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Human Resource’s December training and development opportunities are listed below. You should contact Karyn Jeffrey in Human Resources at x4174 or kajeffre@acs.carleton.edu to sign up.

Skillpath Lifescripts Seminar, December 8
8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., or 1 to 4:30 p.m., Leighton 304

We are very excited to bring an extremely popular SkillPath seminar to Carleton. The seminar is based on Stephen M. Polland and Mark Levine’s book “Lifescripts: What to Say to Get What You Want in Life’s Toughest Situations.” They offer a large variety of “Lifescripts” strategies which can be used in different life scenarios when you find yourself in a difficult and awkward situation. This seminar will assist you in determining what attitude and behavior to use—depending on the situation. It will show you the exact words to use in some of the most difficult life situations. Goals of the seminar are to teach you to minimize stress in painful conversations, stand up for yourself, tell employees what they don’t want to hear, and hold your own in tough situations. Both morning and afternoon sessions are offered for your convenience.

The following is a list of some of the topics that will be dealt with:

Asking for an increased budget
Breaking bad news to a boss
Maximizing a performance review
Justifying an expense report
Pitching a reluctant supervisor
Asking for a deadline extension
Asking for relief from an assignment
Criticizing a subordinate's work
Turning down a raise request
Adding responsibilities without adding pay
Changing a subordinate's job status to part-time
Announcing a reduction (salary or layoff)
Fixing a flextime problem
Turning down a promotion request
Confronting a backstabbing peer
Tactfully suggesting better hygiene
Firing an employee
Dealing with a client who is angry with your staff

MERTKA—MN Employees Right-to-Know/Asbestos Awareness, December 9
1:30 to 3:30 p.m., in SH251

Mandatory for all new staff (Right-to-Know) and all those employed in or transferred to jobs which require training (Asbestos Awareness). New staff are required to participate in this training as part of their orientation process. Any employees not required to attend but interested in attending are welcome. Sessions will be one hour each and will include training on MN Right-to-Know.

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The students may be gone, but the Bookstore is still open during the month of December. We are well-stocked with great titles for the holiday season. You can avoid the crush of crowds and shop in peace. We are happy to help recommend titles for those hard-to-satisfy gift recipients. There is still time to special-order that special book if we do not have it on hand. Don’t forget that our holiday sale will be on Friday, December 17. Free gift wrapping is still available. The Bookstore will be closed on Saturdays, December 11, December 18, and December 25.

We will not be having any booksignings at Carleton in December but there are many author events taking place at River City Books on Division Street.

On Wednesday, December 8 at 7 p.m. Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee will be discussing and signing their books. This River City event will take place at the Arts Guild.

Kate DiCamillo is the 2004 Newbery Medal winner for “The Tale of Despereaux,” and a national Book Award Finalist for “The Tiger Rising.” She was also a Newbery Award Finalist for “Because of Winn-Dixie,” which will soon be released as a major motion picture starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews, and Eva Marie Saint.

Alison McGhee is the author of “Countdown to Kindergarten,” “Snap” (the story of a young girl's first encounter with grief, and of the enduring power of friendship), and most recently “Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth.” In this book, the girl from “Countdown to Kindergarten” is back in a new lighthearted take on a scary problem─she's losing her first tooth, and thinks her teacher is an alien who steals baby teeth." McGhee is also the author of three adult titles, including “Rainlight,” “Was it Beautiful,” and “Shadow Baby,” which was chosen as a “Today Show” book club selection.

Author Jack Weatherford will be at River City on Friday, December 10 at 7 p.m. Weatherford is The New York Times’ bestselling author of “Native Roots,” “The History of Money,” “Savages and Civilization,” and most recently “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,” which is based on eight years of groundbreaking research in Mongolia. This history of the great conqueror argues that rather than a crude barbarian, Khan was one of the most progressive and influential rulers in all of world history. Mr. Weatherford is also an anthropologist who teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul.