JSEC Newsletter 2007 #1

JSEC Q1 2007Newsletter

A Welcome from our Chair, By Sylvia Murphy, JMC Marketing Communications & PR  

As you read our first newsletter for 2007, we successfully held our first four hour seminar. Richard Carlson, Focus Dynamics was our guest speaker and drew a large audience. It was a great presentation on Emotional Intelligence and everyone participated. [more]

2007 Education Calendar

Our 2007 Educational Calendar is now available. Click here for details

The Steering Committee Members Up Close: Susan Sadler, Consultant

My name is Susan Sadler, and I have been a member of the JSEC Steering Committee since 2002. Currently, I serve on the Marketing Committee to promote our workshops and seminars. JSEC is an exciting and productive organization to be a part of.  [more]

Workplace Harassment:  What It Is & How You Prevent It

As one of the most common forms of employment discrimination, employers need to be aware of what constitutes workplace harassment, how it can be prevented, and how to respond when it arises in the workplace. This article will provide information necessary to tackle this complex issue.  [more]

Beware of Busyness

Let’s be honest, this is just between us … are you one of the 10% who work purposefully to complete important tasks or one of the 90% that are frenzied and fed-up? 

According to a 10-year study of managerial behavior across a variety of industries 90 percent of those with responsibility for managing people and/or processes self-sabotage by busily engaging in non-purposeful activities, procrastinating, detaching from their work and needlessly spinning their wheels. [more]

Did you Know?

As a JSEC member, your company’s employees are eligible to participate in training offered through Ulster County Community College’s Workforce Development Consortium.   [more]

"There is no place for feelings and emotions in the workplace..."

How many times have you heard that said, or have said it, on the job, in meetings, during appraisals or during idle chatter when talking about somebody else? [more]

What is the Ulster County Workforce Development Board?

As a member of the JSEC Steering Committee, it is my honor to have been appointed by the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature to the Ulster County Workforce Development Board (UCWDB). [more]