Work & Life
Below are links to various resources including articles, online teaching materials covering a variety of work life areas. Select the resource category that interests you most and begin your search.
Family
- Divorce and Parenting
- A Child's Needs As They Grow
- Healthy Communication with Your Kids
- Helping Kids Cope With Disaster
- Latchkey Kids
- Mood Food
- Preparing for Mediation and Divorce
- Preparing Your Family for an Emergency
- Child Care Guide Book
- Grief, Loss and the Holidays
- It's Back to School Time
- Raising A Student
- Social Media's Impact on Your Child's Social Skills
- You and Your Aging Parents
Life
- Stress & You
- Resiliency: The Art of Bouncing Back
- Control Negative Thinking
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Don't Hold Grudges
- Mind Your Mental Health
- Anxiety, Don't Panic, There is Help
- Working Better By Working Less
- Violence: What to do if...
- TIPS for Time Management
- Doing Something Is Nothing
- Good Night, Sleep Tight
Work
- Coping with Job loss
- After Job Loss: Finding Your Stride
- Coping with Change at Work
- Disabilities in the Workplace
- How Sleep and Mood Impact Memory
- Peter Drucker on Work-Life Balance
- On Multitasking: Not What It's Cracked Up to Be
- Wrap Your Head Around Retirement
- Reducing Workplace Stress
- Solving People Problems at Work
- The Savvy Worker
- Workplace Resilience
- Our Veterans At Work
Practical Management
Below are links to articles and online materials covering a variety of workplace and management topics. Select the topic that interests you and click on the link.
- Dealing With An Angry Employee
- Learning to Make the Hard Call
- Managing Change
- Managing Job Performance: The Corrective Interview
- Managing Morale in a Weak Economy
- A Not So Rare Pair of Troubled Employees
- Our Perception of Time and its Impact on Work
- Manager's Guide for the Workplace
- Dealing with an Impaired Executive
- How to Communicate with Staff
- Why are We so Sensitive to Criticism?
- Helping Employees Do Their Best
- Managing After the Death of an Employee
- Workplace Violence
Training for Employees
Below are a variety of online teaching materials and resources. For a description of the online courses, select the topic of interest and click on the link to begin.
Online Courses: Test your knowledge of important workplace topics with four interactive courses on Sexual Harassment, Diversity and Discrimination, Professional Ethics, and Workplace Violence. Work through the multiple learning modules at your own pace or click on launch evaluation to take the quiz.
Training for Managers/Organizations
Below are links to online materials covering managerial and workplace topics. For a complete description of the online courses, select a category and click on the link to begin.
Online Courses: In recent years, it has become increasingly important for organizations to offer workplace training for compliance and risk management reasons. The following four courses are designed to help organizations meet city, state and/or federal mandates and regulations regarding employee training.
CopeLine Supervisor Newsletters: The following newsletters address the most common challenges faced by front-line managers and supervisors.
Self Assessment Tools
Your Mental Health
The All-Natural Treatment for Depression
Anxiety Looks Different in Men
Stress and Health: Striking a Balance
On Aging
About Substance Abuse
Your Financial Health
COPE has designed a four-step toolkit that will help you put several financial basics in place. Getting a free credit report should take no more than 10 minutes to accomplish.Other steps can be done over a weekend. Once done you'll have a sense of accomplishment and peace of mind. Read on and sleep easy. Get Started
Your Financial Health: Taking Care of the Basics
Step 1. Understand Your Relationship to Money
Step 2. Get Your Records in Order
To assist in identifying areas of concern, complete these questionnaires at your own pace:
EAP Forms and Resources For Managers
Can a Supervisor Require an Employee to Use the EAP?
Under What Circumstances will Information be Released to HR?
General Business Contingency Planning
Companies must plan for any emergency so that they can continue to serve their customers, protect their employees' health and safety and that of the larger community. Planning for pandemic influenza is important, especially for companies that provide critical infrastructure services, such as power and telecommunications. A contingency plan is essential. [More...]
The Lighter Side of COPING
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You are only as old as you act. It's all about attitude.
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