Dr Judy Esmond

Volunteer Recruitment and the Power of a Great First Impression

Volunteer management is about making a wonderful first impression on your new volunteers as an integral part of your volunteer recruitment plan. THE FIRST FOUR MINUTES In the first four minutes of meeting someone we gain a first impression that can ... Read >

Volunteer Management and Volunteer Recruitment Success Secret

Volunteer management and volunteering program success revolves around one often ignored secret. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to present to and work with so many organizations involved with volunteer recruitment, retention and volunteer reco... Read >

10 Ways to Effective Volunteer Management, Recruiting Volunteers and Volunteer Recognition

Volunteer Management programs can often feel overwhelming to develop and deliver. When working with those involved with volunteers, here are the 10 steps I suggest to ensure your volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and recognition program success... Read >

Volunteer Management and 7 Trends Impacting on Volunteer Recruitment and Volunteer Recognition

Volunteer management means being aware of the societal trends in volunteering, volunteer recruitment and volunteer recognition. If you understand the societal trends that are happening around you, then you will see the future of volunteering. 7 TRENDS ... Read >

Volunteer Management and 7 Steps to Volunteer Recruitment and Volunteer Recognition Success

Volunteer management means setting goals to achieve success in volunteer recruitment, volunteer recognition and retention. But how do you ensure outstanding success in achieving these goals? WHY PEOPLE DO NOT SUCCEED You may not know but over 90% of... Read >

Managing Difficult People and the Twelve Step Strategy

Managing difficult people is tough going. Dealing with difficult people at work or outside of work is extremely stressful. Most often expert advice concentrates on directly communicating with such people. Often overlooked is the important need for prepa... Read >

Coping with Difficult People and Starting Communication Again with Family

Coping with difficult people in the family system can be very distressing. This is even more difficult when family members decide to cut off all communication. So what do you do in dealing with difficult people such as this in your personal life? COPIN... Read >

Dealing with Difficult People in the Family Who Cut You Off

Dealing with difficult people includes working with difficult people but also those in the family system who are distressing. In our recent consultations with clients here's a sample of the type of experience when dealing with difficult people in the fam... Read >

Working with Difficult People and Helping Change Negative Language

Dealing with difficult people who have a very negative mind are frustrating and disheartening. But when you're looking at the Dealing with People Pack of Cards it holds what I call the Negative Norms cards. DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE AND NEGATIVITY... Read >

Dealing with Difficult People and Feedback for Negative People

Dealing with Difficult People who are extremely negative requires some outstanding skills. Working with difficult people who I call Negative Norms, can be very distressing and disheartening. This can contribute dramatically to the de-motivation of every... Read >

Working with Difficult People and Dealing with Overextenders at Work

Dealing with difficult people at work and in private life does require you to know about a range of different personality traits in personalities. In the Dealing with People pack of cards there is a very special person you may know that I call the Overex... Read >

Dealing with Difficult People At Work? You'll Recognize this Difficult Person

Dealing with difficult people at work or outside of work does mean dealing with difficult people with all sorts of personality traits. In the Dealing with People pack of cards there's a range of these interesting people. You will have met many of them. ... Read >

Dealing with Difficult People and Choosing the Negative Card

Dealing with difficult people means coping with difficult people with certain personalities that you'll find in the whole pack of Dealing with People Cards. One of those in the pack is one of my personal favorites that I call the Negative Norms. SO WH... Read >

Dealing with Difficult People and Recoginizing This Negative Person Right Away

Dealing with difficult people in any aspect of your life means coping with difficult people in all situations. The Dealing with People cards, contain a full pack of annoying, frustrating and stressful people for you. PULLING OUT A CARD FROM THE PACK ... Read >

Dealing with Difficult People and How to Listen with Your Eyes

Dealing with difficult people in your work or personal life? Have to communicate with them? Communication is hard work isn't it. COPING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE BEYOND THE WORDS When working with difficult people you must make sure to concentrate on e... Read >