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Development Audiotapes TEAMBUILDING: A KEY TO MANAGING CHANGE (CE-1) Teambuilding has become an increasingly important activity in today's health care organizations. The need to merge the miracles of modern health care technology with the stark realities of cost-containment make effective team work a virtual necessity. In this audiotape, Dr. Vicki Lachman, an acknowledged expert on this process, provides an overview of the material included in her popular, day-long Teambuilding seminar. A 16-page workbook helps the listener identify the key points. After discussion of the general principles of effective teambuilding, Dr. Lachman focuses her listeners on how to solve typical problems arising in team development. Drawing on experience gained from almost twenty-five years of consulting experience, she illustrates key points using health care-related situations. In this informative audiotape, Dr. Lachman presents:
STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR THE HIGH ACHIEVER (CE-2) Challenge and success are of utmost importance to high achievers. However, this pursuit often creates high levels of stress for such individuals. This 110-minute audiotape focuses first on defining the characteristics of high achievers and then on practical strategies which include physical, psychological, social, and work methods designed to alleviate stress. The tape ends with a twenty-minute section guiding the listener through three relaxation techniques. The ten-page workbook will assist the listener in assessing his/her responses to stress and the effectiveness of their present stress management strategies. Dr. Vicki Lachman is the author of the widely-read text, Stress Management: A Manual for Nurses, a guest editor for a Holistic Nursing Practice issue devoted to the subject of stress management, and an author of numerous articles related to this subject. As a practicing psychotherapist for thirty years, she has first-hand experience in helping individuals cope with personal and work-related stress.
HOW TO RUN OUTCOME-ORIENTED MEETINGS (CE-3) As we attempt to increase employee participation on project teams and self-directed teams, we run the risks of increasing non-productive time and potentially frustrating attendees due to ineffective facilitation of meetings. We can all remember meetings without agendas, as well as attendees who went off on endless tangents, not even closely related to the subjects being discussed. This 60-minute audiotape focuses on the preparation for a meeting, as well as what an effective facilitator must do to keep the meeting outcome-oriented. Dr. Vicki Lachman is a chairperson on various professional and community committees and has taught meeting facilitation skills for over fifteen years. The 6-page workbook lists the 20 rules for effective meetings, each with a brief description. In this informative audiotape Dr. Lachman presents:
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