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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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 8, 2018

The nature of modern work has caused stress to rise to unhealthy levels at a time when people are also struggling with increased isolation. When you add up the hours spent on the job, commuting and doing additional work at home on our laptops and smartphones, many of us are devoting more hours to work than we ever have.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Who experiences greater levels of stress: management or employees? Managers seem to think they do, but hard research data makes it clear: Employees experience greater stress, and that affects the company’s bottom line. Despite its reputation, all stress is not bad. Find the Right Fit. Be Present in Conversations.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 27, 2016

And, while a leadership role can certainly cause you to sweat, it shouldn’t start as soon as you wake up! In fact, there are several steps you can take to ensure your days always get off to a stress-free start. We can’t promise that your entire 24 hours will be smooth sailing, but your waking ones can be if you follow these seven tips.

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HR Digest

MARCH 20, 2024

Sometimes colleagues genuinely get caught up with other tasks and forget to handle your request, and a polite follow-up email can set them back on track. Sending out polite follow-up emails is a part of the corporate set-up so before you send out your next update request, here are some things to keep in mind.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 3, 2017

I recently conducted a needs assessment for a senior executive group and was surprised when one of the highest rated development needs was stress management. The topic came up again in training discussion when another executive group expressed a high desire to include stress management on the list. Get Clarity. Talk it Out.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

After hearing his list, I said to him that it reminded me of that list of stressful life events where you add up the scores of each event that is going on in your life to determine how much stress you’re dealing with. That stressful life events list is called the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2024

How can I get them to step it up? Work is more stressful than it needs to be. Today’s “Asking for a Friend” features Glain Roberts-McCabe, PCC, CTDP ( she/her) with expert advice for showing up curious and getting clear on your request. Or they lack the confidence to speak up and share their ideas.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Knowing your principles doesn’t necessarily mean you know how practice them, particularly under stress or pressure. If personality is how you respond on a typical day, character is how you show up on a hard day. It’s easy to be proactive and determined when things are going well. Personality is not your destiny—it’s your tendency.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 22, 2016

What followed knocked me sideways. Managing teams is incredibly difficult, stressful and challenging. If you’re leading a team, you may be struggling too, which is possibly how you ended up here. The good news is, leading a team doesn’t have to be stressful. Here’s how you can remove stress from your role as a manager.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Stress, disengagement, quiet quitting, and mass resignations… Has all the rapid change led to more workplace conflict? For many, the pandemic’s hypervigilance, anxiety, and stress created lasting mental health challenges. Closely followed by advice related to speaking up, talking about it, and addressing the problem head-on. “Be

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 15, 2024

What to Say Next to Destress an Emotional Conversation at Work When people are fired up, angry, and defensive, it’s tough to have a productive conversation. Followed closely by burning microwave popcorn. Frustrations and resentments build up and poison the work. One person gets defensive, and the other person responds in kind.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 9, 2023

In this episode, former fighter pilot and retired Air Force Colonel Kim “KC” Campbell gives practical and inspirational ways of leading through fear and decision-making in high-stress situations. It’s not the fear that matters, it’s about being able to step up and take action in the face of fear.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Follow-up is the key to making sure the work actually gets done. Effective follow-up can increase your chances of getting projects completed on time while also decreasing your stress. First, accept that follow-up and holding people accountable is essential. But you have to do it right.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2020

Insecurity, lack of clarity, and lack of follow-up make accountability frustrating. “Holding people accountable” feels oppressive – like pressuring reluctant people to do something they resist. Frustration turns accountability into punishment. Develop… Continue reading →

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 13, 2021

. “A global pandemic can lead some people to think about their own mortality, which will understandably make them more stressed and less engaged at work,” the researchers explain. ” Channeling stress. Follow up studies in the United States confirmed these findings.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

But we tend to stick with the status quo—the old and familiar—when we should be mixing it up, “even when it is possible and better to try something different.” To maximize happiness, we should “chop up the good but swallow the bad whole.” To maximize happiness, we should “chop up the good but swallow the bad whole.”

