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Simon Sinek on How to Lead Through Crisis and Change

How to listen and learn from Black Lives Matter

The goal of listening is to make the other person feel heard. Listening is understanding where emotions come from, and it is not always rational. It is based on experiences and perspectives.

We all have biases and blind spots. That makes it essential to have uncomfortable conversations with the different races in your company. Vulnerability is the best way to start these conversations to determine if you do things right or wrong. Ask them to help you get it right if you have made mistakes.

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Six Ways To Successfully Join And Lead A New Team

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Plus, Three Bonus Tips from the Team's Perspective Stepping in as the leader of an existing team should be approached with sensitivity and patience, especially when you are new to the company and the team. Two years ago, I went through this very experience when I was hired by Lab42's Board [...]

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Avoid coming in with a pre-conceived plan

Chances are you’re being hired to fill a void and address current challenges that have been highlighted to you.

Do not make the mistake of coming to the table with a pre-determined plan...

Become a sponge

Before you can formulate the correct course of action, you’ll need to learn all aspects of the business quickly.

Sit in on as many calls and meetings as you can, and don’t be shy about doing so. Make sure that the team understands that you’re doing it for learning purposes only, so your actions aren’t misconstrued as micromanaging.

Notice patterns first

Give yourself time to notice patterns, and ensure that the changes you make address real problems and not one-off happenings.

Making too many changes too quickly, especially when it comes to making cuts, may scare the strong players away and lead your team to be guarded with you. Ensure that key stakeholders who brought you onboard are aware of your approach.

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Tips From Job Burnout Survivors: How To Heal From An Overachiever Attitude

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You're in back-to-back meetings all day. You and your team talk about all the exciting projects you'll work on. But when you finally have time to put your head down to actually do the work, it's late in the evening after you've managed to scarf down some mac&cheese and successfully avoided exercising for the 5th week in a row.

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Approaching Burnout At Work

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Feeling and identifying the signs of job burnout is a powerful way to arm yourself with the strategies and resources needed to prevent it from bringing you down. So if it’s time to...

Routines Against Burnout

Strong morning and nighttime routines increase your productivity levels, ability to focus, and improve your overall mental and physical health. Your routines can include a healthy meal, exercise, reading, meditation, enjoying time with your family and friends.

However you build your routines, they should be full of activities that bring you joy and fulfillment. Self-care is essential to dealing with job burnout.

Burnout Is An Emotional Exhaustion

It’s a syndrome that results from an extreme accumulation of improperly managed workplace stress that can lead to physical, mental, and social consequences.

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How I finally learned to sleep

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My brain flickered into consciousness and, a moment later, a tiny lift in my chest made itself known. Glee. A simple but palpable joy on waking. I bounded out of bed, looking forward to the day. Then a sudden jolt had me standing, motionless, gazing across the room in wonder.

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The Elixir of Life

Sleep, something which people take for granted, much like oxygen, is the elixir of life.

Insomniacs must know that sleep is natural, and normal, with each of us having the ...

Tips for Sleeping

Get up at the same time every morning.
Write affirmations to tell yourself that your body knows how to sleep.
Don't involve your over-thinking mind too much.
Use your bed is for sleep and sex only.
Don't lie awake for more than 20 minutes on the bed, and if you can't sleep, get up and try to do some calming activity like folding laundry.

The Enemy of Sleep

Our body will take care of itself if left on its own. It is our mind which is the culprit, running like a motor, inducing low-grade anxiety inside us.

Sleep is not something you have to do, but something which happens naturally to you. If an insomniac forgets that he is an insomniac, he will have a good night's sleep.