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Sue Johnson + Co

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 415 309 226

Address: 102-104 Halifax Street 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.suejohnsonco.com.au

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25.01.2022 Just thinking about Christmas and what you have or haven’t achieved in 2015 can generate stress. But stress is a necessary and important part of life. If we didn’t have some stress we wouldn’t get out of bed. It is how we manage stress that is important. When we experience too much stress we go into overwhelm. ... Don’t you just love that feeling of overwhelm? When just thinking about all the tasks you should attend to and not having a clue about how you are going to get anything done. (I hope you have picked up that I am being sarcastic?) In Australia, stress in the workplace is a growing concern for both employers and employees. When an employee is stressed, there are 3 areas that effect the workplace: 1. loss of productivity 2. increased absenteeism 3. cost of re-staffing or re-skilling when stress results in staff turnover. In the 2014 Stress and Wellbeing in Australia Survey the main causes of stress in the workplace identified were: 1. For men - financial stress 2. For women - family issues (and issues related to personal finance) 3. For men and women - depression and anxiety. Almost one in seven Australians reported depression and anxiety symptoms in the severe to extremely severe range. I have found that as I manage my stress levels, my productivity increases but when stress gets on top of me, I become unmotivated and unproductive. Where are you on the stress scale? There is a simple but valid questionnaire that can differentiate between depression, anxiety and stress called the DASS. For the next month I am offering a free consultation in helping you understand your stress factors. If you are interested in learning how you score on the DASS, then contact me on: [email protected] Hoping the week ahead isn’t too stressful for you.

25.01.2022 One of my jobs during a university semester is being part of a team that teaches Communication Skills for the Workplace with Optometry students at Flinders University of SA. I love working with these students because each year you see them starting with little limited communication skills to developing into skilled practitioners. Towards the end of the each semester and before they go to placement, we work with trained actors who role play different optometry settings. Th...Continue reading

22.01.2022 #weflyasone In the past week, most of us have been shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of the Adelaide Crow’s coach Phil Walsh. His death has touched not only AFL players, officials and fans but the general public. Phil’s death reminds me of the death of Princess Diana but on a smaller scale. His passing has triggered a strong emotional response from not only from those who knew him well, but from people like myself who only knew of him as the coach of the ...Continue reading

20.01.2022 Does this sound like you? I think October is a great month. I love spring not too hot, not too cold. But October can be a tricky month because it is the beginning of the lead up to Christmas. Just thinking about 2015 starting to wind up can quickly put me into a panic. I can go into quite an existential crisis. I start thinking about what I have/have not achieved for the year? ... Have I hit my targets for 2015? Goals such as: have I made my first million dollars lost 15 (no 20) kilos run a marathon with plans for a triathlon in Hawaii next year travelled to some exotic destination with my beautiful children and perfect husband have my home featured in Home Beautiful You know, realistic every day goals. Of course not, I am like everyone else, doing the best that I can with the gifts and talents I have been given. Sometimes I reach my goals only to find that there are many more ahead of me. So instead of going into overwhelm I take a short break in October and start reflecting on the year before it ends. I look at what I want to achieve before Christmas. If it is realistic I get on with things. If it’s not realistic I push it out to 2016. The big question I ask in October is this do I want 2016 to be same as 2015? If the answer is no, then I start thinking about what needs to be put into place now to bring about a different outcome. How has 2015 been for you? If it has been a good year then can you ensure things will stay the same? If it has been a disappointing and frustrating year, what do you need to do now that will make 2016 different? In my next newsletter I will focus on some keys areas that can help bring fulfillment to finishing 2015 well and starting 2016 with excitement and hope. Would love to hear what your hopes and dreams are for 2016. Now is a great time to plan for change.

19.01.2022 It has been a while since I have posted on Facebook. I have been working on a contract that took way more time and energy than I expected and consequently I lost momentum posting. I learnt a lot during the contract. Working daily with people reminded me that a workplace is very much like a family. Blending personalities, strengths and weaknesses into a happy workplace is very challenging. In many workplaces the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) leads like an old fashioned fa...ther, telling people what to do. Then the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is like the old fashioned mother who makes sure things gets done. The senior managers represent our aunties and uncles. We may not have contact with them on a day-to-day basis but they influence the CEO and COO so you don’t want to upset them. Then there are the teams. If you are in a team it can feel as if team members are like your siblings. Those in different teams are reminders of your cousins. We are all connected and related in some way. Invariably, there is often someone (or more) that you find difficult to work with. When I was in my early 20’s there was one person I worked with who made my life hell. So much so that it started to have a negative impact on my wellbeing. At the time I felt that my only option was to leave and get as far away from them as possible. Now I am in a much better position and I don’t need to run away from difficult people. Now I have a skill set that I can draw on when dealing with people I find difficult. I am interested to know what you do when you are working with difficult people. Please drop me a line telling me about your situation. In the future I plan to write about some of the essential tools I have found extremely helpful when dealing with difficult people and how I have been able to build a happy and productive workplace.

