Jerry Jellison BA -Psychology/English /Pre-Med

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HUMAN RESOURCES ( Employee Relations /Training Specialist) Expert

Jerry Jellison Quick Facts

Main Areas:Human Resources. Relationships,Writing & Editing
Best Sellers:Not yet..a work in progress
Career Focus:Consultant/Advisor,Business Owner, Author, Speaker
Affiliation:HR Consultant /Advisor to 2 Canadian businesses

WRITING- My passion is writing. It is a long standing interest, but I was able to really develop it during my lengthy career as a senior human resources executive.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS- My employee relations work included conducting many one on one interviews,counseling, listening, advising, calming people's anxieties,arranging special attention for those requiring it,helping people to rationally and calmly understand how & what steps they could take to resolve upsetting issues with their spouses (infidelity,abuse, alcohol, drugs, etc), children (drugs, drinking, unwanted pregnancies,failing in school etc),fellow employees (hostility, verbal abuse, bullying, sexual harassment, etc) and bosses (unfairness, harshness & hostility, discriminatory behavior,uncaring, unlistening, favoritism, unreasonable expectations, harassment, etc). Such issues , although personal in nature, if allowed to fester & go unattended, created huge productivity drops and poor customer service. Employees with these personal issues dominating & clouding their minds and emotions, just needed someone to listen to their stories and to offer some guidance as to what options re courses of action were available to them.
LABOUR RELATIONS -During the period of 1964 to 1980,I was responsible for Labour Relations for two different company locations. This included conducting negotiations with several different unions to establish new collective bargaining agreements (CBAs),as each contract expired. Once new contracts were successfully put in place, my job was to ensure that both the unions and the company faithfully abided by the terms & requirements of the contracts. This included holding grievance meetings with shop stewards & the union business agents, to deal with issues as & when circumstances required.
H.R.ADMINISTRATION -Other administrative duties included wage & salary admin; health, morale and welfare (benefits admin); performance evaluations; corrective and disciplinary actions when required; retirement counseling for those due to retire in the following 12-24 months.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT- My role also included developing and leading training programs for management and non-management employees.......customer service standards, communcations skills, leadership skills, human rights legislation (discrimination and harassment), self-esteem and self-confidence. This required expert knowledge /understanding & the ability to make effective presentions, as well as the capacity to produce effective written communications.
PUBLICATION- created, wrote & published a national employee news magazine for more than 40,000 employees (in both French and English).This assignment lasted for ten years & allowed me to hone my writing and editing skills even further.
H.R. EXCELLENCE -In 1999, I received the company's National Award for Excellence in Human Resources Leadership.
WRITING & EDITING BUSINESS -I now own and operate a writing & editing website business,with clients from 12 different countries ( www.jjwritesmith.com ) but mainly the USA & Canada.
NEWSLETTER- I write a newsletter for an employee benefits company, as well as act as that company's H.R. Consultant
TRAINING MANUALS- I edit training manuals for a realty company
HR CONSULTANT -I serve as HR Consultant/Advisor for a custom tool manufacturing company
PERSONAL BLOG- I have recently started my own blog ( http://wwwjerrysjournal.blogspot.com ) focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on relationships, and the personal power within each of us to DO, BE, HAVE whatever we decide we want.
POETRY-
I have published some poetry and have won awards for it.
I write a lot of poetry for my own special relationship,as well as a lot of "special occasion" poems (romances, eulogies, anniversaries, holidays, etc) on request from customers.
RELATIONSHIPS- I am currently working on an e-book on "Relationships" of all kinds.

I love to write and / or speak on the areas of my special interests and look forward to doing so beyond my prior corporate responsibilities.

Jerry Jellison

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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Jerry Jellison

Success is an unending,important journey,not a final destination.
Whether you think you can or cannot , you are correct.
The first step to achievement is knowing what your passion is and then identifying precisely what it is you want to achieve.
The power lies within each of us, with no exceptions, to DO, BE, HAVE, whatever we decide we want. The key is to accept that you DO have that power, then learn how to harness it to take positive actions that will lead to results. Thoughts WILL become things.
The more often and clearly we express our gratitude for what we already have in our lives,the more we will receive and have for which to be grateful.
It is NOT what happens to us ,or the challenges we face,that reveal our character. It is how we react to and handle what happens to us that reveals who we really are.

I am convinced that every one of us has many personal strengths that more usefully define us than do the weaknesses or areas for improvement that every one of us also has. Truly effective leaders know this and make it their business to identify what those strengths are in each of the people in their leadership group. Then they play to those strengths. Whatever strength one member of the team doesn't have, another one does have. In this way, each member of that work group knows specifically what their special /unique responsibility is & how it fits in to the total wok flow picture. Since they are able to perform their tasks consistently very well, their self-esteem and self-confidence are always high & healthy.The result is that their productivity and contribution are maximized. In this way,the leader regularly gets the job done on time and to a consistently high standard, thru this well balanced team.

Everyone goes home at the end of each business day feeling a high degree of job satisfaction, customers are well satisfied and the company prospers.

Dwelling on weaknesses (areas for improvement) does not render a service to anyone. Too many "leaders" do not understand or accept this and are left to wonder why they are not realizing the achievements of leaders who "get it".

Getting Started With Jerry Jellison

To learn more about me, please consider doing one or more of the following:

Visit my website at www.jjwritesmith.com
Visit my blog at http://wwwjerrysjournal.blogspot.com
Request copies of employee benefits newsletters (write to me at jjj1@telus.net )
Request a poem for a special occasion in your life . To do this, fill out the form for this on my website www.jjwritesmith.com in order to provide details as to your wishes.The first 25 confirmed visitors who learn about me from the Experts Page on the www.SelfGrowth.com website,will receive their custom written poem for a one-time "bargain basement" price of $25 and will have an unconditional 30 day guarantee of satisfaction. If you decide within 30 days of receipt, that you are not happy with your poem, simply write to me at jjj1@telus.net and tell me. No questions asked. You will have your money refunded. The "up-front" charge will be $25, payable to me on my PayPal account (PayPal account email ID is jjj1@telus.net .) Don't want a poem? Ask for a reference letter, a romance letter, an announcement letter, or other....you tell me.If you are one of the first 25 , you will have your custom correspondence for $25,with the same 30 day unconditional guarantee.

I look forward to hearing from you soon so I may have an opportunity to demonstrate to you the quality of my services. My objective is to earn your faith and trust so we can establish a respectful, mutually beneficial & long lasting business relationship.

Remember, in everything you do, excellence is always an available choice.

CHOOSE TO BE OUTSTANDING!

Jerry Jellison