Affirming Workplace Solutions>Our Model
			Owners and managers work hard dealing with increasingly complex demands. They rarely have time to implement processes that would reduce demands on their time and increase employee capacity, satisfaction, and retention. Conversely, employees are craving to apply their creative skills in service of an organization that provides them meaningful direction and affirmation.  Our approach and principles flow out of:
					70 combined years of direct experience with workplace practices
					Current research
					Values and principles we live and work by
					Fresh, intuitive methodologies
			We believe an organization constitutes a living system, where interdependence between workers and organizational systems must be in harmony to generate positive and sustainable growth.  We developed Affirming Workplace Solutions TM to support healthy Business Ecology TM.
					Build the Corporate Story & lead with it - Workers want organizational values and goals they can personally identify with, to satisfy their need for meaningful work. Leading from values imbedded in their shared story enhances workers’ sense of ownership and belonging to a team vision.
					Believe in People and hold them accountable - Workers channel their energy toward business success when they feel valued for their unique capabilities, and know that others are counting on them to achieve expected results.
					Understand the "Personal is the Professional" - People put their real energy into work that reflects their personal values and aspirations, regardless of what you or they say. Harness workers’ personal passion by considering ‘the whole person’ when setting expectations.
					Generate Action with Positive Language & Images - Brain synapses start firing when people hear and see positive languages and images…as opposed to remaining dormant in response to negative ones. Positive perceptions generate a positive future.
					Be Honest & Committed - Workers waste valuable energy trying to ‘second guess’ leaders’ expectations, and position themselves to reduce personal risk.  Leaders who are honest about real values and goals driving organizational initiatives, and who execute fully on these initiatives, free up team energy to do the work.
					Model Positive Norms of Reciprocity - People quickly learn whose behavior is rewarded in the workplace and what is ‘taboo’. They will model the norms of workers who are affirmed within the group. Positively recognize behavior that reinforces organizational values.
					Engage in life-giving Workplace Ritual -  When people’s five senses - sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste – are involved in a joint activity that promotes organizational values, they bond with these values and one another much faster than with abstract directives from the top-down.
					Manage through Coaching - People increase their working capacity when attentively listened to and honoured; asked questions to help them discover needs and goals, offered resources and structure to support their commitment; and held accountable for results. Only move people into management positions if they have a passion for empowering others.
					Create synergy with Diversity - Harness untapped creativity by balancing masculine and feminine, multi-generational, and multi-cultural approaches to planning, problem solving, and action in your workplace, at exactly the time different approaches are needed.
					Use technology to Serve - Implement technology to enhance personal contact and serve user needs and preferences. Find solutions which make work simpler, reduce inconsistencies, and support effective communication. Eliminate technology which does not accomplish this.