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 14, 2017

Chronic ongoing stress shortens telomeres. Chronic job stress has also been found to be associated with shorter telomeres. It may be as simple as learning which sports teams the person follows, a hobby he or she enjoys, or a favorite trip taken as a child. 3 Insights About Stress Every Leader Should Know.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Empathy has been shown to drive positive business results and has numerous therapeutic effects on stressed employees. When an empathic leader, for example, sees a team member faltering, they don’t crank up the pressure to perform or use criticism to motivate. Nor do they lead with impatience, which only makes people freeze or panic.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Now, just one look at that mind map, and I know exactly what I need to do next, and can follow my thought process for every idea I’ve previously had. Mind mapping has restored order to my working day, but, crucially, it has also removed a great deal of stress. Summing up. How do mind maps work? Non-linear thinking at its best.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I’ve got to follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. Help your team be as effective as possible and lower your stress level by creating a common understanding of timeframes, and shared commitments. (02:46). “My team lacks urgency. I’m tired of babysitting. How can I ensure things get done on time?”

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

They take their cues from the situation, stepping up when needed, but when their stewardship is fulfilled, they step back and follow others with equal ease. While others wait for direction, Impact Players step up and lead.”. Source: Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 20, 2020

“It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Put your wellbeing front and center , and everything else will follow. The less stressed you are, the smarter you’ll think, as a recent Forbes article says, citing David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute. Use a stress-reduction technique. Steve Maraboli.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 22, 2024

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Workers with specific EI skills know how to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. Manage your stress triggers and response and tap into moments of good stress. Try an anti-stress diet.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2020

26 Ways to Keep Your Stress Down and Your Energy Up by @DonCooper. A Manager’s Guide to Navigating High-Stress Times by @Julie_WG. How Entrepreneurs Can Win During A Recession by @hamzam1981 A company that only follows a cost-cutting strategy will struggle to regain capabilities and capacity when the economy returns to normal.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

In our personal lives, social media has us keeping score by likes and followers. Gino Wickman, bestselling author of Traction , teams up with mindfulness expert Rob Dube to help readers strike a crucial balance between those inner and outer worlds while taking your success to new heights. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2024

Then, both she and her directors could follow up by talking with frontline team members to check for understanding. Maintain Relationships and Lines of Communication In times of stressful change, it’s easy to lose track of your normal lines of communication. To hear the team member describe what was happening in their own words.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2021

Instead of slogging through every day like one long marathon, take shorter sprints followed by breaks. Research shows that breaking up the day like this can actually increase productivity. Then they do it all over again.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Fast-paced business environments swing between ups and downs, with many stressful interactions. And maybe because our kids knew the question was coming, they kept their antennas up all day with the expectation that the happiest moment could happen at any time. Love He begins with love. How do you get there? We tried it.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Expect to Do Some Heavy Lifting by @artpetty How to Facilitate – as Opposed to Dominate – Your Meetings by @suzimcalpine 5 Important Lessons I Learned Growing Up from @wallybock Leaders, Objectivity vs. Detached Coldness by @KateNasser How Writing Your Obituary Can Help You NOW!

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2023

Knowing that a connection deficit negatively affects our own health and well-being, the health of groups and the health of society, we’ve become concerned observing how the pace and stress of life threaten to squeeze out time for supportive, lifegiving relationships and endeavors. It also makes us more resilient to cope with stress.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The following signs can help you decide if you’re working with a micromanager: They have to know where everyone is at every moment. Is there a new source of stress? The meetings rarely have engagement and you end up walking everyone through how to do their work. Another pattern to pay attention to is timing.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In Upshift , Ramalingam distils this expertise into an insightful, powerful, and engaging book that will show you how to reframe your set responses to stress and pressure and instead use them to harness the potential they hold not just for improving your work, your relationships, and your mindset, but for transforming them. Sound familiar?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Facial expressions and tones when you ask them about their stress level. Eyebrows up can be sadness. One eyebrow up can be skepticism. We are hard-wired to follow others. ” Body Language Insights From Traci Brown. 3:55 Traci shares some of her favorite cases. Trends and changes in tone, patience, and engagement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

” I watched Sarah’s entire body tense up each time the hourly stack rankings buzzed in on her phone. As my blast from the past continued, I remembered the additional stress, when those hourly stack ranks, were followed up by a call from my boss “Have you seen the numbers?” Now you’re more stressed.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 8, 2024

She emphasizes the importance of following a purpose rather than a person, relying on context instead of control, being a cultivator rather than a collector, and building a community rather than a crowd. Episode 247: In this episode, Tanya Luna discusses the principles of power with and how to a build better team.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

When you mono-task, you pour all your energy into one activity, dramatically increasing the quality of work and reducing the stress caused by context-switching. Allocate Uninterrupted Time: Choose a task and work on it exclusively for a set period, such as 25 minutes, followed by a five-minute break, a method known as the Pomodoro Technique.

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