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5 Ways to Serve a Stressed Out Team

Nathan Magnuson

Stress and resilience have been my most requested leadership topics for over a year now. And even though they may not say it, many leaders are stressed to the max as well. How are we supposed to learn to manage stress effectively? How are we supposed to learn to manage stress effectively?

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Navigating Change: How the Holidays Can Help You Be a Better Leader

Let's Grow Leaders

Of bustling end-of-year stress to meet business goals? When I (Karin) was at Verizon, I would bring my team to my home for a fancy dinner that I cooked and then sometimes we would do something fun after (like go to a show). Take time together to reflect on what has worked, learn from your experiences, and set clear goals.

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How To Rearrange Your Brain for Success

Leading Blog

B RAD JACOBS, CEO and serial entrepreneur—United Rentals and XPO Logistics—has made and kept a few billion dollars and aims to show us how to do the same in How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. Here are ten ideas for rearranging your brain to achieve “big goals in turbulent environments where conventional thinking often fails.”

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Empathy: The Top Leadership Skill for Today’s Work Environment

Leading Blog

Empathy has been shown to drive positive business results and has numerous therapeutic effects on stressed employees. With similar conviction, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said, “Empathy makes you a better innovator.It’s a quality my wife helped me begin to learn when our son was born with severe disabilities.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Manage your stress triggers and response and tap into moments of good stress.

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Why 'Busy' Doesn't Mean 'Productive': The Secret to Peak Performance.

Rich Gee Group

When we think of peak productivity, what often comes to mind is a superhuman ability to complete endless to-do lists, answer every email, and never miss a deadline. Peak productivity is a state of flow where you're not just doing things right, but you're doing the right things. learn more) 2. learn more) 3.

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After the layoff: How to support your team when it just got smaller

Let's Grow Leaders

I learned so much about being a leader during that time.” Much of what I learned from employee engagement came from that time. Depending on how the downsizing was handled you might have some stupidity-recovery work to do. Losing your job is stressful under any circumstance. I’ve been there. Be a listener.

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