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JANUARY 20, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Which is worse: receiving a performance review, or giving one? At least with the latter you have some control. When you’re the one conducting the review, try doing [.].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Which is worse: receiving a performance review, or giving one? At least with the latter you have some control. When you’re the one conducting the review, try doing [.].

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another article written by Matthew Le Merle and featured online by Booz & Company. As he explains in the article, Black Swans—unanticipated, catastrophic events—are impossible to predict on an individual basis, but they regularly occur.

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MAY 24, 2016

There are so many resources available about how to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Sometimes, we forget that there is a spiritual resource available to us as well. You can find her post about DEFEATING… Read More Spiritual Resource for Defeating Anxiety.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Here’s how David Allen put it (in Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity): One of my favorite sayings is, “The better you get, the better you’d better get!”

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NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Louis -- School of MedicineWashington University Dr. Charles Zorumski Eugene Rubin post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Psychology Today Rewiring the Brain to Eliminate Fear using a pulse of medication to augment a behavioral therapy'

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FEBRUARY 24, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On Sharon Melnick The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh Who [.].

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Fewer women are including relationships [comma] children or marriage in their definitions of success Men are more likely to equate kids with success Millennial women are more likely to describe themselves as "ambitious" than women of any other generation Nina Bahadur Padmasree Warrior Princeton University Survey Reveals 6 Important (..)

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JULY 9, 2014

She leads a pretty remarkable group in their school and therapy centers to work with kids who are often starting behind due to poverty, toxic stress or trauma. I met with Michelle Kinder, the Executive Director of the Momentous Institute in Dallas. So, we were talking about how to know “how we are doing now,” […].

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The stress of dual careers on a marriage and family is unbearable for so many. The Harvard Business Review notes that between 1996 and 2006, the percentage of two-income married couples rose 31% in the US. Today, a whopping 47.5%, of all American married couples are classified as dual-career.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This was the question sent by a person in a professional, high-stress, fully-packed, heavily-scheduled job. Randy, what tips do you have for softening the tone in my e-mails without sacrificing efficiency? I find anything other than direct annoying, so I’m really at a loss. It is an understandable question. On the one hand, you want [.].

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MARCH 6, 2011

To sign up for a free subscription, to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Dismissing an employee is a stressful and challenging task. Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Unfortunately, the difficulties don’t always end when he’s out the door. Employees, [.].

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JANUARY 3, 2013

The Apple Marketing Philosophy that stressed three points. We learned how to tune out distractions. It was a magical thing. The first was empathy, an intimate connection with the feelings of the customer: “We will truly understand their needs better than any other company,” ?Focus: Focus: “In order to do a good job of those things [.].

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JANUARY 8, 2013

On the other, we need to create work environments and skills that will keep the most invested people from burning out due to stress. On the one hand, we need proven tools that can help people focus their energies strategically and tactically without letting anything fall through the cracks. I don’t want to waste time [.].

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MAY 15, 2014

Michael Lewis reviews Stress Test by Timothy Geithner in the New York Times.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The Apple Marketing Philosophy stressed three points. We learned how to tune out distractions. It was a magical thing. Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs ————— Ok, let’s try this again. Can I be so bold as to say that this point is important? You really need to get really good at what you do [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 31, 2011

To avoid taking the stress home, try doing three things at the end of a bad day: [.]. Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. We all have them: those days when nothing goes right.

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MAY 15, 2013

David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity ——————— (call this a rather free-flowing thought exercise)… Every person has just so much time in a day. When a culture adopts “What’s the next action?” In fact, every person […].

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JULY 14, 2013

To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * If you’re stressed out and tired, it’s hard to learn new things. Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Exercise, sleep, and a good diet are all essential for keeping your brain […].

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JULY 20, 2011

In response to those annoyances, some leaders get irritable and stressed out. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Every leader faces a share of irritating screw-ups and minor setbacks. Others keep on moving. [.].

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MARCH 19, 2012

He explains why globalization, compensation gaps and decreased job security have created a new high-stress environment. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marshall Goldsmith for Talent Management magazine.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * In today’s work world — particularly during times of stress [.].

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MAY 2, 2011

In The Effective Executive, first published in 1967, Peter Drucker stressed the importance of mastering several learnable disciplines. They include • Manage your time and your energy, not your work • Know your priorities • Do first things first • Do not multi-task • Focus on (leverage) strengths, both yours and others’ He then asserts [.].

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

Laura Putnam is an author and CEO of Motion Infusion, a well-being training and consulting firm that provides creative solutions in the areas of engagement, behavior change, human performance, and building healthier, happier, and more innovative organizations.

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MARCH 8, 2011

John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. He has spent most of his professional life as a private research consultant, working primarily in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries on research related to mental health.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 23, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Race Dennis N.T. Perkins with Jillian B. Murphy The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow Michael Macoby Metaskills: Five Talents for [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: REVIEWS Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Finding Keepers: The Monster Guide to Hiring and Holding the World’s Best Employees Steve Pogorzelski and Jesse Harriott [.].

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JULY 10, 2012

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook: Helping Companies Realize the Full Value of Acquisitions Scott C. Whitaker John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to combine, consolidate, and integrate resources effectively Most mergers and acquisitions either fail or fall far short of original expectations.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Having an unruly to-do list can be overwhelming. If you find yourself rushing around, but not actually getting anything done, try the following process: 1. Write it all [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Research shows that the more hours you work continuously, the greater the toll on your performance. You can greatly improve your productivity by taking a short nap. Think [.].

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JULY 7, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Don’t be fooled: staying up an hour later doesn’t mean you gain an hour in productivity. In fact, losing sleep is directly linked to poor focus and memory. [.].

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