As The Walt Disney Company, Zoom, and Philips announced layoffs, leaders’ heads are spinning in knowing the right way to address employee concerns. I was talking to one of them in Asia this morning, and we devised three good strategies. First, stay within the bounds of what is known, and don’t go beyond your current […]
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When I ran into Target over the weekend, someone hailed me before I got through the entrance. I didn’t recognize him, and he asked me if I was the guy who did the Strengths Presentation at the Leadership Pittsburgh Program for Veterans. I, indeed, am that guy. This young vet told me how much he
It’s a myth that we only use 10% of our brain power but over 65% of people believe we that we have much more intelligence to use. Functional MRI studies indicate, however, that our brains are active, even when we are resting or sleeping. Even though we may be using a great deal of our
I’ve been taking a new workout class at my neighborhood gym that focuses on dynamic stretching and fits one of the five categories of fitness, which is flexibility. It’s an excellent class, taught by two different instructors who take distinctive approaches to how they lead the class. The first, who we’ll call Susan, focuses on
I’ve been writing consistently for ten years and in my current iteration, Absolute Citrin, my Resilient Wednesdays and regular blog posts appear. I’m proud of my writing improvement over those years. After a few years of reading my blog, one colleague told me that she was so pleased that “I found my voice.”Recently I purchased
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Last week’s Sunday New York Times posted a picture across the front of the Business section showing 2 young women celebrating their quitting their jobs with an exclamation mark of champagne flutes and rollicking laughter. It struck me as a high-water mark for the Great Resignation. Like the drunken parties of the boom times of
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The nurse finished her initial assessment and told me that the resident would be in to see me first before the faculty doctor would join us. In a few minutes the resident bounded into the examining room with a welcoming “Hey Richard, what’s going on?” Catching a glimpse of his name tag, I responded, “Hey
I’ve been very optimistic, over these past 10 months, about how our resilience will carry us through the adversities of the pandemic, the racial justice and equity movement, and our recent election. Now that we’re “through” 2020, many have thought that things will automatically get better. That may not, automatically, be the case. I expect that
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Even 9 months into the Pandemic with new routines in place, we may very well find that our daily rituals continue to be disrupted. With the current surge, we may be cautious about going out, finding time to shop when stores are less crowded, and continuing Zoom calls with colleagues, Research has shown that creating
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A friend of mine was at his dentist’s this week and his dentist told him that he is seeing about 10x the number of people coming in with headaches, tension and anxiety manifested by the grinding of their teeth. Finding ways to give each other a sense of calm and ease is important to just
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