Welcome to the Workplace Stress Update for Monday, December 2, 2012. Where Judy Martin puts workplace stress in the cross hairs, giving you the tools to cruise through the chaos at work and transform stress in an “always-on” world.
And in a new world of work, post-recession and the entry into a hi-tech always-on marketplace, the 2012 Towers-Watson Global Workplace Study found that “stress can turn negative, and some level of detachment or disengagement can set in.”
Yes, there are giant corporations where the almighty dollar trumps such a human value. But I’m happy to say that slice of perennial wisdom was alive and well at #SobCon 2010 this year.
ecently I was in a workplace the day of a massive layoff. An entire division was shut down. I’m not getting into details to keep confidentiality, and respect the privacy of those who had to find work elsewhere.
In an article in 2007 in Fast Company Magazine, marketing guru Tom Peters asked, “What’s the future of you?” He is a visionary who was right on target for the progressive career of today which screams for personal branding. Here’s an excerpt:
In an exceptionally healthy workplace in the 90′s, an on-site gym, cleaner organic food in the company cafeteria, and the occasional chair massage might have been the norm. These days, since workers are more concerned with keeping their jobs than putting on a few extra pounds, it’s a different story. One could argue it ‘s just as important to feel good – as to look good – mentally and physically.
Here’s an illustration from the trenches of a nurturing corporate culture.
A call this morning from a colleague revealed a conundrum. This person had just returned from a leave of absence and found her cubicle had been messed with by the numerous freelancers who had covered her leave.
Wouldn’t it be great to know if your boss was hightailing it out of the office, if it wasn’t frowned upon, and in fact, was an openly acceptable behavior for all – on occasion? A recent study by Deloitte, suggests that kind of transparency might actually improve employee productivity and engagement.
In 2002 an initiative called the Spiritual-Based Leadership Research Programme was launched in Europe by the Global Dharma Center to explore the emerging consciousness of spiritual-based leadership in the workplace and business.
The fruits of this labor is Leading with Wisdom, a book written by Peter Pruzan, Professor Emeritus at the Copenhagen Business School and his wife, Danish journalist – Kirsten Pruzan Mikkelsen.
