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And the antidote to envy is.......

To envy is human. But envy robs us of so many possibilities including:

• Achievement.
• Peace.
• Humility.
• Connection.
• Happiness.
• Our best thinking, our best work, our best life.

So how do we get past our feelings of envy? To explore this, we need to think about what's going on when we experience envy. Envy occurs when we compare ourselves to others and when we feel unsatisfied, outdone, or a lack of confidence. Comparison and regret.

What's the antidote, then? You can't make a chocolate cake without chocolate. Remove either the comparison or the regret and you will prevent envy. And here is a fool proof way to quickly transition out of feelings of envy.

Become a fan. Instead of comparing yourself to someone else, show admiration. Give congratulations. Take the initiative to show support. Don't do this for show, become a fan for real. Shift your thinking from regret to being a fan and you will zap envy in its tracks. It can happen very quickly but only if you are sincere.

Envy is a killer. Envy will get in the way of your goals and dreams. Make it go away. Poof!

DRIVING SUCCESS: HOW YOU INNOVATE DETERMINES WHAT YOU INNOVAT

Innovation Is the Power to Redefine the Industry
For any organization, innovation represents not only the opportunity to grow and survive but also the opportunity to significantly influence the direction of the industry.
Apple Computers took the industry by surprise when it launched iTunes and iPod, not so much because these were innovations that nobody had ever thought of before
in the PC arena. Instead, it was the strategy of combining technology change and business model change into a one­two innovation punch. And the iTunes/iPod
combination is only starting to generate new concepts; one of the latest is an iPod special edition with U2 (the famous rock band), which opens up rich partnership
opportunities with content providers. Apple has put its mark again on the direction of the PC industry—a mark that will be tough to erase.

Making Innovation Work : How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit From It

Authors:

Davila, Tony
Epstein, Marc J.
Shelton, Robert D.

Publication Information:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub. 2006

Description:

eBook.

Subjects:

Organizational change--Management
Technological innovations--Management
Industrial management

Categories:

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Structural Adjustment

Related ISBNs:

9780131497863. 9780132044882.

Career Coaching

Life-Coach Consulting
Location: Redlands CA
Specialty: People in career or life transition.  Mentoring other coaches. Small business ownersand entrepreneurs.  Busy professionals who want a life! Scientifically validated DISC and Values assessments.
Almeda Discount: I am happy to offer a free 30-45 minute telephone consultation without obligation, and a 10% discount of negotiated fees to your alumni.

LifeTrek, Inc.
Location: Bexley, OH 
Specialty: We work with people in career transition, both up the ladder and out of corporate life. For those seeking new direction, we use an approach developed at the Harvard School of Business. For those seeking promotion and advancement, we use individual telephone coaching over a 3 to 6 month time period. Many clients get great results in that period of time. They often benefit from our relationship with an executive search firm.
Almeda Discount: Almeda graduates get a first-month discount of $50.

Par Excellence Coaching
Specialties: Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses, Career Options, International Business/Cultures, Staff/Management, Executive Coaching
Communications, Corporate Culture Change
Location: Brookline MA
Almeda Discount: Negotiable

Wondrance Coaching and Consulting
Location: New York NY
specialty: People who are just starting a career. People in career transition. People who want to start their own business. People who are high achievers and want even greater success. People who want to have a better balance between work and home life.
Almeda Discount: free initial consultation and 10% discount.

Thrive with ADD
Location: New York, NY
specialty: Coaching Adults with ADD - AD/HD.
Almeda Discount: My usual fees are $125 for 45-minute sessions and $150 for 60 minutes. I will offer graduates a 20-minute-hour free coaching session about ADD as it relates to their job search or career choices. 

Hunter Coaching and Consulting
Location: East Troy,  WI 
specialty: Career transitions, life balance, Career Planning, Coaching Employees, Decision Making, Getting Organized, Goal Setting, Leadership/Vision, Market Planning, Motivation of Employees, Personal Leadership, Public Speaking, Self-Confidence, Strategic Planning, Time Management, Training and Development
Almeda Discount: $300 a month discounted to $250 a month for graduates and alumni of Almeda University

Clear Intentions
Location: Pittsburgh,  PA  15232
Specialty: people in career transitions, including finding a new career or maximizing current career options, peak performance and effectiveness coaching, time management, life balance, leadership, manifestations of goals i.e. goal identification and completion, project management, strategic planning
Almeda Discount: I am happy to offer discounts to your students. This may include a fee reduction, a free month of coaching or other agreements. Each case is individual.

