Stress is an occupational hazard in any position of any organization – that’s just the way it is. But there are many compelling reasons to reduce stress for yourself and your employees. Let’s take a look at a few reasons to reduce stress, and some ways that you can create a healthier, happier workplace. Stress [...] Read More>
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Your Brain on Coaching
During the work day, you’re constantly asked to change, to adapt, to move faster, to complete tasks, to go to meetings, to improve. But what does it take to improve? What steps should you be taking to ensure that you cross off the items on your To Do list, all while fulfilling your personal responsibility [...] Read More>
The Art of Taking a Break: 7 Ways to Maintain Your Brain-Power All Day Long
Self-awareness is an important trait, especially for a leader. It’s critical to be able to diagnose – in real time – the things you think, the way you feel, and what you should do about it. Many leaders are quite proficient at this, in most cases at least. But there’s one instance that seems to [...] Read More>
Leadership Principle #5: Keep a Cool Head
First time here? Need some context? Head back to Intro: 5 Leadership Principles Proven (or Disproven) by Neuroscience. Forewarning: The word emotion is going to be used liberally throughout this topic. The truth is that happiness, pride, jealousy, anger, sadness, frustration, joy, fear, etc. are all emotions and we all have them. Don’t let it scare [...] Read More>
Leadership Principle #4: Set Challenging Goals for Yourself and Your Team
First time here? Need some context? Head back to Intro: 5 Leadership Principles Proven (or Disproven) by Neuroscience. Whether or not you’re familiar with this leadership principle, it’s true that setting challenging goals is far more effective than setting easily attainable goals. There is, of course, a particular way to set challenging (and even seemingly impossible) [...] Read More>
Leadership Principle #3: Lead By Example
First time here? Need some context? Head back to Intro: 5 Leadership Principles Proven (or Disproven) by Neuroscience. An oldie but a goody, as they say. This simple principle has been around since the beginning of leadership, and basically addresses the need for leaders to SHOW what they want to do by first doing it themselves, [...] Read More>
