Judy Ringer
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Conflict Transformation Expert
Judy Ringer Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Conflict and communication skills programs, Aikido training
- Best Sellers
- Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Aikido black belt
- Affiliation
- Power & Presence Training, Portsmouth Aikido
Judy Ringer creates innovative seminars, presentations and trainings to help you and your organization transform conflict, communicate effectively, and co-create a positive work environment.
A black belt in aikido, Ringer uses aikido principles of blending and redirection of energy to develop one-of-a-kind experiences that are creative, interactive, and fun.
Judy Ringer is the author of Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict, a book of stories, practices, and inspiration on turning life's challenges into life teachers.
She has also written numerous articles on the relevance and application of the aikido metaphor to conflict and communication, including articles for Aikido Today Magazine and The Systems Thinker. She is the author of two newsletters, including the award-winning Ki Moments.
Clients include the National Institutes of Health, BAE Systems, Sony Corporation, Honda of America Manufacturing, Frito-Lay, Bose Corporation, TDBanknorth, Maine Medical Center, Maine General Health, The American Red Cross, The National Education Association, and the States of New Hampshire and Vermont.
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High Hopes And Generosity Of Spirit
"But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes … "nn-- High Hopes, Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cah My friend, Suzanne, is an inspiration. One of her favorite songs is "High Hopes" – as in "high-apple-pie-in-the-sky hopes." I see Suzanne regularly at our ...
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Conflict and Change: Managing Emotional Energy
The beginning of a new year, like the beginning of anything, brings with it thoughts of change, rejuvenation, new life, and resolutions about how to accomplish these changes. Life offers possibilities of a fresh start for our relationships. But we don't always carry through on our resolutions. ...
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Purposeful Conversations: A Role Play
"I'm sick and tired of HR's red tape. I need this employee now, not next month. My department suffers while you drag your feet trying to get references I don't need. I want THIS person. Get off the stick and make it happen!" OK! Jack's trying to communicate an important need. What's his ...
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Creating Resilience
My friend and colleague, Sandy Davis, who lives in the northern reaches of the state of Maine, is an executive leadership coach. Among other things, he teaches people how to be resilient. He has a simple, effective formula that includes spending fifteen minutes each day in three different ...
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A Christmas Carol: Finding the Spirit Any Time of Year
"Scrooge was better than his word. ... He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old City knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough in the good old world.nn ... And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive ...
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Managing the Unexpected: How I Stayed Present in Seven (Not So) Simple Steps
So, there I was alone in a hotel room in Poughkeepsie, NY, instead of attending my college reunion festivities. I’d been looking forward to meeting up with past classmates, going to lectures and, most of all, walking the campus. The Vassar campus is unbelievably beautiful in June. Trees are centuries old, architecture is varied and grand, gardens abundant; and walking the well-known paths is a silent meditation. But the first thing I did after breakfast was to fall and sprain my ankle. It took approximately ten minutes to blow up like a balloon, and it hurt – a lot.
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Letting Go Of Perfection
"The power of discovery enables us to achieve excellence without having to be "perfect.'" nn– Thomas Crum, The Magic of Conflict I arrived at the conference center ready to present my workshop. Almost immediately I noticed the room was too small and it was not set up as requested. There ...
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Congressman Wiener, Social Media, and the Lack of Filters
It's easy to be a shock jock today. Twitter, Facebook, Google +1. What is it about social media that allows us to drop our inhibitions and say anything that comes to mind? Could there be something beneficial about having no filters? What can we learn from Anthony Weiner's experience with social media?
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Fear of Failure and the Art of Ukemi: 3 Lessons from Aikido
Sometimes it seems that the energy has been drained from much of our communication. We try to do the right thing, say the right words, and be safe instead of real. And while our intentions are noble, we often leave the meaning out. It stays hidden behind carefully constructed technique that actually doesn't say very much. While I am not in favor of reactively blurting out whatever comes to mind, unfiltered and potentially harmful, I am in favor of being real. Of saying what we need to say so that we can engage in meaningful dialogue.
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Workplace Conflict: FAQs--An Interview With Judy Ringer
Does conflict disrupt your workplace environment? Read on! Judy Ringer answers some commonly asked questions on the subjects of workplace conflict, difficult people, and how to manage them more effectively. Q. What are some typical breakdowns in the workplace? JR: I wouldn’t call them ...
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A Revolutionary Act
I received many responses from July's article on "Negativity in the Workplace" including some great resources for turning negativity around. It started with friend and colleague Barbara Wilson's email quoting Patch Adams: "The most revolutionary act one can commit in our world is to be publicly ...
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Hurry Up and Meditate
Hurry up and meditate, I'm thinking as I sit in half-lotus, willing myself to quiet down and connect with the source. Wow, that's really taking things to extremes. How can you meditate in a hurry? Isn't the whole point to SLOW DOWN? Quiet the rushing stream of thoughts and make the world ...
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Unlikely Teachers
Much more than a how-to book on conflict management, this book offers personal stories, reflection, and direction on how to manage something more important--yourself. Direct the energy of conflict instead of reacting to it. And let life be more fascinating, purposeful, and fun.
September 23, 2007
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Power & Presence Training
Author and founder of Power & Presence Training and Portsmouth Aikido in Portsmouth, NH, USA, Judy Ringer specializes in innovative workshops to help you and your organization manage conflict, communicate effectively, and co-create a more positive work environment.
September 23, 2007
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Judy Ringer
Our awareness is always in training. We can learn and practice new skills to change the way we handle conflict and the way we live. -- Judy Ringer
Organisms do not experience environments, they create them. -- From "A Simpler Way," by Margaret Wheatley
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76 Park Street • Portsmouth, NH 03801
603-431-8560
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