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TOPICS: Stress reduction &
Employee Affective Commitment
• 30 minutes to do a WUP
• Slides “clicked” in head while reading them
• Personalized examples & interpretation of CCM used
• Used some slide lingo
• Used own format; used one of the other 9

Externalized stress: workplace stressors you can’t control: customers; busy shopping days
(“black Friday” & January
2 nd )

AFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE
COMMITMENT: high school girl working in a small restaurant to absorb the real world vs. the restaurant’s dish washer

DYSFUNCTIONAL PRO
BEHAVIOR
Dysfunction can be positive or negative
- Dramas are the real things we deal with
- Lessons we learn: good
& bad ones

USA rating 11 th
Opinions backed up
cut one long write up into 2
- U.S. focused on material and not relationships
- Write up over a reading

Millennials
-too laid back about jobs
-we have technology, teamwork skills
-disagreed
-face challenge of fitting in to workplace culture.
-turn this into 3 PDJ’s
*write up over a reading

Conflict Management
experiences in working at golf course and church. assumed more rational conflict management in church than golf course. Opposite realities.
-try to compare the organizations in how they deal with conflict what caused each conflict?
Professional attribution?

Authentic Communication
• Drawbacks of being an authentic communicator
• Political considerations
• Doing it too bluntly
• Must know the other person’s communication style

• Authenticity not valued by company
• Your authenticity relates to how authentic people are to you

soon

“Metaskills” benefits??
20 th century orgs are broken: Job specialization; lack of empowerment; cost control as a competitive edge > lifestyle products

METASKILLS online article: Creative freedom, interpersonal ability, emo maturity, resilience: influence & empowerment =
WE > ME

Breaking people vs.
Self-fulfillment via a metaskill career/lifestyle
Why reject security?
Meta-orgs = adventure

Reading on Job Hunting
In vogue resume
“electric" words
Locking in employee pay