Services for Individuals and Organizations

• Coaching /Mentoring
• Corporate Programs
•  Public Speaking
• Support Groups
•  Professional Training
•  Mediation /Arbitration
• Articles for Publication
  
  

Coaching/Mentoring

Consult with Dr. Dorri Jacobs about planning your life, improving a work situation, coping with change, dealing with despair, handling conflict.  Personal counseling focuses on your emotions, values, spirituality, unique experience, passions, preferred rhythm, fears and choices.  Private sessions can be arranged at your convenience.  NYC residents may make an appointment to visit with her in person.  If you don't live in NYC, communication is by phone and/or E-mail.

To set up an appointment, please contact Dorri by e-mail .
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Corporate Programs

A seminar or talk will be designed for your managers or employees, on "The Challenge of Change," "Surviving Downsizing," or another topic of your choice.  Here's one to help your staff handle the stresses of working today:

How to Find Meaning and Feel Valued in Today's Work World

We're in the midst of great social upheaval. Substantial changes are taking place in the work world as we know it, the ways we are accustomed to earning money, our economy and our value system. While some individuals have been without a job for so long that they've given up, others, with jobs, feel overworked or under-employed. Fear, frustration, anger, guilt, shame, insecurity, a sense of powerlessness, despair and anxiety about the future are common.

A happy person is more productive. If you want to improve your outlook and gain greater job satisfaction, here's an opportunity to clarify your feelings, share dreams and strategies, consider alternatives and get a new perspective. This timely program will certainly stimulate discussion.  

Among the questions we may cover:

1. How have you been personally affected by the wave of downsizing?  
2. In what ways has your own work situation changed?
3. If it is more stressful, how might you reduce daily stress?  
4. Why must companies continue to cut positions?
5. Whose responsibility are the increasing numbers of people who feel disenfranchised?
6. Think about your organization's expectations of you.
7. How do they match or differ from your own expectations?
8. What can you do to find meaning and value at work--every day?

You may have specific ideas for programs.

For a list of seminars on other topics, click here -- or e-mail your request .  
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Mediation/Arbitration

Conflict in the workplace does not have to be a serious problem.  It's wisest to manage and resolve problems before they escalate. There's an alternative to litigation, to removing or transferring personnel, to poor morale and lowered productivity.  With mediation, you can resolve disputes--quickly, smoothly, inexpensively, to the satisfaction of all parties involved.

Parties usually meet face-to-face with the mediator--a highly trained neutral who helps them to be heard and understood, clarify issues, ask questions, find common ground and move past an impasse.  How much time is involved?  It is usual for resolution to be accomplished within a few hours--or a day.  The time required depends on the nature of the conflict, how long it has been in existence (so parties' attitudes become more fixed), the number of people and issues involved.  

Should an in-person meeting not be feasible, mediation can be arranged through a telephone conference. 

Disputes between several parties, and conflicts with complex issues may be mediated by two or more mediators, selected for their diversity and expertise.  

For further information, e-mail your request .  
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Public Speaking

A short talk will be arranged for your business, community, labor or educational organization, on a subject of your choice.  Suggested topics: "A Dialogue About Downsizing," The Challenge of Change," "How to Deal with Despair," "Working Today: Finding Meaning and Feeling Valued."  

Presentations can be designed to involve  audience participation.

Please e-mail your request .  
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Support-Discussion Groups

For several years, Dorri Jacobs has launched groups that discuss work issues from a personal perspective. They focus on feelings, values, spirituality and social awareness.

Designed For:  

• Anyone downsized who has been having difficulty coping, individuals now employed but dissatisfied, stressed out or overstretched, those seeking a job or career change
  

Our Purpose:

       -- Ease frustration and despair about work

       -- Connect with others who understand

       -- Share experiences

       -- Clarify priorities

       -- Affirm values

       -- Gain emotional and spiritual support

What Happens in the Group:

An expertly facilitated group discussion helps participants to feel nurtured and safe.

People who are working, in a job crisis and unemployed come together to share feelings, experiences, concerns, plans. We focus on caring, creativity, courage, passion, healing, spirituality, social awareness, values, strategies for change.  

Among the questions we explore:

"How do I cope with daily stress?"

"In what ways might I manage my time better--without the structure of a job?"

"Why do firms continue to cut positions?"

"Must we give up all aspirations and accept limited access
    to suitable employment?"

"What can I do this week to increase others' awareness about these issues?"

Dr. Jacobs is a skilled facilitator, coach and expert in change. She will work with you to start a pilot group counseling project for your clients or community.  In New York City, where she resides, when there are sufficient people interested, a new support group can be arranged.

For further information, please contact her by e-mail.
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Professional Training

Customized courses--conducted in a group format or private coaching sessions--can be arranged for career specialists, outplacement counselors, therapists, social workers or other professionals who assist clients experiencing despair about work. Each program is carefully designed according to the goals, background, learning styles, needs and knowledge of participants.  

Among possible topics: A new approach to the change process; overcoming resistance; the counselor's role; how to empower people; dealing with despair; ways to prevent burn-out.

For further information, please contact her by e-mail.
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Articles for Publication

Words in print have enormous power to inform, challenge, move, inspire readers.  

Do you publish a newsletter for your organization?  Dorri Jacobs is an internationally published journalist who writes for business, professional and general interest readers. You may purchase one-time rights to articles written by Dorri--or ask her to create a new piece on a topic of your choice. Among her many previously published articles are those on managing change, downsizing, stress, time management, ways to deal with despair about work, tips for coping with a critical boss, as well as those on this Web site (follow the links under TIP on the site map to "When You Feel Stressed" and How to Make a Difference").  

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