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These 4 Tips Will Increase Your Resiliency as a Leader

Center for Creative Leadership

We know from studies of stress that performance doesn’t always increase as a result of putting more pressure on yourself. When industry volatility, societal shifts, or workplace pressures result in stress, it’s time to think about developing resiliency: the ability to bounce back from obstacles and setbacks.

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Leaders: Tame the Brain’s Fight-or-Flight Response and Give Helpful Feedback

Great Leadership By Dan

Fear and Stress There are a number of reasons given for the feedback gap. But the most common and hard-to-budge problem experienced by leaders is the fear and stress they experience when attempting to talk honestly to an employee or colleague about the need to improve, why they need to improve, and how they can improve.

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5 Office Etiquette to Live By

HR Digest

A 2007 study published in the Leadership and Organizational Development Journal by Yehuda Baruch and Stuart Jenkins of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, groups swearing into two types: social swearing and annoyance swearing. An excessive amount of smell can cause “multiple chemical sensitivity.”.

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Communicate Effectively to Influence and Lead

CoachStation

Communication is key to effective leadership. As I have highlighted in previous blogs, the skills of asking the right question at the right time and effective listening are two of the most important leadership attributes to develop. To communicate well, is to be understood and to understand.

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10 Ways to Keep Cool and Composed

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was originally recently published in SmartBlog on Leadership : When a leader blows up, loses their temper, or lets their emotions get the better of them they can quickly develop a reputation as volatile, moody, defensive, or having a lack of leadership presence. Unfortunately, all it takes is one public outburst. Count to 10.

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Need a Break? 52 Ways to Do It–When You Need It Most

Lead from Within

It adds stress to your life (and all the problems associated with it) and it robs you of joy. Take a few hours off to clear your mind and de-stress by doing something you enjoy that relaxes you. Get an adult (or kids’) coloring book and a set of crayons or pencils for instant stress relief. THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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Communication Tips: Connecting With Outgoing, Task-Oriented People.

The Recovering Engineer

Show them respect — they also want you to show respect for them, their position, and their work. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Look them in the eye and speak-up — they seldom have patience for people who do not have confidence.

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