Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

It may not always be possible, and accidents do happen – but not being able to find the quarterly report for the third meeting in a row sets a bad example, and it depletes others of the energy they could be putting towards other, more productive work. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. The Chronic Deadline Dodge.

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Energy Gordon How To Learning-by-Doing 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 20, 2013

Human energy is a precious commodity. This post from 2011 explores some ways of preserving and generating energy both for leaders and their organizations. “ For some reason, we believe ourselves to be capable of expending unlimited amounts of energy without attending to the restoration process with equal dedication.

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Power Leadership Energy Creativity 90

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 10, 2011

Monday, January 10th, 2011 Posted by: mike Time and time again people within the team are promoted up the hierarchy before they are ready. Once the stress increases maladaptive behaviors become present and the organization flounders. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Team Building Delegation Learning-by-Doing Maturity 122

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Personal and professional conflict among new hires and existing employees When someone isn’t right for the job, the workplace becomes vulnerable to increased stress among parties who need to be able to communicate effectively. Consider these potential consequences of poor hiring: 1. According to the U.S.

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Management Edmondson Reputation Education 247

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. The only thing that spinning a bunch of plates insures is that you expend lots of energy in an attempt to forestall the inevitable. Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity.

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Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 416

Tony Mayo

JANUARY 19, 2011

Perceived threats to the 5 Rs can be confused with actual existential dangers and push me into survival mode, a high-stress, low creativity way of being that drains away energy and joy. When I confuse these transitory aspects of life with my core self I am more likely to become angry, defensive, and narrow-minded.

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Report Mayo Executive Coaching Newsletter 113

CO2

AUGUST 30, 2011

PHILADELPHIA, PA , August 30, 2011 – One-third of employees have lunch at their desk each day, according to a survey by Right Management, workforce consulting experts within ManpowerGroup. Taking time away from one’s desk for lunch would help reduce tension and boost energy. Please see the study below.

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Open-book Talent Management Survey Stress 127

Next Level Blog

APRIL 4, 2016

That book was inspired, in part, by what I’d learned about the importance of stress management when you have a chronic illness (or are living your life in a way that’s likely to lead to one). Overworked and Overwhelmed wasn’t even on my radar screen back in 2011 when I turned 50.

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Workshop Learning-by-Doing Open-book Stress 100

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 7, 2016

Stress is increasing today as the world economy becomes more competitive and the explosion of information overwhelms individuals. Human connection in the form of conversation and relational support provides psychological resources to cope with stress. 3 Insights About Stress Every Leader Should Know. You May Also Enjoy.

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Stress Competitive Advantage Survey Media 150

Coaching Tip

MAY 4, 2011

If the stimulus is great enough, the energy can travel from the emotional area into the frontal motor strip. Stress enhances learning in males. The same stress factors impair learning in females. Sources: The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2011 and "When Doing It All Won't Do," a self-coaching guide for career women.

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Stress Travel System Process 90

The Idolbuster

MAY 3, 2012

Eight years later I had undergone a complete transformation from an unhappy, stressed out, overweight research scientist to a woman content, fit and fully ensconced in the Baja life. In 2011, however, I began having difficulty waking up in the morning. He asked me if I was under stress.

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Stress Learning-by-Doing Long-term Short-term 54

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2011

Through her consulting firm, Your Mind on Media , she speaks before business, professional, and educational organizations on productivity, creativity, and stress reduction. Tweets that mention How to Discourage Digital Distractions: Conquer CyberOverload : StrategyDriven -- Topsy.com says: January 14, 2011 at 2:40 am [.]

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How To Newsletter Stress Creativity 62

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2011

Through her consulting firm, Your Mind on Media , she speaks before business, professional, and educational organizations on productivity, creativity, and stress reduction. Is it harder to be creative when information is constantly coming at you from all directions? Congressional committees as well as the Federal Communications Commission.

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Information Creativity Environment Newsletter 58

Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

The high stress of being corporate Shann and doing business in someone else’s boardroom was losing its appeal. It’s amusing, and disheartening, when you realize your dedication, smart work, energy, – all the things you put into your career daily – are ONLY for the sake of performing a duty and receiving a paycheck.

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Press Release PR Exit Strategy Discount 100

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are plenty of studies showing the health benefits of meditation; how it reduces stress, increases blood flow, slows the heart rate, relieves muscle tension and headaches. The past and the future don’t cause as much stress as they used to. .) – until my friend Roberta Hill asked me to. I am happy. is very useful for me.

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Self-aware Stress Blog Greenleaf 176

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. ’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011.

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Gordon Energy Bottom-up Newsletter 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The study found that such feelings of stress, fatigue, and depression can last five years and more, imposing a strain on organizations’ competitiveness. Noer writes how the emotional impact of downsizing and the subsequent extra workload disturbs employee morale and productivity long after the fact.

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Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Mentor Resources 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Many leaders spend their energies focusing on their personal rewards and status, rather than focusing on the greater good of those they serve. We will also make smaller personal sacrifices, like missing family events or bringing the stress of work home with us. Most great leaders have demonstrated some degree of selflessness.

