[Ailist] AI and Outsourced Employees

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Hi Adrienne
I just want to give you a resource that you might find very helpful.  It is the VIA (Values in Action) assessment.  This is a free web-based strength assessment based on the work of Chris Peterson (UMich) and Marty Seligman (UPenn).  Don't be put off by the 240 items; the assessment only takes about 20-30 minutes and will result in a printout of the person's 5 top signature strengths as well as the other 19 strengths.  It will provide people with the beginning knowledge of their character strengths and can be linked to where the person experiences "flow" in their work.  You can find it at viasurvery.org 

Good luck
Joan

Joan Colleran Hoxsey D.Min., MSed
Principal, Relationship Resources LLC
Co-owner AIC
513 681-2513

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"...Gandhi


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---- "Adrienne Keane (akeane)" <akeane at cisco.com> wrote: 
> Greetings!
> I am a new AI practitioner and want to begin applying the AI principles
> to the organizational work I do.
> I have a client that is outsourcing their manufacturing department from
> US-based to overseas. All US employees know they will be displaced
> sometime in the next year. Moral, quality & productivity have dropped
> significantly. Has anyone used AI techniques to help motivate
> individuals in this situation? 
> Cheers, Adrienne
>  
> 
> 
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