Monica Wofford in an international speaker, author and trainer. She specializes in rescuing managers from promotions and positions for which they were not prepared. She teaches them how to lead. Monica is also the CEO of Contagious Conferences and provide Confidence and Leadership training to Women in Central Florida one conference at a time.
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I would like to learn more about what is keeping your managers from becoming successful.
It was a wonderful Contagious Confidence Conference and it was made possible by all of our wonderful attendees, staff, and volunteers! Thank you for your support and for your participation.During the day we spoke of leadership skills, where we are now and what we needed to work on, how confidence is key, how we get in our own way, how to develop your own description of what you do (really!) and how to modify your communication skills for each team member. We also worked on time management cha... Read Full Story
In watching the first episode of Michael J. Fox, The Incurable Optimist, I was overjoyed to hear him talk about the sense of hope in times that most of us have not seen or experienced in our life time. Yet, what stood out the most for me is when he shared that Optimism and sense of hope is contagious!Everything we do, optimistic or otherwise, is contagious. How you feel and what you say about the economy, your own abilities, your environment, and so much more is contagious. We need each other... Read Full Story
What is the difference between good times and these times?There are a couple of things, but the key question is do you lead differently during tough times than you lead during great times? The short answer is "no", but there's more.When I have led teams through muliple mergers, budget crunches and hiring freezes, the stress gets high and the emotions run wild, but the reality is that those you lead are still looking to you for leadership, guidance, motivation and understanding.K... Read Full Story
What is the difference between good times and these times?There are a couple of things, but the key question is do you lead differently during tough times than you lead during great times? The short answer is "no", but there's more.When I have led teams through muliple mergers, budget crunches and hiring freezes, the stress gets high and the emotions run wild, but the reality is that those you lead are still looking to you for leadership, guidance, motivation and understanding.K... Read Full Story
Why should you send some of those you work with, spend a day away from work, even ask your boss for the time, or take time away from what you are doing to grow your own business to attend the May 13th Contagious Conference: Leading in Tough Times?Here are a few of the top reasons: You will learn how to effectively work with change (recently inspired by a participant who wanted more on this topic – thanks Renee!).You will gain unique techniques for dealing with whiners, nags, negative neds and... Read Full Story
Do you remember the movie What Women Want with Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson, in which he could literally "hear" her thoughts? eek! I'm not sure that is what women want but I do know we want a few other things...We want to be understoodWe want to be recognized for our talentsWe want to be noticed for all that we doWe want to lovedWe want to be acceptedWe want to be seen as unique individualsAnd often, we want to be seen as powerful, well respected and approved of peopleYou can be al... Read Full Story
I received an email from one of our Contagious Community members regarding his point of view of women's leadership skills... he has some great ideas and is a proponent of us bringing rah-rah back to the conference. he-he... not that it ever left... it merely is a part of the conference, rather than the whole of it. :)First, women frequently run into communication barriers in the business world because the men in their organizations rarely understand the female perspective. I have had huge... Read Full Story
Why is it that in 2009, we are still having the conversation about skills or roles for men versus skills and roles for women? Well, part of the challenge is that we seek equality, instead of fairness. Another challenge is that we, women, seek to be treated the same, instead of in our own unique ways.Leadership for Women is a skill development path that still needs to exist because until we recognize that we do not play by the same rules, nor need to, as men have for decades, we will continue ... Read Full Story
Leaders: When Times are Tough use your skills and make some TRADES. We are not talking about stock market trading, or trading your values for something else, we are talking about what TRADE stands for. Contagious Leaders TRADE when times are good and especially when times are tough. Take a look:1. Take things professionally, not personally Not everything is a personal affront and when times get tough, we tend to be a bit more sensitive to taking things personally from ot... Read Full Story
Leaders: When Times are Tough use your skills and make some TRADES. We are not talking about stock market trading, or trading your values for something else, we are talking about what TRADE stands for. Contagious Leaders TRADE when times are good and especially when times are tough. Take a look:1. Take things professionally, not personally Not everything is a personal affront and when times get tough, we tend to be a bit more sensitive to taking things personally from ot... Read Full Story