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Leadership Newsletter Executive Coaching Follow-up 56

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Energy levels are also affected. Which is another thing that I’m surprised I haven’t lost it yet because going to the gym is a huge stress reliever for me. There is a lot of stress out there. Later, I found I made a mistake on methods or direction so that I wasted too much time and energy. Jennifer V.

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Learning-by-Doing Blog Class Open-book 185

Roundtable Talk

MAY 21, 2010

→ Fast Friday with Paul Ronan, Executive Director, Ontario Parks Association Posted on May 21, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment As head of the Ontario Parks Association , Paul Ronan exudes energy and passion for his work. Off the chart.

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Execution Godin Career Blog 31

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2012

In Landing in the Executive Chair , you’ll learn how to: Avoid the pitfalls and identify a clear plan for personal and organizational stress. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Executive Vision – Being a Leader – A Job that’s Never Done: Energy. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Execution How To Finance Competitive Advantage 62

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t waste your energies trying to win everyone over. Decide who is most crucial to your project and focus your energies on securing their buy-in. Don’t look for or expect 100% support for your ideas… recognize that many people will be comfortable with the status quo and will resist change.

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Leadership Godin Blog Crisis Management 34

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I agree that having these types of meetings helps relieve some stress or at minimum gives you a place to share the burdens/successes you are faced with. Booking this “up-date” meeting too often can be a burden and if you let too much time pass in between things fall between the cracks. Great post.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Follow-up 124

Roundtable Talk

MAY 12, 2010

And be brave enough to say NO to those efforts that will only drag your energy and enthusiasm down, no matter how exciting they may look to you. Share this: This entry was posted in Engagement , Leadership , results , Stress and tagged burnout , change , managing expectations , priorities. a favor - take stock of the work before you.

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Project Henderson Blog Godin 31

Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

It’s got to be frustrating when, with an event of the magnitude that the Olympics is, so much energy was spent by the general media whipping up silly stories (the women’s hockey team chomping cigars and having a beer on ice after everyone had left the arena… who cares!!). Great show of patriotism and funny to watch the PM flinch.

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Committee Gordon Blog Godin 31

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Ask what you can do to avoid future problems and stress that your door is always open – but make it clear that these behaviors need to change (or else). After all, it can cost your organization quite a bit if time and energy aren’t used wisely. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Motivation Management How To Retail 52

Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here are my 10 ideas: Promote litterless lunches…By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes. Their Speed-2-Green system can get you moving fast, but my big a-ha was the number of simple things that any leader can do to make an impact.

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Leadership Godin Blog Career 31

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In 2011 Sussman, et al. Burnout is often the result of spending too much time on tasks that consume energy and insufficient time on activities that energize. Here are three practices that can boost connection and emotional energy to help protect you from burnout. This problem has been brewing for years. Connect Yourself.

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Self-aware Bottom-up Energy Workshop 281

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

He concentrates on removing what he calls “log jams”: things that sap energy, introduce inefficiency and create tension. In fact, Dahl predicts that two-thirds of all stress and dissatisfaction at work comes from engaging in unproductive behavior. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Tools Black-Scholes Magazine Rogers 56

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 7, 2010

Hiring better at the start saves you time, money and emotional energy all the way through. Tell me about a specific time when you were frustrated. What was the situation? How did you handle it? What was the result? What did you learn?” Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Crisis Management Blog Career Godin 31

Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

That’s a huge psychological difference that creates a different energy. Did the pressure to show that the program was a success push them to take risks that they wouldn’t have taken? Were they driven by desire to win or desperation not to lose?

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Committee Motivation Blog Godin 34

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. As you'll note in the post above I stressed that the best leaders proactively seek out game changers with speaks to persistence. The longer we consider it the more it fits that definition you just outlined.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 322

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Amy has been under increasing stress. Adding to that, Amy feels stress from her commute to work and the financial pressures to support her family. In 2011 Sussman, et al. Burnout is often the result of spending too much time on activities that consume energy and insufficient time on activities that energize.

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Self-aware Bottom-up Stress Energy 150

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If he had put half the energy into building the right relationships, he probably could have gone on to become the CEO. As the saying goes, leadership is earned, not given. The peer group banded together and created so much friction that this guy eventually lost his job.

Management 34

Management Short-term Politics Long-term 34

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2016

My research — which used several established self-reporting instruments, such as the California Women’s Health Survey and the Perceived Stress Questionnaire — found that for executive women, as incomes and education levels increase, several health indicators also increase. How can this be?

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Education Stress Sample Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Consequently the last week of each month was always stressful and came with the constant complaint that the department was short on staff. Similarly, many companies hold leadership conferences in January for the "top 50" (or more) so that they can get the new year off to a running start, with renewed energy and different ways of working.

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Welch Energy Banking Conference 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Certainly, times are terribly stressful, and I don't mean to downplay the reality that too many employees face. I also think something else is going on, and leaders need to pay attention to this subtle but notable shift in employee energy. If you pay attention to workplace surveys, the news sounds pretty bad.

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P&L Construction Survey Stress 13