Removing Obstacles to Success
November 7, 4:40 am
My past several posts on Urgency Addiction [1, 2] touched on the how and why of the matter. Now I’d like to talk about beating workplace stress – which usually involves a change in how we think.
Factoid: People who regularly complain about all the stress in their life may be addicted to the adrenaline that […]
November 6, 4:17 am
People engaged in excessive workplace stress are often looking for ways to manage it. But consider the idea that a step toward good stress management may involve a simple admission: Addiction.
I often joke that I’m addicted to food as I seem to crave it several times a day. But seriously, addictions are more common than we […]
October 29, 10:01 am
When the Washington Post ran an article recently that stress in the workplace doubles the risk of a second heart attack for someone who’s already had one, it reminded me of the truth that people with stress and urgency addictions create many of their own problems.
Stress and urgency addictions? Yes. While some workplaces are inherently […]
October 26, 8:16 am
Many of my clients over years have been addicted to urgency, thriving on adrenaline. A while back I came across this quiz (can’t remember where it came from, so if you know - let me know) that may help open your eyes to a possible addiction. Why not run through the following assessment to see where you might […]
October 12, 6:50 am
Over the past few years it seems that every former high-profile CEO, ex-mayor, and ant farmer has put out a book on leadership.
It got so bad that a few years back I wrote in one of my columns that pretty soon we should expect to see a book on “The Leadership Secrets of Brad Pitt.”
While […]
September 11, 4:37 am
If you’re stepping up to a manager’s position for first time, congratulations! Somebody thinks you have what it takes to make things happen. But allow me to give you some valuable advice. Forget the skills you relied on to be successful in your previous position—except the following:
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August 29, 4:35 am
Garry Kranz has a great snippet over at Workforce Management on how managers actually hinder the efforts to achieve company goals.
Kranz quotes a bit of research showing that more often than not, companies are unable achieve performance goals because managers are at a loss for how to have “difficult performance discussions” with underachieving employees.
My initial […]
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