15.01.2022 Top 5 Tips When Someone Is Sad When I worked for SIDS and Kids (SA) my role was to support grieving families. One of the families I supported were Justine and Brendon Schulz. Their beautiful daughter Sophie (pictured above) died in a workplace accident. Justine and Brendon have bravely shared their journey in a moving documentary called Remembering Sophie released this week....Continue reading

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11.01.2022 How grief is handled in your workplace? - Part 1 As of January 2015, 13,800,000 Australian’s have signed up to Facebook. It is the largest social media platform not only in Australia but the world. You have probably heard of Facebook's Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg. Also rising in notoriety is Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg. She is known for her TED Talk and book Lean In. It has been reported that Sandberg is worth over US$1.6 billion due to her stoc...k holdings in Facebook and other companies. Clearly Sheryl is a high flyer living a life we can only imagine but unfortunately just over a month ago her world came crashing down. Her beloved husband, father to her two young children and CEO of Survey Monkey, David Goldberg died suddenly from an accident. Following this tragic event Sheryl has spoken openly of her grief. She has opened the gates for understanding how grief impacts on the workplace. Having worked as a grief counsellor for SIDS and Kids (SA) for a number of years I have travelled with families as they face the unbearable loss of a child. Many of these families have to return to work soon after their loss. Often work colleagues don’t know what to say or do when a parent returns to work. In my next newsletter I will write about what is helpful and not helpful when grief hits the workplace. In the meantime, if you would like to know what Sheryl has written about her tragedy and what she has learnt, then go to the link below. https://www.facebook.com/sheryl/posts/10155617891025177:0 It is important that grief is not left at the door in the workplace. How we respond to colleagues in their time of loss can make life harder or easier for them. How is grief handled in your workplace? I am very interested to know what is helpful and not helpful to you.

08.01.2022 I was planning to write about implementation in today’s newsletter but this feels irrelevant now that I have heard the news of the deaths of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Whilst the news was not unexpected, it nevertheless releases a wave of sadness. On the day of their death one question comes up for me: how do we manage a situation when another person has made up their mind to follow a course of action that is in direct opposition to the action that we would mak...e? In the case of Andrew and Myuran, the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo has chosen to ignore the rehabilitation of these men. As Julie Bishop elegantly spoke: our concern centres on the fact that the rehabilitation of Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran was not taken into account. They were examples of transformation. The men have received support from many Australian’s to be pardoned from execution because mercy and forgiveness is seen as a high value in our society. These values are obviously not shared by the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo. Now that it is obvious that Australia and Indonesia do not have shared values on rehabilitation of prisoners, the fall out will begin. Already the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson has been recalled back to Australia and I suspect there will be many more changes in the future. How these events will impact on our long term relationship with Indonesia is yet to be seen. In your own life I am sure you have/had people in your life who have completely different values to yourself. Some of these people remain in your life and others you part company with. I always, always, always find it sad when the parting of the ways happens. Not because I want that person in my life anymore, but because at some level it feels like we are failures because we haven’t been able to work out our differences. At the end of the day we are more alike than different but it’s the unresolved differences that hurt and wound each other. So as we remember Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, their lives may have ended today but their legacy begins. It is too early to know the impact of their legacy but I do know that their lives have not been in vain and that they will live on in the hearts of those who loved them.

06.01.2022 Over the Christmas/New Year season I enjoyed a lovely time at Goolwa with family and friends. Whilst I was in slow mode, the change of pace gave me a great opportunity to plunder the riches of the internet. I have subscribed to a number of podcasts Michael Hyatt is my current favourite, explored the features on Evernote and become fascinated with Instagram. There is no end to the number of new Apps to download 7 Sport for the tennis, Canva for graphic design and houzz... for home design photos. So it’s fair to say I have fully embraced social media, so I would like to invite you to join me. My hope is that in the year ahead I have will pass on information and links which will help you build great relationships. I would also be interested to know what sites you like and why.

04.01.2022 Breakfast launch 6 June 2013 of Sue Johnson + Co at Chianti Classico, Hutt Street, Adelaide Lauren Hughes welcomed guests and Rod Hook formally introduced Sue Johnson

04.01.2022 Sue Johnson + Co was founded in June 2013. Managing Director, Sue Johnson believes that productivity, collaboration and innovation only emerges when there is a happy workplace. Through creative and practical teaching, Sue Johnson + Co works with managers, team leaders and aspiring leaders to develop communication skills to help build a happy and productive workplace.