Last week we shared the health and relationship benefits of receiving a heartfelt gratitude. For this week, we’ve promised that you don’t have to wait around for someone to express their gratitude to you if you want to set yourself up for a healthier, less stressful...
Before the holidays, a priceless gift to a colleague you appreciate is a sincerely felt expression of gratitude. Not just any odd thanks or public recognition, mind you. A heartfelt, authentic, gratitude. But before I come to the specific way of sharing the most...
For Elton John, “sorry” may be the hardest word to say. Traditionally for managers, “well done” or a timely “you rock” appear to be higher up the ‘hardest words’ list. This week we unpack why praise and recognition matter (hint: it’s a craving we want to satisfy regularly) and how to do it to create the biggest impact. Read on to raise your feedback game.
In stressful times and situations, emotions wash over us. We speak and act before we think, or we completely shut down and retreat into ourselves. Confronted with wild animals, this automatic fight, flight, or freeze response helped the hunter gatherer survive, but today most people rarely ever face life threatening danger.
Nevertheless, under stress, chemical processes in our limbic system – the older part of our brain where emotions reside – lead us to react automatically before going into reflection mode. We can, however, train ourselves to catch that moment before we react, and calm down by going into reflection. In coaching we help our clients to train that muscle.
To thrive in today’s world, we need to use …