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Preview Thursday: Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive

Lead Change Blog

By contrast, when we feel bad, negative, stressed out and exhausted we won’t perform well. Goleman, 2007).”. Stress creates tunnel vision literally and makes us vulnerable to judgment errors, jumping to conclusions, getting defensive, closing ourselves off, and worse. Our normal peripheral vision becomes reduced.

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Understanding Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

HR Digest

” The concept gained widespread recognition in 1995 with the publication of Daniel Goleman’s book, “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.” ” Goleman argued that emotional intelligence is a critical predictor of success in life and the workplace. Keeping calm and productive under pressure.

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7 Ways to Enjoy Others at Work

Persuasive Powerhouse

It’s not worth stressing over if it gets in the way of developing the great relationships you need to get work done well. Striving and resisting causes stress and makes us focus on ourselves instead of others. It relieves stress and allows us to be more open to others. This stuff is just stuff. Stop striving and resisting.

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Infectious Optimism

Persuasive Powerhouse

Daniel Goleman, in “Social Intelligence&# cites some great studies about how emotions are “catching&# , just like a virus. Dr’s like that one, make visits less stressful on the patient. He knew the right things to say, and delivered them with an optimistic attitude. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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No Better Time

Persuasive Powerhouse

In the stress of making bottom line goals, you may be missing an opportunity to achieve more than you have. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. The pressure on you to make bottom line goals is even greater than it has ever been.

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How Leaders Can Develop Their Skills With One Simple Habit

Tanveer Naseer

For most of us, our default mode of operating in the world is to be caught up in our thinking. However, people who run intentionally 3-4 days per week for 20-30 minutes realize a great number of benefits, such as improved sleep, reduced stress, clearer thinking, increased energy, etc.

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Why You Should Meditate

Persuasive Powerhouse

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. Thanks for the link.