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Leadership Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Holding It Together
The Stress Pattern Quietly Draining Leaders There are leaders who rarely raise their voices. They manage conflict efficiently. They stabilize tense rooms and absorb pressure without visible reactions. Their teams describe them as steady, composed and reliable. At night, however, their jaw aches. Their sleep feels light. Their mind keeps running. They are not in crisis. They are not yet burned…
Ignoring the Personal Stress of a Key Executive Could Cost You Millions
Ignoring the Personal Stress of a Key Executive Could Cost You Millions
Executive Summary
The personal, emotional struggle of a member of the executive team is a topic that in most boardrooms is not acknowledged, addressed, or open for discussion. It’s one of those proverbial elephants in the room that must remain hidden.
The thing about the elephant is:
We know it’s there. We know it’s real. That’s why we ignore it.
Because the topic is taboo.
You and other key…
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Executive Stress Solution Boosts Business Performance Naturally
Executive Stress Solution Boosts Business Performance Naturally
Executive Stress Solution Boosts Business Performance Naturally
“New effective ways to help busy executives and corporate clients reduce stress levels, and to be more focused and productive has always been my aim” says Clarity Now CEO Stuart Mackay. This executive stress solution boosts business performance naturally with clear and calm outdoor training that works and lasts.
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Unusual causes of stress
This blog is directed to executives in the workplace and the aim is to identify and deal with some of the causes that you may not have thought of, or perhaps need to reconsider.
We are inherently creative beings. Creativity necessarily involves spontaneity. If there is no room for spontaneity in your life the brain cannot play and relax and the resulting tension will become counter-productive.
News – no one is indispensable. If you took a couple of days off or even a week, the skies will not fall. Are you sure all the things you are doing are really essential? If you find your productivity going down, then take sick leave, seek out an environment away from your usual reference points, and let the brain get on with the task that it enjoys so much - solving problems. The brain is the ultimate relational database but it needs the right conditions in which to function.
If you cannot delegate work, think why. Is it a lack of trust of others? I have observed that more work and imagination needs to be put into the planning and conceptual stage and in the execution; if you don't fulfil the initial allocation of energy execution may well go awry.
Failure to confer with colleagues about points that you were concerned with at the time will catch up with you later and you will find yourself in a tangled web which could have been avoided. There is a difference between aggression and assertion, and to assert something means to state or express positively, to defend or maintain your rights. Assertion should be the natural stance of someone with self-respect.
It is a very good idea to have a mentor because holding all the worries in your head can be just too much for the psychology. Having a mentor is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of wisdom because you know that as you speak out a particular problem the solution is more likely to become clearer because you have unburdened yourself. Remember the dictum “two heads are better than one”.
Stress can also arise through you making yourself too available. This is particularly important if you have no secretary who can field calls. You will benefit enormously through fixing boundaries and it's not that you're being unloving or inconsiderate, just respectful of the need for the developing situation to breathe.
Another cause of stress is the expectations of others. If you have difficulty with the task then you will reduce your stress levels by informing the waiting party that, for example, you need more time because of this that or the other. Say that the situation appears to require more research then you thought in the first place, or that the person you had hoped to cooperate with has not been available.
Basically, the further you plan ahead, and the more you plan for contingencies, the famous plan B, you can relax knowing if things don't go the way you wished there will always be a fallback.
Travellers to Europe must vaccinate their kids due to the measles outbreak!!!
SCOTS families jetting off on European holidays during the Easter break have been urged to vaccinate their children against measles following a rise in cases on the Continent.
Health Protection Scotland has issued a statement advising parents travelling to France to ensure that their children have received the MMR vaccine.
The statement, on the Travax website, reads: "Parents who are planning a holiday in France and have not had their children vaccinated or fully vaccinated against measles should ensure that their children have received the requisite number of doses of MMR vaccine for their age.
"Unimmunised adults who have not had the disease themselves may be considered for vaccination if thought to be at risk. Two doses of MMR vaccine are required to give adequate protection"
The move follows an outbreak in mainland Europe, where several countries including Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands have had increased numbers of measles cases so far this year, as reported by the World Health Organisation.
France reported more than 1,500 cases in 2009, more than 4,500 cases in 2010 and nearly 1,000 cases in January 2011. Turkey recently reported an outbreak in Istanbul, as well as cases linked to a large outbreak in Bulgaria in 2010.
Meanwhile the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued advice to schools in England to make sure children are protected against the illness. A spokeswoman said overseas travel is an important factor in the spread of measles and that HPA units are writing to schools and health professionals in their local area.
~ from Reuters
Travellers to Europe must vaccinate their kids due to the measles outbreak!!!
SCOTS families jetting off on European holidays during the Easter break have been urged to vaccinate their children against measles following a rise in cases on the Continent.
Health Protection Scotland has issued a statement advising parents travelling to France to ensure that their children have received the MMR vaccine.
The statement, on the Travax website, reads: "Parents who are planning a holiday in France and have not had their children vaccinated or fully vaccinated against measles should ensure that their children have received the requisite number of doses of MMR vaccine for their age.
"Unimmunised adults who have not had the disease themselves may be considered for vaccination if thought to be at risk. Two doses of MMR vaccine are required to give adequate protection"
The move follows an outbreak in mainland Europe, where several countries including Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands have had increased numbers of measles cases so far this year, as reported by the World Health Organisation.
France reported more than 1,500 cases in 2009, more than 4,500 cases in 2010 and nearly 1,000 cases in January 2011. Turkey recently reported an outbreak in Istanbul, as well as cases linked to a large outbreak in Bulgaria in 2010.
Meanwhile the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued advice to schools in England to make sure children are protected against the illness. A spokeswoman said overseas travel is an important factor in the spread of measles and that HPA units are writing to schools and health professionals in their local area.
~ from Reuters