MANAGING HOPE IN THE WORKPLACE Robert L. Veninga, Ph.D. University of Minnesota

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MANAGING HOPE IN THE WORKPLACERobert L. Veninga,
Ph.D.University of Minnesota

• 2004 NACCHO Conference
• St. Paul, Minnesota

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Strategy One

• Take Care Of Your Health
• Physical Health
• Mental Health
• Spiritual Health

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Take Your Vacation!

• Italian Workers 42 days per year
• U.S. Workers 13 days per year
• One in five workers are so overworked that they
  forego vacations
• Source The Overworked American, 2000

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• If you dont get leisure right, you wont get
  work right.
• Tim McGuire, Author

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Strategy Two

• STOP THE BUSYNESS!
• Its not enough to be busy so are the ants.
  The question is What are we busy about?
• Henry David Thoreau

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• 50 of all meetings could be cancelled without
  impacting productivity!
• Source World Productivity Congress, Hong Kong,
  2001

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• ..of the remaining 50 of meetings that you
  just have to have the length of the meeting
  could be reduced by 50 without impacting
  productivity..
• Source World Productivity Congress, Hong Kong,
  2001

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Strategy Three

• Support Your Colleagues

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Strategy Four

• Expect Setbacks
• There is no perfect job!

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Strategy Five

• Dream
• Big Dreams!

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• Robert Veninga, Ph.D.
• www.robertveninga.com
• rveninga_at_comcast.net