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   In this uncertain world, how do we set priorities?    The Wall Street Journal posed this issue in its September 25th edition:    "Managing Employees who are both traumatized and experiencing a sea  change in their attitudes toward their work poses immediate and long-term challenges for bosses. In the next few weeks, bosses must ask themselves what level of performance they can expect of employees who have been deeply shaken by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. And over the coming months, they must figure out how to foster both teamwork and commitment among those they supervise -- qualities that will be crucial for coping with the deepening economic downturn and fight against terrorism."    "....many are having difficulty giving full attention to their jobs. Managers are apt to encounter employees who can't focus on jobs that now seem to them insignificant or even frivolous. Concern about family, friends, national security and the political uncertainties that lie ahead are taking precedence over old preoccupations."  People are balancing lifestyle and workplace priorities as never before. Managers can help employees, and even themselves, through this change with a better understanding of how management styles differ.   Our online course Teamwork Plus! can provide the basic principles and objective language to discuss the impact of these changing priorities within your team.   We invite you to take three minutes to experience the power of our online course by understanding your own Management Style . And then, if you think a more objective understanding of management styles would be useful, please pass this email on to your colleagues who you think would benefit.   It is important for people in a team to talk to each other when changes are happening "within" people as well as "within" the organization. The vocabulary your team will learn in our course can foster trust and understanding. Teamwork Plus! shows how each management style is integrated into a well functioning team and how people with different management styles deal with change. For example, to get co-workers back on track, more "I" (integration) might be needed from everyone. If your biggest "P" (producer) now wants to put more of his energy into coaching his son's baseball games because he has reached a new balance in the priorities around family and job, it is important to understand the "P" (producer) will probably change the balance in favor of the job in a while. Some more scenarios are in this month's Teamwork Newsletter.   Register  for our monthly one page newsletter and qualify to have your organization win a free $US 495 course. When you register, please enter your qualifying number 2300 for a chance to win this free course. A different number will be selected  each month.   Teamwork Plus! provides the basic principles which lead to personal growth and dramatic improvements in organizational teamwork. For a free demonstration and to register online for the next class starting November 5th, visit ManagementVitality .    If you have any questions about our online course, contact Bill Caswell, ManagementVitality's Content Officer at (613) 238-1900 or Bill.Caswell@ManagementVitality.com .  	
  	
   Online Course:  Teamwork Plus!  What: The six courses in Teamwork Plus! are  1. Managing Change  2. Harnessing Conflict  3. Predicting Decision Outcomes  4. Understanding Corporate Lifecycles  5. Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation  6. Effective Corporate Structure  Student's Time: About 2 hours per course, any time of day or night, about 12 hours for the series.  Timetable: Six weeks, 1 course per week, starting November 5th and ending December 16th. It's easy to take, even when travelling. It has a start date and an end date, and in between those dates you can start when you wish and proceed at your own pace, participating in threaded discussions which are tied to what section you are up to in the course. This means that between the start date and end date you participate in a dialogue in the context of where you are in the course and not in the context of where you are either in time or place, or whether you progress through the content ahead of or behind other students.    Host: Bill Caswell, P. Eng., 25 years as a CEO, ManagementVitality Content Officer and an Adizes Associate will offer comments on every student's answers to Questions and Exercises, throughout the series.  Price: $495 U.S. for the series of 6 courses.