Mental toughness for women leaders
Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch were among the only women in their Marine Corps officer training school. The training workshops they run today for female managers focus on these Marine-centric ideas.
Category: Work/Life Balance
1-Minute Strategies: May ’13
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Define your boundaries at work: work/life balance
While you may have to do some things you don’t love on the job, you shouldn’t have to continually operate outside your comfort zone, says Mike Figliuolo. Try to establish a line that you won’t cross or allow others to cross with you.
Boost your ‘carrying capacity’
In the same way that advances in food, energy and housing increase the number of people an area can support, your personal success often depends upon increasing your own “carrying capacity.” Here are some ways to do it.
The effects of stress on workplace performance
Stressors like workload, personal issues, lack of work/life balance and job insecurity can cause a dip in productivity at work, according to ComPsych’s 2012 Stress Pulse survey.
What’s draining the energy from you?
Everything you do requires energy, but what you may not realize is that even things you don’t do take up energy.
Detail person or micromanager?
Flush out any micromanagement tendencies you may have by answering these questions.
Lazy, hazy days of summer
What’s your favorite summer perk? In an Adecco survey, U.S. workers ranked summer flextime as their most wished-for summer perk.
Thank goodness it’s ‘brain dump’ day
With all those details swirling around in your head during the rush of the workweek, it’s not surprising that you can’t always “let it go” at day’s end. The solution? The best tactic, says time-management expert Laura Stack, is a “brain dump”—or weekly review session—every Friday afternoon.
Why do I feel so chained to the job?
A working mom writes that she likes her job and feels lucky to have it. But, she says, “I feel chained to the job and out of the loop at home and everywhere … Working part time is not an option. Any advice for finding a better balance?”