Note from Mary...

Today's article is about how CHANGE is the major cause of organizational negativity. What that leads me to is actually about the power of EXPECTATION of CHANGE - and just how HARD it has to be… or NOT!

Numerous studies conducted around the world have shown that imagery also has an enormous effect on physical and athletic performance.

In a recent experiment, psychologist Shlomo Breznitz at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, had several groups of Israeli soldiers march forty kilometers (about twenty-five miles), but gave each group different information.

He had some groups march thirty kilometers, and then told them they had another ten to go. He told others they were going to march sixty kilometers, but in reality only marched them forty.

He allowed some to see distance markers, and provided no clues to others as to how far they had walked.

At the end of the study Breznitz found that the stress hormone levels in the soldiers' blood always reflected their estimates and not the actual distance they had marched.

In other words, their bodies responded not to reality, but to what they were imagining as reality.

When it comes to change of any kind, you can best bring your team, your organization forward much more effectively by tuning in first to your own expectations, then decide differently about how easily and effortlessly you can lead yourself and other's through to the other side of change. Change after all is just reorganizing at a higher level.

Expect to get into the end zone in an easy, relaxed manner and the likelihood that you will experience it just that way, has just improved tremendously!

Reaching out...

Co-Creator of the Acknowledgment Movie
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Mary Robinson Reynolds' Column This Week

Change is Cited as a Major Cause of Organizational Negativity
Excerpt from Make A Difference with the Power of Acknowledgment UTRAIN® Program for Educators.

The newest research shows that negativity in the workplace can significantly hamper employee productivity. Employees create negativity within themselves and often the work environment amplifies such negativity and transmits it to others. It's everywhere!! Negativity breeds negativity and on it goes.

What can you do about someone or something that is so negative all the time? Seek to Understand -rather than resist- where negativity originates: fear. Take a break and watch my 16 minute Video Training on the Persuasive Energy of an Attitude

Abraham Maslow, known as the father of modern motivational theory, based his famous work Motivation and Personality on his studies of people as psychological specimens. His theory asserts that individuals are more capable, rational, and self-reliant than previous theories had suggested.

The central core of his thesis is that man is an ever-evolving creature. As one desire is satisfied, another surfaces, and he goes to the next level. In his "hierarchy of needs" chart, he showed a five-stage progression-from survival, security, and belongingness, to self-esteem and finally self-actualization. In 1990, aesthetic, self-actualization and transcendence were added as upper levels in the hierarchy.

Having worked with businesses throughout the United States, varying in age, sex, race, financial status, and lifestyle, I have found it to be obvious that, although their concerns span a broad spectrum, they follow quite literally the progression outlined in Maslow's chart.

There is little similarity between the person who is concerned about basic survival issues such as where he is going to get his next meal, where he will sleep, how he will clothe himself, and the person who is focusing on a career change, a divorce, or life purpose.

I have found one consistent, all-pervasive theme that appears to be a major issue to all people regardless of their life condition, status in society, or background: the need to connect with someone else, with understanding and regard.

All the techniques and exercises included in Make A Difference with the Power of Acknowledgment Utrain Program have been used by my clients and workshop participants to compassionately deal with basic human need and fears which can result in communication breakdowns and organization-wide loss in profitable momentum do to negativity.

Advancing Your Career, Creating Job Security
PLAN NOW to get this "Make A Positive Difference" Program on your In-service agenda for the very first part of this new year and you WILL see a synergizing effect over the entire workplace.

If you haven't already watched my newest Video Training Series for Educators, I hope you will grab a cup of tea and come join me in discovering just how DO-able this program is for your school. Click Here and watch the Education Video and then click the UTRAIN® Program for Education graphic below the video.

People who learn to acknowledge others will feel good about themselves. When we teach our teams "how" to safely and effectively become more authentic through learning how to genuinely acknowledge others during a week, month and/or year long experiment in human kindness... they WILL do outstanding when it comes to being able to relax and "think" when working together and doing so, synergistically. Why? Because in an emotionally calm state of mind, the LIGHT IS ON and somebody is in there doing their work... with purposeful intent!

Mary Robinson Reynolds, M.S., Educational Psychologist, Author and Producer of the world renowned videos - MakeADifferenceMovie.com and AcknowledgmentMovie.com - both amassing over 10 million views within a few short months of their releases - spent many years as a classroom teacher K-8 and then as a counselor K-12. She parlayed her phenomenal success with youth at-risk into her programs for business leaders, entrepreneurs and managers on how to be energetically effective in leading improvement in their organizations through the power of Team Synergy and MasterMinding. She has written six books, developed UTrain Programs that anyone can take into their place of work to build organization wide Team Synergy, and has presented to over 20,000 people in two year period in every major city in the U.S. To learn more go to: makeadifference.com