Life Balance...Living with Contentment
Presented by: Molly Davis of Matters That Matter
On Wednesday February 20, 2008 at the Greek Cusina, twenty-two attendees listened to Molly Davis on the subject of Life Balance. And we even took a break about 7:45pm to check out the lunar eclipse.
Molly Davis is a successful corporate trainer. A gifted teacher, she combines practical strategies and real life stories with humor and heart. For the past 12 years, she has engaged clients in participatory learning, leading to actionable results.
Her talk centered on the thought that Contentment is to be at peace with the CONTENTS of your life.
We started by making a list of the essential things that contribute to our sense of contentment and then discussing items as we felt comfortable with others at our table. Then we put a check mark next to the ones that we get enough of. Then we put a circle around the ONE that we knew we need more of.
More on the evening's event....
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Region
J News January 2008
Linda
Thomas
SWE Region J Governor
Greetings!
Here's the Region J News for January, 2008. There is a lot of information
and I encourage you to share it with your section members, through
your communications channels (website, newsletter, or forwarding)
SWE Region J January 2008 Update
Thank you for your support
Linda Thomas
SWE Region J Governor
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Region
J News October 2007
Linda
Thomas
SWE Region J Governor
Greetings!
Here's the Region J News for October, 2007. There is a lot of information
and I encourage you to share it with your section members, through
your communications channels (website, newsletter, or forwarding)
SWE Region J October 2007 Update
Thank you for your support
Linda Thomas
SWE Region J Governor
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"How
to Spot an Effective Manager (and then become one yourself)"
Highlights
October
16, 2007
Slides
from workshop (in PDF)
On Tuesday October 16, 2007, thirty people attended
the SWE Columbia River Professional Development event "How
to Spot an Effective Manager (and then become one yourself)"
by Niki Steckler, PhD.
Dr. Steckler started by defining what effective manager s do: They
figure out what to do in apparent chaos of uncertainty, diversity,
and interdependence; they develop and continually update agendas
for the work unit to provide a framework to guide their action;
and they get work done through others -- build and maintain large
and diverse networks of relationships. And whom effective managers
manage: Self, Subordinates (individuals and the team), Boss, Customers
and Suppliers, Peers and "The Work" (and its context).
She then defined some key characteristics of effective managers:
Self-Aware, Positive, Connected, Creative, and Disciplined. As usual,
Dr. Steckler provided examples and gave the audience some "homework"
assignments to start putting these concepts into practice. The slides
for this presentation are available on the SWE Columbia River website.
Niki Steckler is an Associate Professor in the Management in Science
and Technology Department at the OGI School of Science and Engineering
at Oregon Health & Science University. She holds a Ph.D. in
Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. Steckler's expertise
centers around mental models and influence without authority. Dr.
Steckler has worked with organizations including General Electric
Co., Goldman Sachs & Co., Harvard Business School, Honeywell
Inc., and U. S. West Communications in various executive education
and consulting capacities. Her recent National Science Foundation-funded
research focused on communication and collaboration across organizational
boundaries. The recipient of multiple teaching awards, Dr. Steckler
also volunteers with AWSEM (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering,
and Mathematics), a program to help teenage girls learn about careers
in science.
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