The holiday season is billed a joyful time by a lot of what we see and hear around us. The decorations, cheerful music, gift giving etc. It’s the fun kind of sensory stimulation that takes our minds off the daily workload – even for a little bit.
But in our 24/7 world, we are still bombarded with sensory overload which impacts our minds, hearts and bodies. That’s why it’s a good time to cultivate resilience techniques to release what needs to go from 2007 – and recharge for next year.
While workplace holiday parties can be lots of fun, and quite entertaining as we get a chance to see a more personal side of our colleagues, it’s a revealing adventure to be undertaken with awareness. People talk, sometimes they drink, sometimes they show a side better left for other venues. Here are some tips to do it gracefully.
Just a few days ago I posted on 100 Ways to Personally Conquer Chaos at Work. Part of the formula is to cultivate a sense of peace or happiness within. It’s something that for some comes easily, for others, it might require some effort according to bestselling author Marci Shimoff.
Navigating the demands of a suddenly needed career change.
In the newsroom, Sarah Bogaty yearned to be successful amidst deadlines and a 24/7 stressful working environment. But the former television producer didn’t like the balancing act. “Waking up at three in the morning for work was a grind and it wasn’t fulfilling,” says Bogaty, who wanted to start a family with her husband Ian, but felt she was burning out in the workplace. “I was miserable and it was frightening and stressful,” she adds, because the couple was preparing to buy their first home.
In his column on Web Worker Daily, Lea Babauta, who is also the proprietor of ZenHabits.net, offers some practical advice in his post, Cutting the Fat to Get to Lean Productivity. He lists items we should do away with or systems that need to be morphed to become a more lean machine at work. It’s…
They clash with more traditional, rule-bound colleagues. They are frustrated with business systems that favor profit over the creative impulse. Author Judi Neal calls them Edgewalkers, and they might just be in the office next door. In her new book: Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground, this former…
Did you know that 30 % of all U.S. employees have been under the thumb of a punishing or bullying boss? A study published in the Journal of Management Studies, suggests that bullying behavior is ingrained in the culture of the U.S. workplace – as just 9% of employees were aware that the negative acts…
