1001 Way to Reward Employees-Bob Nelson, PhD

2005, 1994
Part 1: Day-to-Day Recognition
Part 2: Informal Intangible Recognition
Part 3: Tangible Recognition & Rewards
Part 4: Group Recognition, Rewards, & Activities
Part 5: Rewards for Specific Achievements
Part 6: Formal Organizational Reward Programs

Outlining: Tannen's "You Just Don't Understand"

1. Different Words, Different Worlds
1. Intimacy and Independence
2. Asymmetries
3. The Mixed Metamessages of Help
4. Framing
5. The Model Face of Chilvary
6. The Protective Frame
7. Different Means to the Same End
8. Who's Deceptive?
9. Mixed Judgments and Misjudgments
10. In Pursuit of Freedom
11. Male-Female Conversation is Cross-Cultural Communication
12. It Begins At the Beginning
13. The Key is Understanding
2. Asymmetries: Women and Men Talking at Cross-purposes
1. "They're My Troubles---Not Yours"
2. "I'll Fix It For You"
3. Parallel Tracks
4. Matching Troubles
5. A Different Symmetry
6. "Don't Ask"
7. "I'll Fix It If It Kills Me"
8. "I'll Help You If It Kills You"
9. "Trust Me"
10. "Be Nice"
11. Overlapping Motivations
12. The View From A Different Mountain
3. "Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me": Rapport-talk and Report-talk
1. Rapport-talk and Report-talk
2. Private Speaking: The Wordy Woman and the Mute Man
3. Best Friends
4. "Talk to Me!"
5. What To Do With Doubts
6. Making Adjustments
7. The Comfort of Home
8. Public Speaking: The Talkative Man and the Silent Woman
9. STOPPED

Cliff Notes > Has films? LOL

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/Section/CliffsNotes-Films.id-612114.html

Fiction books to Consider Reading

• After you've gone : stories. by Adams, Alice

Next Steps for Personal Professional Development

Reading...
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen, Ph D. https://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/tannend/book_you_just_dont.html

Researching...
Book Express (only text books; 954-963-4036)
Toastmasters (not sure if I want to go back)

Checking out...
16 books to pick up at the Miramar Library.

1. The artist's way workbook /Cameron, Julia. (i'm pretty sure I have this book at home to go with the workbook)
2. The cardmaker's workbook : the complete guide to design, color, and construction techniques for beau Mason, Jenn. (I'm curious as to what they are going to discuss)
3. The chemistry of joy workbook : overcoming depression using the best of brain science, nutrition, an Emmons, Henry. (is this going to be a lot of blah-blah?)
4. Cognitive behavioural therapy workbook for dummies /Branch, Rhena. (what the hell; might as well try it)
5. Color workbook /Koenig, Becky. (just curious)
6. Drawing on the right side of the brain workbook /Edwards, Betty, 1926- (let's see if this helps balance me out any)
7. Get it together : organize your records so your family won't have to /Cullen, Melanie, 1951- (good idea just to make sure things are in check; reminds me that i have some personal paperwork to do)
8. How will you measure your life? /Christensen, Clayton M. (this was on Fast Company's Books of 2012)
9. Love hunger weight-loss workbook / (maybe this will answer some questions)
10. No more excuses : the workbook / Jackson, Robert. (have no idea what this is going to be a about)
11. Our United States workbook /Adams, Mary Anne. (my history is terrible. then again, this couldbe on geography. mine is also terrible)
12. Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Cain, Susan. (this was on Fast Company's Books of 2012)
13. The relaxation & stress reduction workbook /Davis, Martha, 1947- (i often feel like i'm jumping out of my skin lately. makes sense tho now sans rx)
14. Workbook for beauty culture theory. Milady Publishing Corporation. (what is this!!?)
15. Writing your journal article in 12 weeks : a guide to academic publishing success / Belcher, Wendy Laura. (this might be right up my alley)
16. The business plan workbook /Barrow, Colin. (am i ever going to get around to owning a real business?)

Attending...
Organizational Resolutions: Determining Needs in 2013 http://astdsfl.memberlodge.org/ViewEvent.ashx?eventId=591071

Writing...

1. my novel
2. workbook to accompany Tannen's "You Just Don't Understand"

Graduated with MBA Dec 2012

It's official. Or maybe not. I haven't received the diploma yet. Admittedly, this was hard. Really hard. But not for the reasons I would have thought. Note that I switched from the classroom courses to the online courses.