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Tips for Self Care in Communication

1. Recognize when you are in reaction, then

2. Know that you are in reaction, then

3. Take responsibility for your reaction, then

4. Pause, then

5. Pause, then

6. Pause some more, then

7. Ask yourself, “What do I need in this moment?”

8. Slow everything down

9. When you hear yourself criticizing or complaining about someone (including you), ask yourself, “What do I really want in this moment?”

10. Practice receiving

11. Practice gratitude

12. Trust your body—it’s designed to help you release stress (laughter, tears, shaking, blinking, sleep, exercise)

13. Breathe fully

14. Share eye contact with someone

15. Look out the window or step outside

16. Maintain a nurturing spiritual practice

17. Celebrate

18. Keep your dre

Unhappy Work Atmosphere?

If it wasn't called work.....

When I first started working when I was sixteen, I had already learned the value of good hard work. Growing up, my father had insisted on us working every spare moment of every day. Well that's what it seemed like! I had to tell my friends on most occasions that I could not go to the party or have a stay over because I had to help my dad build something or clean something. I hated it.

But after I had started working a real job for real money, there was a comment made to me from a manager of the Albertsons store that I was working at while I was staying overtime to mop up the floor. I will remember his words the rest of my life. As he watched me work with enthusiasm and vigor, he said with sincerity, "Eli, if you ever need a job at anytime in your life, you've got one."

Wow! Someone noticed my hard work ethic. That made me feel good.

Since that day I have always tried to compliment those

Tension headaches in the boardroom

TENSION HEADACHES IN THE BOARDROOM

Does your head begin to hurt after a long day? Does your neck get stiff and achy when deadlines near? If it does, then you have plenty of company. In fact, according to the Mayo Clinic, tension headaches are the most common headache and symptoms are quite varied. One woman says it feels like there is a tight band around her head every time her boss screams. Another reports pain in the back of the neck and skull for no clear real reason at all.

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March 14, 2008 Posted by Lauri Grossman | workplace wellness, wellness, stress-relief, relaxation, health, fitness, enhancing productivity, business, baby boomer fitness, anxiety | Comment (0)

HOLDING ONTO THE GOOD IN A SEA OF NEGATIVITY

You wake up one morning and the world seems to be collapsing around you. Your tenuous time living with you parents because you are running out of money has gotten worse because you placed a bowl in the wrong place in a washing machine or forgot about a coupon to purchase a scooper for cleaning out leave troughs. The previous week a job hunting trip went bad because your car with 120,000 miles on it broke down on highway with steam coming out from underneath the hood. One day late in paying off your membership in your health club, you ask the owner if you can discount for doing some work around the gym. You are told that the gym has more than enough people working for them. Even if they did, you wouldn't be the one they would want. So it goes.

You can develop a real bad feeling about yourself if all this continues. Just because others suggest bad things doesn't mean they are true.

Life occassionally sends each of us life perservers. If these life persevers ar

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October 22, 2007 Posted by Anthony Cooper | workplace wellness, wellness, stress, strengths, over 50 fitness, opportunity, meet people, imbalance, financial coaching, fear, extraordinary living, expectations, employee values, control, business coaching, bridge, balance, backup, baby boomer fitness, anxiety | Comment (0)

THE AMC MADMEN PROGRAM: corporate suite fragging

Just imagine working for the imaginary Cooper Sterling Advertising Agency? A Creative Director is hiding a past life that started when he assumed the identity of a commanding officer who was killed next to him in a Korean War battlefield incident. A sex obsessed senior partner has suffered a heart attack while indulging in a tryst on company premises. Publication of an article/book by one of the copywriters is greeted by ridicule and personal put downs by fellow employees. An arrogant junior employee who undermines his boss is retained on staff because of the importance of his family's connections.

Gossip and scandal seem to run the Cooper Sterling Company. The quality of product and financial health of this company seem to be of secondary importance. Is it any wonder that an employee who feels passed over has started to search for ways to bring down his boss (and perhaps the company?)

During the Vietnam war 120 officers were

Workplace wellness...

I recently presented Workplace Wellness for Nightingale-Conant Corporation employees during a health and wellness program. When we think wellness, we think fresh air, good environment, comfortable and ergonomically correct worksites. The experience was incredible - what a healthy workforce and what an engaging environment! This is a company that walks the talk - and lives it each and every day! What is your workplace like? Does it contribute to optimum health? Are you glad to be there each and every day? Let me know and let's talk!

August 8, 2007 Posted by Sharon M. Weinstein | workplace wellness, environment and you, enhancing productivity, employee values, chicago | Comment (0)

Rx: For 'the blah's'...some 'Aha's!'

The holidays are over. You might think that putting the end-of-year frenzy behind them would mean your staff and team are revving up for the first quarter.

But instead, they have 'the blah's:' a mix of diminished enthusiasm and stress that seems to hit each year after the holidays. The good news is: 'the blah's' are cyclical. When business picks up, so will your staff's energy and productivity.

But why wait? Sure, all things change and this, too, will pass. But what if you could take charge of 'the blah's' with a few "Aha's!" ?
In other words, use this low cycle for teambuilding and motivational activities.

Set aside time to meet with your managers and brief them on the inevitable peaks and valleys of the coming year. Even experienced managers sometimes forget that post-holiday stres