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Protecting Your Employees (and Yourself) from the Stress-Connection Gap

Michael Lee Stallard

The nature of modern work has caused stress to rise to unhealthy levels at a time when people are also struggling with increased isolation. Research from Gallup shows a rising percentage of Americans who feel stress in their day-to-day lives. Nearly 80% of Americans now report being afflicted by stress.

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I’m Optimistic About the Future of Leadership

Michael Lee Stallard

I highly recommend reading Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s recent books, Leadership B.S. In them he makes a compelling case that most leadership training has failed to produce effective leaders and that the poor state of the vast majority of workplace cultures today is harming the health of people. and Dying for a Paycheck.

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Scream Time? Are You Managing, or Managed By, E-mail?

The Practical Leader

” A survey by e-mail productivity company, Gated, found “82% of people say e-mail is their primary means of communication at work, 74% feel guilt or stress over e-mails they haven’t read or replied to, and 67% of people feel overwhelmed by their inbox.” It’s an efficient information management tool.

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4 Reasons Why Managers Fail

Harvard Business Review

Gartner research has found that managers today are accountable for 51% more responsibilities than they can effectively manage — and they’re starting to buckle under the pressure: 54% are suffering from work-induced stress and fatigue, and 44% are struggling to provide personalized support to their direct reports.

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The ROLE of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership Today

The Center For Leadership Studies

Zig Ziglar is known for saying, “You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.” In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. At every level of the organization, EI’s pivotal role is to help the leader: Manage self.

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Improving Work-Life Balance Only Helps To A Certain Extent

The Horizons Tracker

As Covid has prompted both a growing desire for compassionate leadership alongside concerns around the expanding workload of people who are often working remotely, there have been understandable discussions around achieving the right work-life balance. The researchers also examined the accuracy of the forecasts made by those analysts.

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6 Times When a Leader Can Go Overboard, but Should Stop

Lead from Within

The best leaders understand that perfectionism is a constant source of stress and that it’s impossible to achieve. Overboard leaders can get stuck in a cycle of asking for too many options, but the best leaders understand that indecision and over-analysis can lead to missed opportunities and wasted time.