How to Effectively Voice Your Ideas in a Virtual Meeting
You’re on a call with your supervisor and a few of your coworkers. The topic? A project in which you play a critical role. You have valuable points, and you’d like to voice your ideas…but the dialogue just keeps flowing without you. The meeting is over before you manage to say a word. Despite your […]
Control Your Anger When Work Drives You Nuts — 5 Proven Strategies
How do you control your anger at work? At one point or another, we’ve all felt totally irritated while at work: You pull an all-nighter on a project that then gets scrapped, a client criticizes your team for no apparent reason or your co-worker shows up late for a meeting again, dumping all the prep […]
7 Ways to Disconnect from Work & Enjoy Your Downtime
Have you noticed that the ability to disconnect from work has become somewhat of a lost art? For instance, tell me if this sounds familiar. Do any of the above statements sound like you? Then you’re likely overworking and on a surefire path to burnout. While giving yourself time to rest may seem like the […]
How to Overcome These 3 Types of Burnout
Visualize someone who is experiencing burnout. The person who comes to mind is probably overwhelmed and over-scheduled, drowning with demands and struggling to decide what to prioritize. However, burnout is more complicated than just having a full plate and feeling fatigued. These struggles can actually be broken down into 3 types of burnout. For decades, […]
5 Ways to Boost Meeting Engagement
Boosting meeting engagement can be a challenge. Meetings are often viewed as boring or a waste of time. They can even be breeding grounds for contentious dynamics as co-workers fight to stand out from the crowd. While meetings can be helpful for collaboration, excessive, back-to-back sessions can leave people feeling micro-managed. This slows productivity to a halt […]
Quickly Calm Your Anxiety with This 1-Minute Exercise
When your anxiety starts ramping up at work, it can feel impossible to regain your focus. So how can you quickly calm your anxiety in the moment? Most self-improvement advice says that recognizing your thoughts and feelings is the first step to calming down under pressure. But you’ve probably found that this approach backfires. In […]
