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Episode 94: Building High-Performance Teams in High-Stakes Situations: Leadership Lessons From a Test Pilot Part 2
Tune in to Part 2 of our podcast conversation with Don, where he delves into essential leadership insights. Discover how to enhance your leadership style as Don highlights the critical role of trust-building and nurturing constructive conflict within high-performing teams. Gain valuable wisdom on maintaining integrity at the highest level of leadership. Join us as…
Beat the Odds: How Advantage Play™ Can Transform Your Leadership
In Las Vegas, where “you can’t beat the house”, there are a few elite players casinos fear. These are the Advantage Players™ (APs). Experts at “unbeatable” games like blackjack – they dominate by combining superior skill, lightning insight, and razor-sharp instinct, winning when the biggest bets are on the table. An AP and expert blackjack…
Workplace LOL: Boosting Productivity with Laughter
In this episode, Lori explores the significance of laughter in the workplace and its ability to foster a positive and engaging environment. You will learn: How laughter can decrease stress and enhance morale in the workplace How humor in the workplace boosts motivation, engagement, and creativity within teams Tips and strategies for cultivating a joyful…
The Secret Danger of Complaining.
How many times a day do you complain? Weather, traffic, work, kids, spouse? Do you find yourself complaining more and more? It’s not unusual, especially with everything that has been going on in our world. It’s so easy to find something to dish about. People who are self-aware know the dangers that complaining can cause.…
The Five Qualities of a Successful“QuaranTeam”
Working with teams has always had its challenges, but working in a virtual environment has a new set of issues we may not have even considered. Taking a page from Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, here are some tips for dealing with your virtual team. Trust – As with any team, the…
How Emotionally Intelligent People Deal with Button Pushers.
We all have those issues or people that can send us off the deep end quickly. Sometimes just the mention of the person’s name can cause hives! You try very hard to contain your emotions, but often your body language will rat you out. And even if you have been able to limit your outward…
Dealing with Toxic People
We all have those people in our lives that thrive off drama. They appear to live for the next big crisis and if one doesn’t appear, they will create one. Being around individuals like this can cause us a great deal of stress. Just a few days of exposure to stress can affect the part…
Using Emotional Intelligence During Times of Turmoil
I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday. As most people are doing these days, we got to discussing the Corona Virus issue. She said, “I was in the grocery store yesterday to pick up a couple of things, and all of a sudden, I was grabbing things I didn’t even need.” She went…
Lean In
On any given day, something can happen to us that causes us to feel frustrated, unhappy, angry. It could be a difficult conversation that we had with a co-worker or boss, overhearing unkind remarks that were made about us or even sitting through a meeting and listening to someone dominate the conversation to make themselves…
Sleep and the Effects on Your Brain
Want to be an energetic, healthy beast of a professional? Then look to your sleep performance. Sleep is vital to peak performance. I know you have heard more times than you can count how important sleep is. But have you ever really stopped to consider what optimized sleep or lack thereof can actually do to…
