Who
would you nominate for a 2006 Civility Award?
A local professional?
A television
show?
A radio show?
A national
company?
A celebrity?
Tell Andrea
Reynolds: info@AndreaReynolds.com
Are there companies
or representatives of companies that you feel mistreated you?
Andrea writes
letters on behalf of those who were mistreated to attempt to resolve
the situation an obtain appropriate results.
Andrea's
bio
Andrea has been interviewed
as an expert on manners, morals, and civility by such media hosts
as British journalist David Frost, the late Peter Gzowski on
CBC radio and by USA Today, National Post, Financial Post,
and Canadian Business. She has conducted seminars on Business
and Executive Civility for such companies as Northern Telecom
(NorTel) and privately groomed corporate CEOs on the finer points
of civility in business. At one time she operated Author's Bed
& Breakfast in downtown Toronto which incorporated many elements
of civility to guests of many nations.
She used to be a Family Studies
teacher in the most dangerous school in Toronto and was well
liked and respected because like many of her students she too
came from a violent home and understood the students' predicaments.
("I turned out all right because I chose to find healthy
behaviors.") Later she was a media guest expert on bad relationships
(abuse, violence in relationships, etc.) on a number of Canadian
programs on CBC radio and 4 programs on the Life Network.
Some of
the previous columns Andrea wrote:
1. When closing down your
business (Jan. 3)
2. Reversing the trend
of incivility (Jan. 10)
3. Negotiation, not lawsuits
(Jan. 17)
Here are
the first two Civility Tips from 2004:
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#1 SAY THANK YOU
Weekly Civility
Tip from Andrea Reynolds
Copyright Andrea Reynolds 2004
It sounds so elementary, but
so few people seem to say it these days. If someone sends you
a personal email, say thank you to them for taking the time to
write to you. Let the sender know you appreciate their effort
to contact you.
Let me now say thank you for
subscribing to these Civility Tips and also for your patience
until there were enough subscribers to start this list.
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#2 CLEAR YOUR SIDEWALKS
Weekly Civility Tip from Andrea Reynolds
Copyright Andrea Reynolds 2004
If you live in the snowy north
keep the walks outside your office free of snow and ice so people
without cars can walk more easily. Those who push a baby carriage
or stroller or pull a loaded "bundle buggy" will bless
you. If you had to drag groceries home 10 blocks through 8 inches
of snow on the pavement you'd wish each of those professionals
would be more thoughtful.
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Your opinion is important to
me. Tell me in my discussion group on civility:
If you agree with or disagree
with my weekly tip (and why).
If you have situational challenges
I should address in my column.
What bugs you about the behavior
received from professionals you hire.
Which newspaper (yours?) needs
to start receiving my column.
If you want to sponsor my column in your newspaper (VERY affordable;
based on circulation.)
