Category Archives: stress
If you break a leg, stop running!
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Being great at your work vs. feeling great about your work
The 3 most common objections to Biden’s awesome letter – and my rebuttals
AWESOME letter from Joe Biden to his staff. Every boss should say this.
This 2014 letter from US vice president to his staff is AWESOME. Here's the full text:
“To my wonderful staff, I would like to take a moment and make something clear to everyone. I do not expect, nor do I want any of you to miss or sacrifice important … Continue Reading ››
New study confirms that positive feedback increases performance
Yet another study confirms what we all know: Giving employees positive feedback leads to more happiness at work, less stress and better performance:
In the study, participants... were asked to solve problems. Approximately half of the participants were told to ask friends and family members to send them an … Continue Reading ››
Want better work-life balance? Learn from Denmark!
3 of my fellow Danes, Camilla Kring, Vivi Bach Pedersen and Anders Raastrup Kristensen have written a report on how Danish businesses have become more productive by focusing on work-life balance.
This is how they open the report:
The future can be found in Denmark. In … Continue Reading ››
Happiness for knowledge workers
Yesterday I spoke at a half-day conference about stress for knowledge workers. And I kicked ass, if I do say so myself :o) That new presentation format I designed back in November is really working well!
Knowledge workers are architects, designers, writers, programmers, etc... People whose input and output of work is … Continue Reading ›› Top 5 myths about workplace stress
- Mike is getting stressed at work, but that's just natural these days.
- In fact, if Mike isn't stressed, it probably means that he's not really crucial to the organization.
- The solution is to let Mike work less and with fewer responsibilities for a … Continue Reading ››