Judy Dulovic, CHRP, President of Outsource Solutions has worked as a private consultant and a Human Resources Manager/Health and Safety Officer for a number of years in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. She has done extensive work in developing systems for employers, facilitating workshops and assisting clients with their health and safety issues.  Her designation in Human Resources provides the expertise from the human resource side. Her true passion or strength is her ability to motivate people to be the best they can be. 

After listening to hundreds of managers and employees talk about their frustrations, it became apparent that she needed to write a book. This book is made up of numerous life examples and ways to move past a specific crossroad in your life.  If we want to change our present behavior, we need to take the journey with an open mind. This requires commitment, taking responsibility and a willingness to embrace new ideas. This book is also available as facilitated program.

Testimonials from participants - "If there were people around that really cared, work would be a much happier place and we would have a more productive staff." "Judy is an outstanding instructor and spokesperson.” “Judy is energetic, upbeat, to the point, very inspirational, fast paced, focused, one of the best I've been to." "Informative, professional, good sense of humour, has the expertise and insight, explanations are easy to understand, coaches with realistic goals and makes learning fun.

She is blessed with her best friend and husband “Bob” for the past 37 years as well as a daughter and a son.  Her past time is busy as she and her husband attempt to conquer their two left feet as they learn to ballroom dance as well as snorkelling and walking the beach.

“The Magic Thought – Can’t Happen to Me” is broken into three parts.  Part I – Journey to Personal and Health and Safety Commitment - The first part is dedicated to taking responsibility and being committed.  We look at 4 crossroads to journey past.  Each crossroad explains the behavioural traits with a chapter on recommendations to move forward.  The 1^st crossroad “On the Beach” helps you stop blaming and pointing fingers.  It talks about how your attitudes affect both your personal and professional life and most important, how your health, safety and wellbeing can be affected when you are here in body but not in mind and when you don’t take responsibility.  The 2^nd crossroad talks about how to master your fears and the detrimental affects when you are a bully at work and at home.  We look at the importance of making other people happy instead of always making withdrawals which is draining for the people around you. We talk about what you can do, not what you can’t do. The 3^rd crossroad talks about how “complacency” affects our life when we are unwilling to change.  The 4^th crossroad is the “firefighter.”  Although you are extremely motivated you are often reactive instead of proactive leaving yourself wide open to potential heart failure.  The 5^th crossroad is where we all want to operate.  We want to be “committed” and take “responsibility” for our life 24/7.

Part II – Tools for Success - You have addressed your behaviours and have agreed that your true success rests in you taking charge while being committed and taking responsibility.  The second section gives you a toolkit for your success as a person and as an organization.  We address what is your vision as an organization and what do you personally want to achieve in your life. We look at your mission and values.  How are you going to reach the end goal?  We learn that our success comes when we can communicate effectively, when we give people voice, dignity, trust, respect and when we have integrity, are honest and loyal  while, being a team player.  We realize that during these times of excessive juggling we need to have good time management skills with the ability to delegate effectively.  We learn the importance of health and wellness and how to effectively coach.  From there we move onto performance feedback.  Whether you are giving feedback to your child or feedback to a fellow employee, we soon realize the importance of showing people you appreciate their efforts through positive feedback or letting them know where they can improve.  Lastly, she talks about silence = permission.  If we allow an undesired behavior, the behavior continues whether we are at home or at work.  Learn the art of developing a progressive improvement plan for positive change.

Part III – Health and Safety Key Elements - This section provides a step by step process in building a positive health and safety culture.  Judy has taken her vast expertise in developing health and safety systems that are integrated into existing management systems and shared them with the readers.

Benefits in reading this book - You will learn the benefits in your personal and professional life as you transcend to the Commitment Crossroad. You will leave your excessive baggage behind as you become part of a winning team working towards the vision and mission of the organization and your own personal fulfillment.  You will see the importance of creating a Positive Health and Safety and Organizational Culture.  See www.themagicthought.com for details on participant’s comments