article thumbnail

Quality Conversations Boost Our Daily Wellbeing

The Horizons Tracker

Having a daily catch-up chat with a friend, be it for a joke or to express your thoughts, can boost your happiness and reduce stress by the end of the day. “This paper was an attempt to define quality communication in the context of relationships,” the researchers explain. Just once is all it takes.”

Quality 96
article thumbnail

Empathy: The Top Leadership Skill for Today’s Work Environment

Leading Blog

Empathy has been shown to drive positive business results and has numerous therapeutic effects on stressed employees. When leaders expressed empathy for their team, it increased a team’s innovation and engagement, improved customer service, and helped them balance their home and work life.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Are Virtual Meetings Low Quality Meetings?

The Horizons Tracker

This time spent in meetings is not time well spent, however, as the study found that the meetings are typically of low quality. Low-quality meetings. Low-quality meetings often translate into less productivity and high levels of multitasking can increase stress,” the researchers explain. “Low-quality

Quality 110
article thumbnail

4 Steps to Improve Quality and Safety

Michael Lee Stallard

Many “programs” over the years have focused on tasks but overlook the important role that relationships play in achieving high levels of quality and safety. Here are four steps to improve quality and safety by being intentional about achieving both task excellence and relationship excellence. Step 1 – Begin With Humility.

Quality 150
article thumbnail

The Stresses Of Leadership Shortens Life Expectancy

The Horizons Tracker

New research from BerkeleyHaas is perhaps unlikely to shift the sympathy needle too much, but it does nonetheless highlight the damage the stresses of leadership has on those at the top. The health implications of stress are a very under-studied dimension for many jobs,” the researchers explain.

article thumbnail

10 Essential Leadership Development Areas CEOs Often Overlook

Lead from Within

Empathy Beyond the Boardroom: While CEOs excel in decision-making, empathy is a quality that can elevate their leadership. Nurturing Innovation Culture: CEOs often focus on the big picture, but fostering an innovation culture is equally vital. Diverse perspectives foster innovation and create a more equitable workplace.

article thumbnail

What Does Commuting Do To Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Supporting innovation. Recent research from Harvard Business School explores how our commute affects not only our productivity but also our creativity and innovation. They found a clear correlation between the length of our commute and the quality of innovative output from that firm. Distance matters.