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Trauma Relief

Contribution of Ms L Kleynhans

Strikes and industrial action is the issue of the month, but productivity and absenteeism are tough and complicated issues to deal with in the work place.

We offer Trauma Relief Facilitation Services for your employee assistance, wellness and support programme.

In terms of debriefing and defusing after a traumatic event in you work place, we can assist your company on site.

The Joy of Slow

(Selection from Success Intelligence, Timeless Wisdom for a Manic Society by Robert Holden, PhD. ISBN 0340830182)

‘God Spede’ was once a common Olde English blessing used by friends and travelers. It is out of fashion now, heard only in classic black-and-white films featuring swashbuckling musketeers, heroes of war and kings and queens. If ‘God Spede’ was still used today, it would mean ‘live as fast as you can’, ‘work as quickly as possible’ and ‘don’t stop ‘til you get there’. But in Olde English, ‘God Spede” did not mean ‘fast’; it meant ‘to prosper’, ‘be wise’ and to enjoy ‘the highest success’. The word ‘spede’ is from the Olde English spēdan, which means ‘success.

The day before I began writing this chapter, I was in Central London giving a talk on Success Intelligence to Accenture, a global consultancy firm. On departure I hailed a taxi to take me from Trafalgar Square to Paddington Station. The interior of the taxi was decorated with inspirational sayings like, ‘You must be the change you want to see in the world’ (Ghandi), ‘Each day provides its own gifts’ (Martial), and ‘Be still and know that I am God’ (Psalm 46:10). There was also a ‘God Spede” sticker with a picture of an angel sitting in repose.

I told the taxi driver how much I appreciated the words of wisdom in his taxi. ‘Thank you for noticing,’ he said. We talked about the Manic Society, and the need to slow down from time to time. He said, ‘Most people think this taxi is an ambulance. They act like everything is a life or death emergency. I should fix a siren to my roof.’ My taxi driver told me he dives for ten hours a day in London and never clocks up more than 80 miles. ‘Everyone is in a hurry and the fastest we go is eight miles an hour. It’s bloody madness,’ he said. As we said farewell we wished each other ‘God-Spede’.

The ‘paradox of fast’ is that doing things fast isn’t always the quickest way to success. ‘Fast’ has its advantages when used appropriately, but it is not the only strategy for success. Success intelligence appreciates the importance of fast and slow, movement and stillness, pursuit and pause, action and rest. The wisdom of fast is knowing when and how to change gears, because living fast does not guarantee quicker happiness and working fast does not guarantee more quality. Success requires a strategic balance between fast and slow. Think about it:

· Are the best musicians those who can play their instruments fastest?

· Are the best actors the ones who can say their lines the quickest?

· Are the wisest people you know the fastest thinkers?

· Do the best golfers swing their clubs faster than the rest?

· Do the best athletes force the pace from the front for the entire race?

· Are the best leaders the ones who have had overnight success?

· Are the best companies the ones who grow the quickest?

· Do the best friendships develop fastest?

· Are the most successful people on the planet always in a hurry?

“Success intelligence is knowing when to go fast and when to take things slowly.”

Employee Wellness Programme

The advantages of a sound Employee Wellness Programme are:

§ Employees are happier and thus more productive.

§ Limits absenteeism

§ Improves stress management, thus improves employee relationships

§ Sound management in terms of labour legislation.

§ Improved client service.

“Self motivation in the light of family trauma”

For people working with people

One-Day Seminar

People working with people are challenged with the reality dealing with family trauma such as family violence, sexual violations in homes and family murders. These are situations over which police officials, security providers and emergency personnel virtually have no control and that have a direct impact on their own lives.

Aims to assist participants…

…to find ways to improve communication when dealing with victims and colleagues. It will help them to find practical ways to motivate themselves and to deal with the issues in their own lives.

The objectives of the seminar are to:

· Give a brief overview of the reality and impact of family trauma.

· Look at communication problems when dealing with the victims of family trauma.

· Make participants aware of practical skills to deal with their own financial challenges.

Create awareness for the value of effective self-care and self-motivation.

Papers will be presented on the following themes:

· The reality of the impact of family violence on service providers

· Rape in marriage

· Creative solutions for communication problems

· Financial management when your income is limited

· Pulling yourself up with your own boot laces (Self-care and self-motivation)

Venue

Conference Centre,

Groenkloof Campus of University of Pretoria

George Storrar Drive,

Groenkloof, Pretoria

Date of seminar

Tuesday 31 July 2007, from 08h30 – 16h30

Please note the deadline to submit your registration form and proof of payment for this day is 25 July 2007.

Only pre-registrations will be accepted.

Seating is limited. Participants will be accommodated on a first come first serve basis.

Cost of seminar

Cost is R 120.00 per participant, payable on/before 25 July 2007

Cost is R 100.00 for:

· Subscribers of Servamus

· Affiliates of Inter Trauma Nexus

· Policy holders of Metropolitan Life

· Employees and students of University of Pretoria

Please provide proof of your status in this regard on the registration form.

Your registration fee includes refreshments, a CD with the speaker notes, access to various exhibitions and promotions of various service providers.

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