Let go to level upLet go to level upLet go to level up A bad habit. An abusive relationship. The pants you haven’t been able to button since 2004. Sometimes in life, we have to let things go. Letting go can be difficult, scary, and even painful at times, but it is a necessary part…
As leaders scramble to create inclusive, engaging, collaborative environments, these are the skills that are mission critical. Unfortunately, you can’t manage something unless you can measure it. This means that employee well-being is no longer a luxury but a strategic imperative. Regardless of industry, employees, leaders, and teams are going to need greater resilience, grit, and agility to navigate it all. While it’s not always realistic to decrease the demands on your time, energy, and attention, you can combat burnout and overwhelm by creating psychological safety and increasing the number of positive experiences people have at work.
While time management tools are helpful, they don’t address the root issue: Our perception of time. Changing our perception of time, changes our reality. If you have ever wondered why time drags by when you exercise but flies by when you hit the snooze button, you have experienced this.
In order to regulate stress, battle burnout, and improve well-being, you have to intentionally build your psychological immune system. If it is not possible to reduce the “threat”, you have to increase your sense of safety. Every time your brain gets a signal of safety, it replenishes your psychological immune system.
To find and retain great talent, foster diversity and inclusion in new and different ways, and reshape the employee experience, we will need to up-skill, reskill, and revamp the way we work. Regardless of industry, employees, leaders, and teams are going to need greater resilience, grit, and agility to navigate it all.
