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Article: Getting Enough Sleep

Article: Getting Enough Sleep

Some people wear their sleep deprivation like a badge of honor. If they sleep less, they think they’ll get more done. As long as they don’t keel over into their bowl of soup at lunch, they figure they’re doing pretty well. CNN has suggested sleep problems are reaching epidemic proportions, and the National Commission on Sleep Disorders puts the price tag at $150 billion dollars each year in higher stress and reduced productivity.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Employee Resiliency, Reducing Stress (Work & Life)

Article: Goals and New Year’s Resolutions

Article: Goals and New Year’s Resolutions

What are your hopes and dreams for the New Year? Maybe you’re like a friend of mine whose resolution is that she won’t have any resolutions. I recommend this for those of you who think last year was akin to spending eternity atop a treadmill set on warp speed. Maybe you need a break from resolutions.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Motivation, Communication, Goals and Goal Setting, Motivation

Article: Got Post-Holiday Stress? Try Laughing!

Article: Got Post-Holiday Stress? Try Laughing!

Are you congratulating yourself for having made it through another stress-filled holiday season? About the time you’re ready to take that much-deserved breath of fresh air, you go outside and realize the fresh air you’re breathing is generating stalactites under your nose.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Employee Resiliency, Employee Wellness, Interpersonal Skills, Mental Wellness & Health

Article: Leading with Heart

Article: Leading with Heart

What does it mean to lead with heart, and why is this important? We see signs all around of us of what happens when we fail to lead with heart. We end up fighting wars…we neglect those in need… we pollute our environment.

Trainer Resource Leadership Effective Leadership, Communication, Professionalism

Article: Mortgaging the Future

Article: Mortgaging the Future

Goals are mostly a good thing, but what happens when personal or corporate goals mortgage the future for short-term gain? At what point do we recognize the folly and re-think our strategy?

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Change, Discussion Trigger, Goals and Goal Setting, Effective Leadership

Article: Overcoming Worries and Fears

Article: Overcoming Worries and Fears

Our fears limit us. They hold us back. They keep us from living a positive, proactive life that embraces the good and decries that which needs to be changed. Fear-based decisions hurt us, and they hurt others who are affected by our decisions. The child who is never allowed to make decisions because we fear she’ll make the wrong decisions finally rebels and turns into the teenager from the black lagoon.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Change, Discussion Trigger, Management, Training Support

Article: Overwhelmed? Compartmentalize!

Article: Overwhelmed? Compartmentalize!

When we catch ourselves elongating a mishap or problem, we can compartmentalize. Big word, but relatively easy concept. Think of your life as one that is filled with a series of rooms. One room might hold that CEO who badmouthed your brilliant work. Another might hold your career with the company.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Employee Wellness, Change, Discussion Trigger, Reducing Stress (Work & Life)

Article: Pay Attention

Article: Pay Attention

It is in our present moments, that we truly live. Each time we catch a pleasant scent or feel a cool spring breeze we are brought to the immediate. This gives us a chance to notice and appreciate that which surrounds us.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Personal Improvement, Discussion Trigger, Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Training Support

Article: Persevering When Times are Tough

Article: Persevering When Times are Tough

It isn’t easy to experience loss, whether our loss is business-related, financial, or personal in nature. Most of us learned quite recently, for example, that the stock market giveth, and the stock market most definitely taketh away. Our response to a loss such as this can make or break us.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Change, Problem Resolution, Professionalism

Article: Productive Workload Management

Article: Productive Workload Management

It seems donkeys, though beasts of burden, have limits. Load one to excess, and it will be hard pressed to do your bidding. People who work for us are no different. Some can juggle hats, plates, balls, and flaming torches simultaneously. Even the most talented will drop it all if we add too much to the mix.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Discussion Trigger, Employee Resiliency, Effective Leadership, Management

Article: Promote Wisely

Article: Promote Wisely

We often do this dumb thing in corporations. We want to recognize employees who do brilliant technical work, so we reward them with our plum management jobs. Sure, sometimes these people are brilliant managers, too. Far too often they end up cutting a destructive Tasmanian Devil-like swath through the organization as they spin their way up the corporate ladder.

Trainer Resource Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Management, Professionalism, Training Activities

Article: Stressed? Take a Break!

Article: Stressed? Take a Break!

Ours is a complex, fast-paced world. We all know about the treadmill analogy. Some of us run pretty fast. The mind has a hard time catching up with the body. Some of us don’t so much identify with the treadmill as we do the Tasmanian Devil. Either way, we’re moving fast and we need a break.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Customer Service, Discussion Trigger, Employee Wellness, Mental Wellness & Health

Article: Supporting Consistent Ethics and Values in the Workplace

Article: Supporting Consistent Ethics and Values in the Workplace

As business leaders, what do we truly value? Integrity? Innovation? Delighting our customers? Being an employer of choice? Or are some of these just platitudes that make our annual reports look pristine? Does our aversion to ideas advocating radical change suggest we are really a conservative company, even though our words tell everyone we value risk taking?

Trainer Resource Ethics & Compliance, Leadership Ethics & Integrity, Compliance, Management, Professionalism, Training Support

Article: Take Time to Laugh

Article: Take Time to Laugh

We need to work harder to stay positive during some seasons than others. If we haven’t supported humor and laughter in our workplace before, now is the best time to start. There are many benefits. Humor reduces stress levels because it helps us calm the chemicals that zip through our bodies when we’re agitated. We all need the physical balancing laughter offers.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Change, Discussion Trigger, Employee Wellness, Energizer or Team Builder, Training Support

Article: Taking Charge of Your Health

Article: Taking Charge of Your Health

Research suggests workplace-generated stress, not just your average garden variety stress caused by the kids, mind you, but workplace-generated stress links to heart disease. When pollsters ask people to rate their stress, nearly half say they are suffering symptoms of burnout.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Change, Employee Wellness, Energizer or Team Builder

Article: The Beauty of Reframing

Article: The Beauty of Reframing

This article looks at examples of reframing – of looking at an issue from a broader perspective that can help us move through life without feeling blindsided every time the unexpected happens. When we re-frame a difficult occurrence, we open our minds to positive outcomes and possibilities.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Change, Conflict Resolution, Employee Resiliency

Article: Victims in the Workplace

Article: Victims in the Workplace

People who lead and manage others might consider the productivity and morale impact when others have to spend time around victims. Years ago a VP at a company I worked for fired someone who did exceptional work. I asked him why he let such a strong performer go. He said no matter how good the work, it didn’t balance out the individual’s destructive behavior on the rest of the staff.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation

Coaching to Support Success

Coaching to Support Success

When it comes to coaching, open-ended questions are usually the best questions. This simple tool lists open-ended questions you can ask to bring out the best in your employees.

Trainer Resource Leadership Coaching & Mentoring, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership, Management

Customizable Workshop Evaluation Form

Customizable Workshop Evaluation Form

Use this template to create a level 1 post-training evaluation

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Training Support

Defining Your Role - Before, During and After Training

Defining Your Role - Before, During and After Training

Help increase ROI for the organization by focusing on everything you can do to insure both an effective training experience and successful integration and application of training.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Training Support