Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2021

There are a lot of job sectors out there that are notorious for being high pressure, highly stressful fields. However, when there’s a lot of competition to run up against, it usually means the sector is in demand, has plenty to go round, and could be a great fit for your career dreams. Remote work can also be hard to keep up with!

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Why do we have stress? What causes us to feel that stress? Why do we choose the coping responses we choose when stress arises? Are there other, better coping strategies that could turn any kind of stress to our advantage? Step 1: Get to know what stress is and why it exists. That is pretty amazing, actually!

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Art Petty

APRIL 11, 2024

It turns out, a great number of us stress over giving feedback—particularly the constructive kind. Earlier in my career, this was me and it took a great mentor to help me solve this problem. The post Three Options to Help You Strengthen Your Feedback Skills appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nash also addresses the challenges of compassion fatigue and burnout among leaders and offers strategies for managing these issues, such as setting boundaries and finding activities that recharge and renew energy. She suggests that leaders start by leading themselves first and aligning their own values with the organization’s values.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way. Interestingly, we hear an equally common frustration from these over-involved managers. This leads to a negative feedback loop where the manager causes some of the very outcomes that lead them to micromanage.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2020

I make sure my coaching clients have the tools they need to manage their anxiety because left unchecked, it can do great damage to their decision-making ability and overall effectiveness. Here are some of the techniques I share with them for managing anxiety: Acknowledge your anxiety without denying it. The Leadership Gap.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2023

It Matters More Than You Think by @PhilCooke The Death of The Manager Role Is Predicted Yet Again. Looking the Part, Being the Part by @James_Albright 5 Things To Quit To Become More Successful by @JosephLalonde Identity Politics Comes for Tim Scott by @jamesstrock | Social Conservatives Join the Attack on One of Their Own.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 6, 2016

If you’re a people manager, you’re likely meeting with your team to establish performance agreements and developmental plans. 8 Ways to Refresh Your Career in the New Year. The new year is the perfect time to step back and take some tangible actions to invest in your career. Don’t forget about you.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 12, 2016

WHY MEASURING STRESS COULD REWRITE FUTURE FOR MILLENNIAL WOMEN. Statistics are showing that Millennial women are hitting the ground running when they launch their careers in their early 20s, but later find that pace is unsustainable. When companies measure their stress, they’re investing in the well-being of their people.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Changing your environment with your brain is about harnessing the power of your thoughts and emotions to shape the world around you. When I coach, my job is to help my clients incrementally transition their careers from a motionless or harmful state to a more progressive and positive one. I’m not talking about ‘being positive’.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. I’m a big believer in the power of assessments.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Performance management conversations happen behind closed doors. Of course, I can’t assure you that your manager has this under control. Here’s where a few “Navigating Workplace Conflict Power Phrases ” can come in. Everyone’s under so much stress. And might be dealing with it.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2021

Harnessing the Power of Purpose in Your Work by @artpetty. How To Use Hope To Overcome Stress and Anxiety by @LaRaeQuy. This Is The Moment To Reinvent Yourself, Your Organization, and Your Career by @PhilCooke. Use Courage—Not Fear—To Manage Your Team by @btreasurer. Is Virtual The Future Of Executive Coaching?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2018

There are many things that can stress us out, especially when we want to create our own success stories. Unfortunately, most of us end up tolerating some of our own bad habits, even though they cause much of the stress we experience. So what are the stressful habits we need to stop tolerating? Here are the worst: 1.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2016

Winning Well means that you sustain excellent performance over time because you refuse to succumb to harsh, stress-inducing shortcuts that temporarily scare people into “performing.” Managers who win well bring confidence and humility in equal measure and focus on both results and relationships. How did you know?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. Managers brought in their own grills to cook the burgers. ” is a powerful creative force. No fancy budget.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Marcia shares: “ When you are stressed or irritated, you might sabotage your conversations with one word or phrase. Erik Samdahl of i4cp shared Let Managers Manage Flexible Work, But… “ When it comes to flexible work decisions, “let managers manage” is a better motto than setting a top-down policy.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Recognizing False Urgency: As leaders celebrated for our adept time management skills and efficiency, we must remain vigilant in spotting the telltale signs of false urgency. It can lead to stress and burnout among team members, stifle creativity, and obstruct meaningful progress.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 1, 2023

Powerful Phrases to Confidently Confront a Bully at Work Looking back I feel I should have stood for myself and not give into this bully. However, this has made me not decide so many things for myself like my career path, my job etc…at that time. Do I feel sick or nauseous when working with a particular colleague or manager?

