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Putting People First: The Promise of Human Centered Capitalism

Let's Grow Leaders

and owner of ChemBlend of America, discusses human centered capital, and the importance of compassion, empathy, and resilience in leadership. She attributes her success to embracing every part of her past, a belief that reveals the essence of a leadership style that treats setbacks as stepping stones.

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These 4 Tips Will Increase Your Resiliency as a Leader

Center for Creative Leadership

It’s a common myth that working harder is the best way to deal with the pressures of management. We know from studies of stress that performance doesn’t always increase as a result of putting more pressure on yourself. Too much pressure or stress creates narrowed thinking and increases the likelihood of flawed reasoning.

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Addicted to Your Smartphone, To-do List or Busyness?

Michael Lee Stallard

To put it simply, neurotransmitters are molecules that behave as chemical messengers in the brain. As opposed to the pleasure of anticipation via dopamine, these chemicals give us pleasure from sensation and emotion.” In an interview titled “ Putting Leaders on the Couch ,” management expert and psychoanalyst Manfred F.R.

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8 Ways To Design a High-Trust Culture

Leading Blog

Paul Zak, the author of The Trust Factor , has shown that “when someone is tangibly trusted by a stranger, the brain synthesizes the signaling chemical oxytocin” and “ the more trust one is shown, the more the brain produces oxytocin.” High levels of stress and testosterone inhibit the release of oxytocin. T RUST BEGETS TRUST.

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Communicate Effectively to Influence and Lead

CoachStation

Communication is key to effective leadership. Unfortunately, many managers do not develop this skill to the level required. As I have highlighted in previous blogs, the skills of asking the right question at the right time and effective listening are two of the most important leadership attributes to develop.

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4 Ways To Reduce Workplace Negativity By Increasing Consistency

Tanveer Naseer

In other words the business is growing and changing and there is a need for increased structure to support and manage the change. The brain craves certainty, and when you feel uncertain, the almond shaped structure in the brain called the amygdala releases chemicals into the blood stream that you experience as fear, anxiety and doubt.

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Addicted to Wealth

N2Growth Blog

Withdrawal: The thought of losing or not making money fills a person with fear, anxiety and stress. So in order to feel better (or so they think) the physical and emotional actions of pursuing wealth causes their brain produce enough dopamine (a chemical mood enhancer) to numb their pain.

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