Do you feel like you have to be “anywhere” and “everywhere”?
Today’s “always on” work culture is taking a heavy toll on today’s leaders.
How is this constant anxiety affecting your co-workers? Rick and Brandon give some quick pointers on how you can reverse this trend using Winston Churchill’s example of how to balance a life.
We will be drawing on some ideas from: Can your employees speak freely? By James R. Detert and Ethan R. Burris from the Harvard Business Review, January- February 2016
- Take stock of who you are:
- Do you take pride in the number and diversity of appointments?
- Can you go Saturday and Sunday without checking your email or texting on business related issues?
- Do you think about balance in your life? Work, physical, social, spiritual?
- Have you tried bridging your creative self and your logical self to innovate?
- Ideas:
- Structured an email reply schedule. Catch yourself when you fall back into bad habits.
- Don’t be personally consumed by negative results of work events. Try to shake them off and learn by the mistakes.
- Schedule at least 15 minutes each day at a special place (room, park, courtyard, etc.) to empty your mind and not dwell on the anxieties of life?
Moral: Observe more, react less in order to work smarter, and lead better.
Sources:
https://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/the-artist-winston-churchill.html
