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Putting People First: The Promise of Human Centered Capitalism

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 246: Megan Gluth-Bohan, CEO & Owner of TRInternational, Inc. 36:56 Megan stresses the importance of self-care. Thank You To Our Guests Megan Gluth-Bohan is the owner and CEO of TRInternational , a US-based chemical distributor, and the Owner of Chemblend of America , a chemical blending and tolling facility.

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8 Ways To Design a High-Trust Culture

Leading Blog

Paul Zak, the author of The Trust Factor , has shown that “when someone is tangibly trusted by a stranger, the brain synthesizes the signaling chemical oxytocin” and “ the more trust one is shown, the more the brain produces oxytocin.” High levels of stress and testosterone inhibit the release of oxytocin. T RUST BEGETS TRUST.

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Why Leaders Don’t Brag About Successfully Managing Stress

Harvard Business Review

Imagine what it’s like to be General Motors CEO Mary Barra. The longer the body is exposed to these chemicals, the greater their toll. Of course, stress can sometimes be a positive force, focusing a person’s attention, boosting determination, and energizing action. Surely these problems crowd her thoughts.

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Why Happiness Is a Choice

Frank Sonnenberg Online

But while there may be reasons that you feel frustrated or stressed out, happiness is within your control. Sarah is the former President and CEO of a wonderful company, Bottom Line Inc., Because, aside from those with serious chemical imbalances, happiness is a physiological reaction, a result of the interaction between mind and body.

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Addicted to Your Smartphone, To-do List or Busyness?

Michael Lee Stallard

To put it simply, neurotransmitters are molecules that behave as chemical messengers in the brain. As opposed to the pleasure of anticipation via dopamine, these chemicals give us pleasure from sensation and emotion.” Protecting Your Employees (And Yourself) From the Stress-Connection Gap.

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Be Selfish. Be Very Selfish.

Harvard Business Review

If someone hears that the CEO is being selfish, the thought that is likely to come to mind is, "The leader is maximizing personal financial rewards even at the cost of the company''s interests." Anger releases neurotransmitter chemicals known as catecholamines that give us a burst of energy. Take anger, for example.

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How the Best Board Directors Stay Involved

Harvard Business Review

We recently discussed some of these tensions with board members and executives at Prium, a New York-based forum for CEOs (in which McKinsey participates). Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications (and a member of the boards of P&G and Xerox) stresses that “it’s not just about the meetings.