TouchStone Life Coaching Services
Location: Seattle,  WA 
Specialty: Job and career transition; career development; life balance; youth coaching.
Almeda Discount: I will offer alumni of Almeda University a free introductory session *and* one hour intake (orientation) session.

Signature, Inc.
Location: Ann Arbor,  MI
Specialty: Career, executive and business coach.
Almeda Discount: Almeda University graduate discount = 10%

Coach Chang
Location: Belmont,  CA  94002
Specialty: Executive and Manager Coach - Small Business Owner and Entrepeneur Coach - Career Coach especially for Professionals - Non-Profit Organizational Coach - Career Transition coach
Almeda Discount: Discount for quarterly fee payment - $750 per quarter. Initial consultation/coaching session free

Leaps & Bounds: Pathways to Success
Location: Richboro,  PA
Specialty: I love working with people to build self-confidence. I move clients into action to create the life they deserve with greater ease and clarity. People in transition, changing careers and wanting to improve relationship and communication skills are my specialties. I am a Certified Comprehensive Coach with a Masters Degree in the communication field.  Work on tomorrow today! It is time to live the life you love.
Almeda Discount: Almeda graduates can take advantage of TWO free initial, no obligation sessions and $200/month fee for the first three months (then $300/month).

Wilmax Coaching & Consulting
Location:  Timonium,  MD
Specialty: people in career transition
management and leadership development for corporate executives
career development for nonprofit executives
Almeda Discount: 10% discount to Alumni of Almeda University

Personal Growth Systems
Location: Wayne, PA 
Specialty: People who want to pinpoint and profit from their passion;
People creating more compelling lives. People exploring career options (college students just starting out). People navigating turbulent corporate politics. People who want to build rewarding relationships.
People who want to develop confidence, self-esteem, courage, and focus.
Almeda Discount:  $250 - $500 for three sessions per month.
Ten percent discount or extra session per month.

Lisa D. Morrison, Career, Personal and Small Business Coaching
Location: Oakland,  CA  94618
Specialty: Adults in career transition (primarily people in their 30's, 40's and 50's), individuals seeking to "reinvent" themselves professionally and pursue/explore a totally different career path, people in mid-life career and life transitions, people who have had negative work/workplace experiences and are looking for new ways to work and live, those transitioning into new positions/jobs, people considering self-employment or small business ownership, people seeking balance between their work and home lives, those seeking assistance in redesigning their current work situation, individuals transitioning from a large corporate environment to a small business and vice versa, people looking for support around job, career or workplace issues and are looking for an approach other than that offered by a traditional career counselor.
Almeda Discount: I am willing to offer career and personal coaching to Almeda graduates and at rate of $200 for 4 sessions, $150 for 3 sessions, assuming 30 minute sessions. Longer sessions are available at a prorated amount. I currently offer all prospective clients a free 30 minute telephone consultation.

Edward A. Dreyfus, Ph.D.
Specialty: people in career transition; people who wish to maximize their potential; people wanting to gain more balance in their lives; people wanting to choose a satisfying career; those with an entrepreneurial spirit
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Almeda Discount: 15% discount.

The Leadership Group International
Specialty: Career transitions; leadership development; career guidance and counseling; team coaching; entrepreneurship; personal guidance and counseling
Location: Lancaster, OH
Almeda Discount: Almeda graduates would receive first session free, then a 10% discount on long term agreements of two months or more.

Success Coaching for Women
Location: Folsom Ca
Specialty: Business Coaching, Finding Balance Between Work and Home, Success Coaching, Succession Planning, Career Change and Transition, Finding Employment
Almeda Discount: I can off two free 30 minute session and 20% off.

Collins Coaching, LLC
Location: MadisonWI
Specialty: I provide all types of career coaching. I have had 27 years of experience in advising and coaching--through my own coaching business, as well as in both the public and private sectors and in both large and small organizations. I have coached/advised a wide variety of people, including students, business owners, financial professionals, technology professionals, engineers, lawyers. scientists, trainers, athletes, nurses, nurses, doctors, teachers, professors, secretaries, paraprofessionals, construction workers, politicians, executives in the corporate arena and in government, administrative assistants, artists, managers and entrepreneurs.
Almeda Discount: I will offer a 10% discount to the graduates of Almeda University.

CareerTeam Partners
Location: New York,  NY  10023
Specialty: Individuals in mid-career looking either to explore other functions, industries or both; Managers looking for assistance through executive coaching in being more effective in their current job situations; executives looking for guidance and strategy in starting their own businesses, people re-entering the workplace after absences
Almeda Discount: We can offer a 10 percent discount on sessions.

