Category Archives: Workplace

Reflection ~ El Dorado County

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Our Communication Styles" for El Dorado County HHSA professionals held in Placerville, CA Half Day Workshop

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

Reflection is offered to give power to voice, to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: El Dorado County HHSA
Workshop: Our Communication Styles 

6/1/15 PM – 14 Participants
6/1/15 AM – 5 Participants
5/29/15 PM – 15 Participants
5/29/15 AM – 19 Participants

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Reflection: Sierra County HHS ~ Understanding Team Unity

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Understanding Team Unity" for Sierra County Human Service professionals held in Loyalton, CA Full Day Workshop

UC Davis Instructor: Joe Tassinari

Reflection is offered to give power to voice,to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: Sierra County Human Services 
May 19, 2015 
14  Participants
Workshop: Understanding Team Unity

Findings

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Reflection: Sierra County HHS ~ Tools For Successful Communication

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Tools For Successful Communication" for Sierra County Human Service professionals held in Loyalton, CA.  Half Day Workshop

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

Reflection is offered to give power to voice,to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: Sierra County Human Services April 30, 2015 
7  Participants
Workshop: Tools For Successful Communication

Findings

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Reflection ~ Sonoma County Human Services

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Conflict Resolution" for Sonoma County Human Service professionals held in Santa Rosa, CA. Full Day Workshopsanta rosa downtown

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

Reflection is offered to give power to voice,to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: Sonoma County Human Services February 18, 2015 
– 9  Participants
Workshop: Conflict Resolution

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Reflection – Stanislaus County CSA ~ Defusing Difficult Situations

  • Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Defusing Difficult Situations" for Stanislaus County CSA professionals held in Modesto, CA. Full Day Workshopstanislaus county

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

Reflection is offered to give power to voice, to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Tuesday 6/16/15 – 11 Participants
Thursday 6/11/15 – 20 Participants
Friday 5/22/15 – 9 Participants

Thursday 3/12/15 – 30 Participants
Tuesday 2/17/15 – 22 Participants
Monday 2/9/15 – 23 Participants

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Reflection: Stanislaus County CSA

Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Understanding Team Unity" for Stanislaus County CSA workers held in Modesto, CA.Stanislaus County

Wednesday 3/11/15 – 15 participants
Wednesday 2/11/15 – 11 participants
Monday 1/26/15 – 4 participants
Friday 6/27/14 – 13 participants
Thursday 6/26/14 – 27 participants

UC Davis Instructor: Joe Tassinari

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Reflection – Del Norte County

Reflection – Del Norte County HHS Workshop 10/17/14

Reflection of findings and evaluation results from Del Norte County HHS Professionals from the UC Davis workshop: Defusing Difficult Situations Through Peaceful Resolution held in beautiful Crescent City, CA.

UC Davis Instructor – Joe Tassinaricrescent city harbor

​Reflection is used to give "power to voice" and to promote understanding among team members.

Findings

Morning Training – 26 Participants
Afternoon Training – 23 Participants

During each session the question was asked: What is working well at Del Norte County Health and Human Services? Each table group gave a response.

After the responses were charted the group was asked to mention some of the people who are responsible for what is working well within the department.

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Reflection – Sutter County Trainings

Reflection – Sutter County Trainings 9/18/14

Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshops "Stress Management Through Self Care" for Sutter County H.S.D. professionals held in Yuba City, CA.yuba city sign

UC Davis Instructor – Joe Tassinari 

[​9/18/14 AM – 32 participants]

[9/18/14 PM – 32 participants]

Morning Session Findings

Participants: Kim, Yvonne, Sonja, Angela, Rebecca, Mary ,Chera, Michelle, Danielle, Amber, Brook, Nikki, Angela, Yadira, Jillian, Verena, Sara, Tony, Kathy, Brenda, Erika, Jeannette, Jennifer, Julie, Carrie, Amy, Candice, Mehgan, Cynthia, Amber, Amy, David

What does it mean to be in service to others?

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Reflection: Sierra County HHS

Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from "Customer Service – Being In Service To Others" workshop for Sierra County HHS (and guests) held in the lovely town of Loyalton, CASierra County

June 25, 2014 – 29 participants
Joe Tassinari, UC Davis Instructor

Reflection is used to give power to voice and promote understanding among team members.

Findings

What Would Make An Awesome Day At Work?

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How To Work As A Team – Del Norte HHS

​Del Norte County Health and Human Services 
UC Davis Instructor – Joe Tassinari Crescent City beach

Below are the findings from the UC Davis workshops "How To Work As A Team" conducted in the beautiful beach town of Crescent City, CA with Del Norte County Health & Human Service personnel.

The findings detailed below were gathered during the workshops from the participants; they include shared wisdom and evaluation comments. Findings are echoed here as evidence of team voice, collaboration and reflection.

Thursday Workshop        Friday Workshop

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It’s Smart To Be Positive At Work

by Joe Tassinari
4/29/14glass is always full

"It's smart to be positive at work by generating a positive affect."

Positive affect and positivity are used interchangeably and represent the pleasant (e.g., feeing grateful, upbeat; expressing appreciation, liking).

Based on decades-long studies, around the world, with thousands of participants, utilizing replicable and peer-reviewed experiments here is what was discovered …

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