Business Leadership Expert Sylvia Lafair Wins Third Prestigious
Book Award
June 30, 2011 - White Haven, PA
“Don’t Bring It to
Work” published by Jossey Bass and written by Sylvia Lafair, PhD, President
of Creative Energy Option, Inc.,(CEO), won a third book award from the New York
Book Festival. This annual competition celebrates books deserving greater
recognition from the world publishing capital. The judging is a multifaceted
process going through several tiers of evaluation.
“I’m honored to have been acknowledged knowing the
competition was strong and I’m proud to be recognized with such a distinguished
group of authors,” said Lafair.
Her award winning book “Don’t
Bring It to Work” has been ranked in the top of Amazon’s Best Selling
Workplace books.
Business Leadership Expert Hosts “GUTSY WOMEN” Leadership Program
June 6, 2011 - White Haven, PA
Sylvia Lafair PhD, award winning
author of “Don’t Bring It to Work” and President of Creative Energy
Options (CEO, Inc.) will host the powerful GUTSY WOMEN Week-end Retreat
August 5-7 at her corporate training facility, The Country Place in Pa.
This program shines the spotlight
on what women want and need in today’s ever changing world. With her
years of executive coaching and research Dr. Lafair puts things in
perspective “That old battle of the sexes still lives. What is great is
that now we know it really is all in our heads! Yet, learning how to
communicate based on our brain differences turn that battle to be
understood into a powerful partnership.”
In honor of Women’s Health Month and International Women’s Day, Sylvia Lafair PhD, is doing a double launch of her newest book “GUTSY! How Women Leaders Make Change” and her “GUTSY Women Week-End Retreat”
May 20-22. The new event will be held at her corporate training
facility, The Country Place in Northeastern Pa. Women, at the forefront
of business, are making positive changes happen every day in every way
by redefining leadership, and Dr. Lafair is here to give the short cuts
to amazing success.
How to be Calm, Comfortable, and Relaxed during a Speech or
Presentation
January 26,2011- White Haven, PA
Results First Training, Inc. and Creative Energy
Options, Inc. are teaming up to offer a new workshop to improve your
presentations skills. Whether you’re making your first big keynote address,
presenting a new concept to your boss, or making a sales presentation, this
workshop from business and communication experts will give you the confidence
and skill needed to be calm, comfortable, and relaxed during your speeches and
presentations.
Business Leadership
Expert to Host Women’s Leadership Program.
January 6, 2011 - White Haven, PA Sylvia Lafair, PhD,
award winning author of “Don’t Bring It
to Work” and President of Creative
Energy Options, Inc.(CEO) will host the popular WELL, “Women Executive
Leadership Learning” program. The
two-day event, “REINVENT YOURSELF”,
will focus on determining what it means to be a female leader in today’s world. This workshop puts the spotlight on what
women leaders want and need in today’s complex world.
The session will be held at The Country
Place Retreat and Conference Center located in the Pocono Mountains of
Pennsylvania. Pre-registration is suggested. The session begins at11:00am on Wednesday, March 2nd and will
conclude at 4:00pm on Thursday, March 3rd. Read Entire Article Here
Build and Give Team Building Helps Kids and Teams
October 14, 2010 - White Haven, PA The staff of Attalus Capital, a Philadelphia based
investment management firm, recently participated in “Build and Give”, a unique
team building event facilitated by Mary Jane Saras, Vice President of
Leadership Development for Creative
Energy Options, Inc., a consulting firm focused on optimizing workplace
relationships. Read Entire Article Here
Business Leadership Expert and Keynote Speaker Sylvia Lafair Wins Prestigious Book Award
September 21, 2010 - White Haven, PA “Don’t Bring It to Work” published by Jossey Bass and written by
Sylvia Lafair, PhD, President of Creative Energy Options, Inc.,(CEO),
has recently been named “Best Book” from Nautilus Books in the Business
and Leadership Category. The book was featured at the Book Expo in New
York City. The judging is a multifaceted process going through several
tiers of evaluation. Judges include editors, college professors,
writers and publishers. Read Entire Article Here
Is your boss a bully who needs to feel important and boosts his ego by withholding important information from you? Or maybe you work with someone who is so fearful of argument or criticism that problems go unsolved because she won't discuss them. -Anne Fisher, Writer, Time.com Read Full Text...
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Money and Meaning It's all interwoven with the story of family. Leadership Excellence Magazine By Sylvia Lafair
THINK ABOUT THE WORD money. Do you experience tightness in your gut worrying about cash flow, or notice a smile on your lips, knowing assets are safe, or feel the beginning of a nasty headache around recent losses?
Why did you write this book and what do you hope to accomplish with it?
A:I've been writing this book in my mind ever since I began to see the powerful impact that leaders who are aware of life patterns can have in revolutionizing the way employees react and teams cooperate. I felt that my work in business was making amazing headway. As I offered executives and their teams the secrets of why we interact the way we do, I could see less on-going conflict and lots more innovative solutions. My hope is that organizations take a deeper look at what we need from our places of employ besides a paycheck. We are coming out of a time when greed and deception have been nailed and that more is not necessarily the royal road to happiness. Understanding how relationship systems operate is crucial work today. What better place to create a real learning environment and culture of trust than where we spend so much of our time - at work. Then we can take what is learned to our partners, children, and communities.
What does the title mean "Don't Bring It to Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success"?
A: I often hear "Damn, I wish she wouldn't bring her angry boyfriend stories to work. Or, I wish he would shut up about his annoying father." I started to think about what we bring to work that is not part of the contract we sign. The TV series "The Office" is a great example of what not to bring to work and it is successful because it speaks to us at a very primal level. We do, as my subtitle says, bring our family patterns to work until we learn to transform them. Basically, we can behave in a grown-up manner much of the time and be respectful and responsible. Yet, when stress is activated, especially during this unprecedented economic crisis, there is a natural inclination to revert back to behaviors from childhood embedded as survival mechanisms. We take on the behavior of a three or five or twelve year old and it can become an emotional virus that takes over the whole team, the whole company. I was in a meeting with leaders at a major hospital and I kept getting the image of these well respected people sitting in high chairs banging their spoons and throwing oatmeal at each other.
What convinced you that your approach would work with business organizations?
A: It was one of those "Aha" moments when two non-related ideas connect and suddenly all kinds of possibilities open up. In my early work life I had a psychotherapy center with a focus on couples, families, schools, and healthcare. With relationships you have to think systems, interactions, reciprocity, and connections. Relationships have a whole set of invisible rules and we all take on roles, just like being in a Broadway play. It's utterly fascinating. Once we decipher what is going on, make the invisible visible, relationships are so much easier to manage. One day a man asked if I would be willing to work with his senior management team. They were, as he said, "backbiting and fighting, just like a family." Then the "aha" moment! Families are connected through genetics, the work world through economics! Genetics, economics, both are deep drivers for our behavior. My results from working with this leadership team were striking. They started to cooperate and soon had more contracts than they ever believed possible.