Academic Coach
Location: Columbia, MD
Specialty: career transition — displaced homemakers — generation x — creative types — small business start-up
Almeda Discount: Free consultation 

CRT Consulting Services
Location: Cambridge, MA 
Specialty: - career transition - workplace problem intervention - re-entering the workforce - dealing with difficult bosses - exploring your career options
- navigating the politics of the workplace - responding productively to criticism and feedback - managing the review process - women at work and in transition - non-traditional workers and the workplace - learning business communication skills
Almeda Discount: Free introductory session and $75/hr. Free Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test with first paid session.

RPM Success Group
Location: Kaaawa,  HI 
Specialty:Administering Assessments to discover a person's passion in relation to a career. Coaching people toward finding their perfect career / business to pursue.Matching people and their behavioral strengths, interests and values to a career that would be most fulfilling and rewarding. Coaching Women Business Owners.People in Career Transition.
Almeda Discount: First session completely FREE & 50% discount on career assessments. 

eWard Associates LLC
Location: Brooklyn NY
specialty: -People in career transition, entry level workers and supervisors, mentoring entry and mid level executives for upper leadership and management positions. Preparing 17-21 year olds for the job market. In additional business communications and addiction prevention education and counseling.
Almeda Discount: Free consultation and I can give aa 10% discount of $150 to individual students. I will even provide a free teleclass. 

Personal Coaching Services
Location: Bloomington  IL
Specialty:My mission would be to help the client to create a life that he/she truly desires based upon a deep sense of purpose. I counsel with people who are going through career and life transitions. For career planning, I use John Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) to help client's determine which occupation he/she is best suited for. In brief, I assess the client's skills and abilities, motivations, interests, values, experience, and accomplishments, in order to connect him with the right occupation. In addition, I counsel clients who are experiencing emotional blocks to making a career choice, such as, depression, anxiety, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change, and perfectionism.
Almeda Discount: Free consultation to determine what the alumni's needs are.

Home : Career Center

Veteran Crisis Line for Mental Health related illnesses and concerns for family and friends

http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ForFamilyAndFriends.aspx


DCoE Outreach Center*: The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) runs a resource center that provides information and resources about psychological health (PH), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The center can be contacted 24/7 by phone at 866-966-1020, by e-mail at resources@dcoeoutreach.org, or you can also go to DCoE Outreach Center

VA is here for the people who support our Veterans.

Whether you’re a Veteran’s spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, friend, or caregiver, the Veterans Crisis Line is here for you. If you are concerned about the safety and well-being of a Veteran, stand by them. Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive free, confidential support from an experienced, caring U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responder.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from Veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women Veterans.
The hotline is staffed by knowledgeable VA employees who can provide information about benefits including health care services for women. Callers can be linked to information on claims, education or health care appointments as well as information about VA cemeteries and memorial benefits. Staff can answer urgent questions and provide referrals to homeless and mental health services as well as provide Vet Center information.

Women Using VA Health Care Doubled Since 2000

Women make up nearly 15 percent of today’s active duty military and 18 percent of National Guard and Reserve forces. The population of women Veterans using VA benefits including health care is growing rapidly. Since 2000, the number of women using VA health care more than doubled, from 160,000 in 2000 to more than 354,000 in 2012. Based on the upward trend of women serving in all branches of service, the number of women Veterans — female VA users — will keep climbing.

 We need to correct…misperceptions so we can provide more women Veterans with…benefits… 

VA is committed to making improvements for the growing population of women Veterans, including the way it communicates with them. In 2010, VA established an outbound call center to contact women Veterans and encourage them to enroll in VA health care.
“In VA health care alone, women constitute only 6 percent of VA patients, but those Veterans have a high perception of the quality care they are receiving,” said Irene Trowell-Harris, director of VA’s Center for Women Veterans.
“Many women who served don’t self-identify as Veterans and therefore don’t think they qualify for VA benefits. We need to correct existing misinformation and misperceptions so we can provide more women Veterans with the benefits they’ve earned.”

