Here’s a great post from the Harvard Business Review, with ideas that not only apply to work and career, but in all areas of your life.
I know from experience, both mine, and that of many of my clients, many of us could get better at this….
Archive for Leadership – Page 8
Most people have a hard time responding effectively to negative feedback.
Here’s a good article from Fortune Magazine that may help you to think about it,
and subsequently, respond to it in a different way:
What do you call a veterinarian that can only take care of one species? A physician. In a fascinating talk, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz shares how a species-spanning approach to health can improve medical care of the human animal — particularly when it comes to mental health.
To my physician readers and clients particularly, check out this amazing talk from TEDMED:
via Barbara Natterson-Horowitz: What veterinarians know that doctors don't | Talk Video | TED.com.
Take a look at this fascinating, (short), video about the neurobiology and physiology of compassion and kindness.
Daecher Keltner from the University of California-Berkeley discusses new research coming from his lab and others that explains the scientific brain-wiring that makes this happen.
(Really worth watching!)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T_ Find out what it means to me.
Nice article from Maria Gamble at Forbes about how to get respect, and, the relationship between respect and trust.
What does the Dalai Lama have to teach psychologists about joy and contentment?
You’d think a scientifically literate and technologically sophisticated society that has established the pursuit of happiness as an unalienable right would know a little more about what the damn thing entails. But scientists long ago ceded the investigation of happiness to ministers, novelists, therapists, travel agents, brewers, ad executives and vice squads. (Read more below.)
The Scientific Pursuit of Happiness | Science | Smithsonian.
This is an interesting post by BBC columnist Lucy P. Marcus! I believe it is a thoughtful, (and right on target), picture of what true power really is.
How would you answer this question, and why?
This is excellent!!!
As an entrepreneur I have to be totally self-motivating and I know every one of these is important in being productive, engaged and focused on the right things.
When I coach executive clients, I find it is the rare leader who does not feel that they always have more work to do than they can get done, and that they all welcome ways that they can do more of the high value work and maintain a sense of ongoing progress and accomplishment.
Check it out here:
7 Daily Mantras To Boost Your Productivity | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.
Here’s an interesting post from Harvard Business Review. I think this information applies to life in general, not just at work. What are your thoughts?
An Easy Way to Make Your Employees Happier.
This is a provocative article. (It starts out saying, “Imagine you are Mary Barra.”)
Only 20% of senior leaders let those who work for them know about their efforts to manage stress. Why don’t more leaders share their stress management strategies?
Read on and let me know what you think.