Get your brain in motion
In this manual based on the writings of professor Richard S. Lazarus, the authors present the development of the Emotional Stress Reaction Questionnaire (ESRQ). With this tool, psychological stress can be measured in less than one minute.
The first part of the book presents the development of the ESRQ, its theoretical foundation and psychometric properties. The second part illustrates how the instrument can be used in personal coaching focusing on stress management.
What makes you a leader is not a title but your attitude and your actions. Leadership is about how you interact with people and how you motivate them to work with you toward a goal together.
In this article you’ll find practical tips to improve your leadership:
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Some investors look for IQ , some other looks for EQ (Emotional Quotient).
In this TED talk, the investor Natalie Fratto explains that she doesn’t just look for intelligence or charisma: she looks for adaptability. She then measures it according to an “adapyability Quotient” (AQ) and shows why the ability to respond to change really matters.
Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.
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Winter can be a trying time both mentally and physically. The days are darker, colder and shorter and our bodies become more susceptible to all kinds of winter nasties like cold and flu.
In this article you’ll find tips for supercharging your winter wellness:
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One director being a kindly man, and desirous of rewarding him for his long service, ordered him to be given something more important than mere copying; namely, he was ordered to make a report of an already concluded affair, to another court: the matter consisted simply in changing the heading, and altering a few words from the first to the third person. This caused so much toil, that he was all in perspiration, rubbed his forehead, and finally said, “No, give me rather something to copy.” After that they let him copy on forever.
From Nikolai Gogol “The Overcoat”
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The right people in the right seats on the bus: this is the metaphor from the first Jim Collins best-seller ‘Good to Great’. In that book – published in 2001 – the author identifies what leaders need to do, in order to see their teams and organizations excel. And he uses the power of an image to communicate the following concept.
According to Collins, leaders who are able to transform their organizations begin not by setting a direction, but by getting the right people on the bus – and the wrong people off the bus.
Actually great leaders understand the following three simple truths:
1. If you begin with “who,” rather than “what”, you can more easily adapt to a changing world.
2. If you have the right people on the bus, the problem of how to motivate and manage people largely goes away, because they will be self-motivated by the inner drive to produce the best results and to be part of creating something great.
3. If you have the wrong people, it doesn’t matter whether you discover the right direction; you still won’t have a great company.
Assembling the team is the first crucial point. Then a leader has to develop a vision (the direction of the bus), to remove obstacles to high performance (that is, maybe people are not exactly in the right seats and need to be assigned to the right role) and to help people with diverse talents and interests building trust in each other.
It is an hard work, but leaders need it to accomplish objectives with the right people.
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There is no end. There is no beginning.
There is only the infinite passion of life
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