Women Veterans Eligible for Many Benefits

Women Veterans are entitled to apply for the same benefits as their male counterparts, which include health care and pharmacy benefits as well as education benefits, disability compensation, home loans, employment assistance and more.
“Some women Veterans may not know about high-quality VA care and services available to them,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “The hotline will allow us to field their questions and provide critical information about the latest enhancements in VA services.”
The hotline (1-855-VA-WOMEN) joins numerous other VA hotlines that provide critical information and assistance to Veterans, such as those for Veterans in crisis and in danger of becoming homeless. Veterans can also receive information and apply for benefits online at VA’s www.eBenefits.va.gov and manage their health care at MyHealtheVet.va.gov.
- See more at: http://www.va.gov/health/NewsFeatures/2013/May/VA-Launches-Hotline-for-Women-Veterans.asp#sthash.ujfZjnyU.dpuf



Homeless Veterans or anyone concerned about one can also call or use online chat to reach the Veterans Crisis Line and get free, 24/7 support for any personal crisis. Responders are trained to work with homeless Veterans and connect them to resources in their area.
The National Call Center for Homeless Veterans provides assistance to homeless Veterans and their families; VA Medical Centers; Federal, state, and local partners; community agencies; Veterans services providers; and others in the community. If you or someone you know is a homeless Veteran in need of help, call 1-877-4AID VET (1-877-424-3838) to receive free, confidential support from a trained, VA staff member 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also get confidential support from the Homeless Veterans Chat.
 

Solving Problems

15.667 Negotiation and Conflict Management

http://www.schoox.com/781/negotiation-and-conflict-management

Negotiation and Conflict Management presents negotiation theory – strategies and styles – within an employment context. 15.667 meets only eleven times, with a different topic each week, which is why students should commit to attending all classes. In addition to the theory and exercises presented in class, students practice negotiating with role-playing simulations that cover a range of topics. Students also learn how to negotiate in difficult situations, which include abrasiveness, racism, sexism, whistle-blowing, and emergencies. The course covers conflict management as a first party and as a third party: third-party skills include helping others deal directly with their conflicts, mediation, investigation, arbitration, and helping the system change as a result of a dispute. Learning and grading in 15.667 is based on: readings, simulations and class discussions, four self-assessments, your analysis of the negotiations of others, writing each week in your journal, and writing three Little Papers.

15.665B Power and Negotiation

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-665b-power-and-negotiation-fall-2002/

• MIT OpenCourseWare
                         

This course is designed to provide you with a competitive advantage in negotiation. You will learn and practice the technical skills and analytic frameworks that are necessary to negotiate successfully with peers from other top business schools, and you will learn methods for developing the powerful social capital you will need to rise in the executive ranks of any organization. In this course, you will learn to successfully face the challenge of negotiating materially rewarding deals while also building your social capital. You will work with training materials on leadership and relationship building that have been used with over 200 principals and partners in international professional service firms (40% were non-US nationals), and a social capital assessment tool used by these executives to receive feedback from senior partners and over 2000 clients. In addition, you will have the opportunity to participate in a lunchtime workshop on "Leadership and Emotional Intelligence" led by an executive coach, Charles Wolfe of Charles J Wolfe Associates. Overall, this course is designed to enhance your ability to negotiate within the context of an ongoing relationship. As a manager, consultant, or professional service provider you will negotiate with your counterparts, team members, clients, and subordinates on an ongoing basis. Further, in today's less hierarchical organizations, you will be forced to negotiate with others to get your work done. Every time a project falls behind, critical new information is uncovered, or the competitive landscape of your industry changes, you will need to renegotiate tasks, plans, goals, or fees with your key stakeholders. In sum, we will focus both on the analytic tools necessary to become a highly successful negotiator and on the relationship building skills necessary to negotiate deals that will enhance your social capital, your ability to lead others, and your book of loyal clients

http://www.negotiationschool.com/

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There are at least 10 “Negotiation Profit Centers™” in today’s businesses. In these units earnings and savings can evaporate because people are negotiating without awareness of the best techniques.

The salesperson that learns how to sell value instead of price will avoid discounting, preserving your profit margins.

A 5% improvement in the purchasing executive’s negotiation skills can translate into a 5% or greater reduction in your corporate-spend. If your outflow is $10M, this means a potential half-million dollar payback, in the first year.

It can cost six-times or more to earn a new customer than to keep one on the books. Customer service people that properly negotiate policies, procedures, fees, and charges will reduce costs, avoid refunds, and save clients and customers while preserving goodwill.

http://www.negotiationschool.com/
Give Yourself a Raise!  

After our training, participants also report major improvements in resolving and avoiding interpersonal conflicts. They negotiate better for big-ticket items such as housing, cars, and education. Our program’s graduates thank their companies for sponsoring training that imparts skills and self-confidence, abilities that make paychecks stretch farther and careers more rewarding. 

 

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