Stress

Leadership and the Female Brain

4 Nov, 2011Advice, Business, Coaching, Communication, Executive Teams, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Meetings, Neuroscience, Patterns, Psychology, Relationships, Stress, The Country Place, Uncategorized, Women in the workplace, Workplace Relationships

Yesterday I talked about the male brain under stress and the need to stimulate the brain to stay present by the click, tap, drum, or hum methods in meetings. I guess the click top pen was designed just for men to be able to handle the anxiety of difficult meetings....

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Leadership Lessons: The Secrets of knowing When to Say "YES"

23 Feb, 2011Business, Leadership, leadership development, Leadership Strategies, Management, Stress

Are you known for your high energy, willingness to tackle stress and say yes to opportunity after opportunity? Are you one who hopes to by-pass the burnout syndrome until the proverbial last straw knocks you on your rump one too many times? You know the saying about the higher you...

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Surviving Stress at Work

19 Jul, 2010Business, Communication, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Leadership Strategies, motivation, Stress

It really doesn’t matter where you live, or where you work, stress can be a killer. If not handled, stress can creep in and become physical and emotional symptoms and can even ruin relationships. Here is an article from Australia that could be about the company around the corner from...

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Teaching Leadership

6 Jul, 2010Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Diversity, Ethics, Executive Teams, Family Business, Family Conflict, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Leadership Strategies, motivation, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Power, Reflections, Relationships, Stress, Total Leaders, Transformation, Workplace Relationships, Young Leaders

There has been a fascinating discussion going on for several weeks on the Leadership Think Tank Group on LinkedIn. The question is “If you could teach one thing to a young leader what would it be?” There have been over 250 responses and the vast array of answers creates a...

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Do Exec's Make Lousy Spouses

23 Jun, 2010Boss, Business, Collaboration, Community Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Economy, Family Conflict, Health, History, Leaders, Leadership, Money, Patterns, Reflections, Relationships, Stress, Transformation, Workplace Relationships

Sometimes I think we are looking at little tidbits of information hoping that will give us easy answers. Partly we all have been trained to sort and judge, sort and judge, sort and judge. It is initially more complex to look at the whole enchilada, the whole system for answers....

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Leadership Strategies: It’s About Time

7 Jun, 2010Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Community Relationships, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Leadership Strategies, Patterns, Reflections, Relationships, Stress, Total Leaders, Transformation, Workplace Relationships

Do you feel short changed when it comes to time? Ever joke the best gift you could get is a few extra hours tacked onto the day? Is there an accounting package to check how you spend your seconds, minutes, hours? We all start out every morning with the same...

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When You Will It Do You Really Find the Way?

24 May, 2010Accountability, Advice, Character, Decision Making, Fear, Health, motivation, Power, Psychology, Reflections, Stress, Will Power

Will power; it’s a mysterious force that some seem to have and others don’t. Some are able to say no the luscious decadent dessert, others can stay away from the golf course on a beautiful day, and others can practice a dance routine till they are about to drop. What...

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Fed's Bernanke: Money 'By Itself' Doesn't Buy Happiness

12 May, 2010Accountability, Avoider, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Community Relationships, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Economy, Ethics, Family Conflict, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Money, Stress, Workplace Relationships

I found this very good article on Ecreditdaily.com on Bernanke’s commencement address at the University of South Carolina.  Please read and note my comments; I’d love to hear your thoughts. It was not your typical speech by the Federal Reserve chairman; then again, this was a commencement address at the University...

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Why meditation has a place in business

23 Apr, 2010Business, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Health, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Stress, Total Leaders, Workplace Relationships

I love to visit Google for many reasons; the beautiful campus, the creative folks biking from building to building, the respectful and helping nature of the co-workers. I especially like to spend time with my friend Chade-Meng Tan who has been with Google since the early days. He is a...

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Leadership Conflict Turns Destructive

21 Apr, 2010Accountability, Business, Character, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Economy, Ethics, Executive Teams, Family Business, Family Conflict, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Media, Money, Patterns, Stress, Trust, Workplace Relationships

  I found this very good blog about the Toyota fiasco.  Please read and note my comments; I’d love to hear your thoughts. Article by Steve Tobak, The Corner Office Survival of the fittest requires conflict; that’s as true in the boardroom as it is in the wild. In that...

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