A sabbatical is something to seriously consider when going through career transition. For me, it was exactly the right decision which keeps getting reinforced to me every day. I wrote a post about the best things about being on sabbatical over at my other blog “Ultimate Sabbatical” Here’s the short list: 1. Just Being Somewhere…
Keep reading“Happy are they who can hear their detractions and put them to mending” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing You’re flying high, on the fast track to increased leadership responsibilities within your company. Everything you’ve done up until this point in your career has been a success. In fact, you’ve never failed at anything…
Keep readingIn this third and last part on the series on stress resilience for leaders, you’ll learn 8 best practices to beat stress—or at least deal with it more productively. Previous posts have introduced the concept of stress resilience and the three components of stress resilience. Dr. Henry Thompson, author of The Stress Effect, calls the…
Keep readingIn a previous post, I laid out importance of being a stress resilient leader. In order to sustain steady, high level performance, leaders must become stress resilient in order to deal with the demands of the role. Lack of stress resilience leads to reductions in performance due to decreases in cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, and…
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