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness Robert K.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 30, 2013

Up to that point it had been an uneventful start to my career, since the summer is a slow time for most accounting groups. I was totally stressed out – there I was, my first real client engagement, and I was on my own. My career is toast, and I just got out of school! It was from the high level manager on the Rodeo job.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared The 3 Most Important Traits Teams Want in a New Manager. Learn 5 ways to manage your mind to better control your mouth. Stephanie Skryzowski of 100 Degrees Consulting provided Four Tips to Manage Your Email. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared What Does a Career Look Like Today ?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 6, 2023

Most high-performing leaders feel this way at some point in their careers. Stressful times like this can enhance or destroy your leadership brand. Best to speak up, and share your concerns with the people involved directly, or with HR and/or your manager. I want to help. Perhaps it’s an unexpected layoff.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Numerous times during my high-pressure career as a broadcast journalist, I worked with people who were extremely toxic and had no bones about spreading their negative mood around. Positive Engagement measures your response in the face of stressful situations. In other words, this measures your story about stress.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 24, 2024

Su shares both Western management thinking and Eastern philosophy to provide a holistic yet hands-on approach to becoming a more effective leader with less stress and more equanimity. And, how to lead from a place of acceptance, gratitude, and trust, rather than a place of stress, striving, and ego protection.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Take the story of Gemma (this n ame has been changed for confidentiality), who found herself working in an extremely toxic environment, with one colleague in particular causing her a lot of stress. Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 23, 2016

What is " Women and Time Management ?" . A time management book for working women based on what has worked well for the female clients of North America's top executive women coaches. Women and Time ” delivers proven time management tips that reduce stress and help you reclaim your time and life.

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Lead from Within

MAY 9, 2017

If you’re in a powerful position or leadership role in which people look up to you, you’re expected to lead in integrity and truth. As a leader, you have the power—and the obligation—to get rid of anything that prevents people from performing at their best. Whatever the reason, a lie today will have major consequences tomorrow.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This system guides our daily habits, helps us make snap decisions, and reacts instantly to dangerous life-and-death situations, like saber-toothed tigers, through the freeze, fight, or flight stress response. We have many small stresses in our work that are not life-threatening, but the autopilot system treats them as saber-toothed tigers.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In the workplace, providing learning opportunities is one of the most powerful things you can do for an employee. Mentoring is equally powerful. Throughout my career, I injected humor to diffuse stressful situations. He loved to learn. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn. I miss you.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They don’t want to take a chance on being ridiculed, disregarded, or punished with a negative performance appraisal or other career-damaging responses. Foster engagement and innovation by reducing stress. The One Aspect Of Crisis Management That No One Talks About. Be generous in extending trust. The Leadership Gap.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

At the beginning of my career as a leadership coach, I became curious about what makes some teams better than others—why some teams facing significant challenges outperform those with more advantages. They love talking through processes and procedures, and they find one-on-one time stimulating rather than stressful. A supporting hand.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 21, 2024

The integration of advanced tools and platforms has become paramount for effective communication and project management. Hybrid work arrangements allow for better work-life integration, reduced commuting stress, and the opportunity for employees to structure their workdays in a way that suits their individual needs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. The Power of Bad : How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It by John Tierney and Roy F. People don’t experience our intentions; they experience our behavior.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 18, 2022

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. Mentoring is powerful. The book presents a fictional parable about the power of finding, or being, a mentor. Blanchard coauthored the legendary, The One Minute Manager. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 10, 2024

CMI has partnered with Timewise, a social enterprise that aims to create more inclusive workplaces, to explore the key role managers can play in making hybrid working work. If you’re looking for help yourself, the resultant report is published today, and includes a practical handbook of management tips. Otherwise engaged?

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