On the Other Hand

By Gilda

Gilda is a woman who has never had to fight for anyone or anything. Her determination is a great strength. Born to a middle-class New York family, she has had everything necessary for a healthy life. Unfortunately, she did not have the luxury of having being born with a silver spoon or on an platinum platter. Although jewelry, art, handsome men, and all the comforts one woman can possess has come her way, still, something is missing from her life. She has a need to fulfill a hole, and she is in a chapter of her life to realize that there’s more to life than the perpetual attaining of things. Gilda reveals inside secrets on how to conquer obstacles in both life circumstances and the struggles in the business world for the working-class patrons. Gilda’s ambition and dedication to succeed guides her through many chapters of real-life circumstances. Even though struggles and obstacles want to put a hold on some goals, she is determined to keep trucking. But when childhood memories, motherhood, and career combine, Gilda progresses with stride into leadership duties. Little does Gilda know that certain life circumstances are not as easy as they are said to be. It sometimes entails many different personalities and responsibilities. Just when she thinks she is where she wants to be, on easy street, another challenge comes to face her. Suddenly, juggling from motherhood to career woman becomes a reality. Will Gilda go insane? Can she run from her chosen goals? On the Other Hand is a story of facing challenges and obstacles in life, family, and the world of business by Gilda. This new book on innovation by a talented new novelist gives great insights, and will keep you interested from chapter to chapter. Don’t miss out on this knowledge.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781684096244

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On the

Other Hand

Gilda

Copyright © 2017 Gilda

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

New York, NY

First originally published by Page Publishing, Inc. 2017

ISBN 978-1-68409-623-7 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-68409-624-4 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Communication Channels and Effective Communication

Compare and Contrast

Ethical Dilemmas: Would Do, Should Do

Specific to Leadership and Management

Health Care: Right or Privilege?

Leadership Practice

Leadership in Organizations

Organizational Development

Personal and Organization Ethics

Relativism and Morality

Human Resource Management

Healthcare Environment

Managing in Health and Human Services

References

Annotated Bibliography

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Who would have thought that at present—the year 2009, age fifty-three, soon to be fifty-four years of age in December 2010—I would have to reflect in time and reanalyze thoughts, dreams, and goals of new and greater beginnings? I have chosen that yesterday will be dreams of today and guide me to fulfill my goals of tomorrow; even though I had to face many obstacles, which have been overcome, I am presently in my life, and have chosen to go back to school and earn my bachelor’s degree in organizational management. I know it will help me to fulfill my goals of tomorrow.

I grew up in the Big Apple, also known as Manhattan, New York. I faced challenges and changes almost every day. I remember as a child I’d always be asked the question What will you be when you grow up? I’d reply easily with, A teacher. No, a nurse. Oh! I know, a career woman.

In an abstract sense, the term career can refer to the individual’s movement through time and space . . . [and] the intersection of individual biography and social structures (Collin and Young 2000, 3). I sit writing today on learning another new thing in my life: education is the best bet. Today I will turn my attention on learning new skills with my chosen course of studies, majoring in a bachelor or associate degree in organizational management, with minor studies in health care, human resources, and communications.

Let’s look back at yesterday, remembering my dad coming home from work with a big bag full of freshly baked Italian loaves of bread. I used to jump out of my bed just around 10:00 p.m. with the smell and aroma so enticing it made my mouth water, yearning for that first bite of fresh warm buttered melted bread. It tastes so good. Dad was delighted to see me. My dad rushed to me and whooshed me up into his arms with my feet dangling, He hugged and kissed me and then instructed me to finish my bread and go back to bed. I was around seven years old then. I listened to his instructions and then went back to bed. My thoughts were focused on getting up the next morning and racing downstairs to finish the rest of the loaves of bread.

My dad, the baker, and my mom, a high School Graduate who was a stay-at-home wife and the mother of three children. Let me list them in order: my older sister, three and a half years older than me; my younger brother, who is two years younger; and I, the middle child.

Being the middle child and the second daughter in my Italian family, I sometimes felt left out, meaning that I would get hand-me-downs from my older sister and sometimes neglected. My dad and mom always praised my older sister and put her in the starlight of many conversations.

This takes me to the memories, which led me to my endeavors of today. All through my growing up, I analyzed my next moves and forsook many new challengers in life. I had many different job positions. I have worked as a waitress at the beginning of my work experience. While in high school, I worked at a major hotel in Manhattan, New York, as a front-desk clerk. After graduation, I worked in advertising as an administration assistant and excelled into becoming a copy editor for the Yellow Pages. I also worked as becoming a mother of two children, a housewife, and a wife of three husbands.

In Phoenix, Arizona, I worked at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital as a unit coordinator. My second job came eight years later with a raise in pay working as a collections manager for Gevity HR. This list just keeps getting longer, and I’m yet to fulfill my dreams as a long-term career woman.

So here I sit and write as I reanalyze my developments in my life, and today I’m determined to start all over again and learn new skills to proceed with the fast economy and to become the career woman I will be tomorrow. After reading Adult Development, I agreed with Erickson (as cited in Boyd and Bee 2006, 26) says that to achieve a healthy personality, an individual must successfully resolve a crisis at each of his eight stages of development.

I feel it is my time now. I have managed to raise two children, a daughter— thirty-two—and a son, thirty. There were many ups and downs I had to conquer, but I made it through until now. It gives me new strength and encouragement to work with to succeed within myself.

I first married at the age of nineteen—nine days after my dad had passed away and after his burial. I conceived my first child at twenty-one. My second child came two years after, when I was twenty-three. My marriage lasted just about seven years, and then we divorced. We—my children—and I moved to New Rochelle, New York, where I was working as a waitress in a catering house that my cousin Jim owned at the time. Jim was the oldest son of my dad’s oldest brother.

My job as a waitress allowed me to care for my two children effectively, where my children received their proper nutrition, and it gave me the freedom of time needed to spend with my children. Don’t get me wrong, it was tiresome at times with no time left for myself, but we were happy and together. Also, there were times of dismay when my babysitters, I later found out, were mistreating my children and stealing from me!

At this time in my life, as a young female adult acting both as a mom and dad to my two children, I reconsidered and allowed myself to start dating again and find a little help with raising my children. I took this action more for my family concerns than mine. My sister, kept haunting me on how well I can raise my children without a man in my life.

She was so persistent in me finding someone that she arranged a date with a guy named Frank. Yes, you guessed right: Frank and I dated for a while, and then we became husband and wife. I allowed him into my children’s and my life. The marriage lasted seventeen years too long. Let me explain: I found out later he abused my children. I just wish I have found out much earlier. To my bewilderment, both of my children held this information to themselves until adulthood!

The year was 1994 when I decided to leave New York and relocate to Phoenix, Arizona. When we arrived into Phoenix on July 3, 1994, I started working as a clerical worker for a cleaning supplies distributor as a temporary employee. I was working for minimum wages and struggling to make ends meet. I decided to go back to school and get new knowledge. It confused and intrigued me to know why my mom and dad died at such a young age, so I therefore continued my studies to lead me into the