a vast number of religious philosophies can make a positive difference for those prayed for. Thus, if you believe in prayer, log your prayer requests at info@ncehs.com for the Spiritual Reflections page.
And from a spiritual perspective, keep me, our nation's leaders, your organization and the world in your spiritual or positive thoughts.
Get in touch with your spiritual side and your God so that you can be all that you can be in your world and in your roles in life.
Survey Question For The Month Please Reply
1. What are the 10 topics you feel workshops and
seminars are needed on in the U.S. in the area of your practice?
2. What cities would you like to see Dr. Gloria Jo Floyd and Associates come to speak in
2000? Answer these questions to info@ncehs.com with survey as the subject line.
Workshops/Seminars In Your Organization
If you would like Dr. Gloria Jo Floyd - The Peoples Coach to present a program for your group or organization in the year 2000 call Angela at 210-698-8700 or go to http://www.DrGloriaJoFloyd.com to get more info. You may also write to Dr. Floyd at DrGloriaJoFloyd@ncehs.com. Dr. Floyd has presented over 1000 workshops nationwide to thousands and thousands and would be happy to present in your world.
Educational Materials
If you are interested in maximizing your potential please go to http://www.ncehs.com/audiovis.htm to see descriptions of a multiplicity of educational resources available to you with 25% off to December 31, 1999 as arranged by Dr. Gloria Jo Floyd. To receive these discounts, type on the order form Our gift to you news journal subscriber 25% off to 12/31/99. Sample topics include Taking Back Your Time, Professionalism, Managing Conflict, Stress Management, Managing Common Psychiatric Problem Behaviors, How To Be An Effective Teacher/Presenter, etc.
Upcoming Workshops and Seminars For 2000
January - February 2000 Teleseminars / Telephone Classes
By Dr. Gloria Jo Floyd These programs can be taken from the comfort of your office
or home using a regular telephone. You will be connected to a live speaker, can ask
questions, and related just as if you were in the classroom. You will be able to
hear Dr. Floyd and she will be able to hear you. Once you register by fax
(210-698-8701), email and/or on line at www.ncehs.com you will be faxed, emailed or
regular mailed your registration information including the telephone number to call.
All course times listed are Central Standard Time. You can receive contact hours for
nurses, social workers or a certificate of completion for other disciplines. See
starred notations. Spaces are limited.
Course Topic |
Time |
Date |
Cost Without Contact Hours |
Cost With Contact Hours |
Thirty Three Steps To Business Success For The New Millennium |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CST |
Jan. 11, 2000 |
$30.00 |
$39.00 |
Thirty Three Steps To Business Success For the New Millennium |
6:00
pm - 7:30 p.m. |
Jan. 11, 2000 |
$30.00 |
$39.00 |
15 Leadership Strategies For The New Millennium -- Lunchtime Brown Bag Session |
11:30 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. |
Jan. 12, 2000 |
$25.00 |
$35.00 |
Marketing, Promotion & Patient Procurement Strategies For Health Care Organizations |
2:30 p.m. - 3:30
p.m. |
Jan. 12, 2000 |
$30.00 |
$39.00 |
To register for any of these courses, send an email to info@ncehs.com with the course name(s), date(s), time(s), your name, credit card info including expiration and amount to be charged, your email address, phone, fax, as well as address. You may also register at http://www.ncehs.com/telenurse.htm
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