Management Seminar Newsletter
February 2022
Professional Development Offerings
Exploring Upside to Stress
Take some time to explore the science behind stress and how to harness its power to help you succeed. Based on the work of Kelly McGonigal Ph.D., Dr. Dan Siegel, and other stress management experts.
*NEW DATES* Franklin Covey's Inspiring Trust
Leaders learn that trust begins with them. They leave with a renewed commitment to become more credible and to extend trust to others. They’ll learn to do the real work of identifying and closing the trust gaps that exist in their organizations.
As a path to a new culture is forged, teams/organizations will reap immediate as well as long-term high-trust dividends.
Dates & Times: Wednesday, March 30 & Friday, April 1, 2022 from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: WSC, Mount Evans
Instructors: Vanessa Hoffman, Jackie Feely, & Cyndi Redfern
Registration LINK
The Neuroscience of Leadership: Building Trust with the Brain in Mind
If you manage people, you know building and maintaining trust is the foundation of a strong culture. But what happens when outside factors, such as a pandemic or constant unforeseen change, uproot the foundation. Is your team purposely creating conflict or are their nervous systems out of whack and unable to release chemicals that allow us to trust?
This session will focus on eight key management behaviors, based on the research of neuroeconomist Paul Zak, that foster trust within organizations, often resulting in higher productivity, increased energy, better collaboration, and greater employee loyalty, among other benefits. You will have the opportunity to understand how chemicals in our brain create and inhibit trust, learn about daily hacks to trigger the trust-inducing chemicals, and collaborate with other leaders to formulate your own approach to improving and maintaining long-term trust within your team.
Dates & Times: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from 10:00 am - Noon
Location: Cantril Gym
Instructors: Jolee Jones, Director Stone Canyon Outdoor EdVentures
Registration LINK
LEADERSHIP
Put down your phone and listen to me: How boss phubbing undermines the psychological conditions necessary for employee engagement
Read the full article from Science Direct HERE
Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion
For the past two years, leaders have been shouldering a big emotional burden: helping teams recover from the grief and loss of the pandemic, buoying the declining mental health of their employees, and being sensitive to people’s anxieties. The empathy this requires is important to good leadership, but too much empathy can weigh you down and lead to burnout and poor decisions. This can be avoided by moving beyond empathy to the uplifting experience of compassion. “Sympathy,” “empathy,” and “compassion” are often used interchangeably, but whereas sympathy and empathy are emotions felt for and with other people, compassion goes beyond mere emotion to include the active intention to help others. The authors offer six strategies for leading with compassion: take a mental and emotional step away; ask “What do you need?”; remember the power of non-action; coach the person rather than doing something for them; practice self-care
Read the full article from Harvard Business Review HERE
How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace
For too long, workplace connection has been thought of as something that just happens during the workday, whether via hallway conversations, water-cooler moments, or grabbing coffee. With spontaneous moments of connection more challenging to recreate in a remote or hybrid environment, managers need to take a more proactive approach, especially given how important connection is to retention. Consider this: If employees don’t have a best friend at work, there’s only a 1 in 12 chance that they’ll be engaged. The author offers four practical ways to build stronger relationships on your team: 1) Make workplace connection a ritual; 2) Make it easier to ask for support; 3) Make onboarding more experiential; and 4) Make recharging a reality.
Read the full article from Havard Business Review HERE
SHARPEN THE SAW
Acknowledging the People You Notice the Least Could be the Most Important Thing You Can Do to Boost Your Mood Today
Read the full article from Happify HERE
This is how to overcome awkwardness and hand out some compliments video by Daniel Pink
Sometimes, it’s awkward giving a compliment. Maybe, it's because you don't know what to say, don't feel that the recipient will appreciate the compliment or maybe you're shy. If you find yourself holding back from giving a genuine compliment -- don't. You should always voice a sincere compliment, no matter how awkward it feels.
Watch the video below.