Geraldine
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About
Geraldine Markel, PhD
Geraldine Markel,
PhD, coach, speaker, and author, helps enhance performance and profitability.
She has served on the faculty of the University of Michigan School
of Education and was seminar leader of the Strategic Design Seminar
at the Executive Education Center at the School of Business. Her
most recent papers include "The Uses and Abuses of 360 Degree Feedback"
and "Balancing Professional and Personal Lives." An expert in the
area of learning and attention, her most recent books are Helping
Adolescents with ADHD & Learning Disabilities, Ready-to-Use
Tips, Techniques, and Checklists for School Success and The
ABCs of the SATs: A Parent Guide. |
New
Seminars from Managing Your Mind ™ Coaching and Seminars |
Managing Your Mind: Increasing Focus and Concentration |
Information now reaches us from many sources. This
bombardment of data frequently produces problems such as information
overload, distractibility, short attention span, and frustration.
This seminar presents a systematic approach to these problems
and provides easy-to-use techniques and checklists. These tools
will increase one's focus and concentration and decrease distractibility. |
Managing Your Mind: Improving Memory |
As our brains are bombarded with information and we
are forced to multitask, it seems that our minds shift into overdrive
while our memories drop into low gear. It is no wonder that everybody
seems to be more prone to forget names, numbers and facts, misplace
keys, lose papers, forget chores, or miss appointments. Fortunately
something can be done. Memory is a skill that can be improved
with practice. |
Managing Your Mind: Fast Track Reading |
Everyone is
faced with a seemingly endless flood of reading material. A requirement
for success in today's age of information means that technical
reports, legal documents, correspondence, and e-mail are understood,
recalled, and responded to quickly and with accuracy. Fast Track
Reading provides strategies to process information faster, more
easily, and with greater comprehension and retention. Participants
learn the usefulness of being an active and flexible reader. Strategies
are presented to increase rate, comprehension, retention, and
concentration.
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Managing
Your Mind: Stopping The " I'll Do it Later" Cycle
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The pressure
is on for employees to do more with less—less time, fewer
resources. Most people procrastinate at some time or in some situations.
Excessive procrastination, however, can lead to loss of productivity
and increased stress. This seminar provides a procrastination
profile and easy-to-apply strategies to manage time and responsibilities.
Discussions and hands-on activities help participants overcome
common barriers and design an action to decrease procrastination.
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Managing
Your Mind; Improving Listening Skills for Greater Productivity
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Listening
is an often-overlooked skill and yet forty percent of all communication
is spent listening. Good listening skills have an impact on relationships,
professional development and productivity. Most people have not
fully developed their listening skills and therefore, are not
aware of their importance. This seminar will demonstrate how to
overcome barriers to effective listening as overreacting to emotionally
charged words, hearing what you want to hear and only processing
partial information. This seminar focuses on listening to yourself
listening to others and getting others to listen to you.
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Surviving
the Holidays During Tough Times
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The country is confronting demanding new challenges
while the economy is contracting. How can we prepare ourselves
for the added stresses of the holiday season? This seminar provides
practical tools and techniques for dealing with the multiple challenges
of work, family, and holiday. |
Balancing Work and Family |
Many
in the workforce feel tired, overwhelmed, and guilty as they confront
the challenges of work, children, and aging or sick parents. This
seminar provides the means to assess one's values, deal with competing
demands, and develop strategies to cope with pressures are work
and at home
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How to Talk to Children About Tragedy and Current
Events |
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