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Virtual Working Can Be Stressful – How To Do It Right

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Research from Gallup suggests that workers were the most pessimistic about their living standards since the company started measuring this in 2009, with around a third experiencing anger, stress, and sadness at work. In the study, participants made a deliberate effort to communicate explicitly in technical discussions and meetings.

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Research Shows How Stress Accelerates Aging

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The past few years have been nothing if not stressful, with the pandemic bleeding into the invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation, and general concerns around the cost of living. Each participant was asked to complete a questionnaire designed to gauge their daily stress levels. Stressed out.

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Experts Chime in on Bold and Innovative Leadership: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Our September Festival is all about Bold and Innovative Leadership. No one has the words “Bold” or “Innovative” printed on their business cards; but Bill Benoist of Leadership Heart Coaching shares that when you look, these leaders are all around us. Too bad – they are more stressed than they need to be.

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Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Bolster Innovation

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It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that new research from Cambridge Judge Business School reveals that emotionally intelligent leaders are also ideal for innovation to flourish. In contrast, those employees whose supervisors show little emotional intelligence say they feel frustrated and stressed at work.”.

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Open Plan Offices Cause Us Physiological Stress

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If ever you needed any additional evidence, however, a recent study from Bond University highlights how open-plan offices have a very real physiological stress on our bodies. The results show that even after a short exposure to the open-plan office, the sweat response of participants rose by 34% and the negative mood by 25%.

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How Procrastination Causes Stress At Work

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The consequences are often grave, with stress levels rising and job satisfaction falling. A team from Harvard, Yale and BYU have developed a tool that they believe will help to overcome that, at least in terms of financial decision making. The post How Procrastination Causes Stress At Work first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

So to get the most out of innovation processes such as design thinking, truly creative leaders also need to master the social dynamics of… [wait for the punchline}…humor! We have witnessed that skilled leaders, those we call “Stand-Up Strategists”, understand the utility of humor to boost innovation.