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How to save for expected expenses
Have you ever been doing a great job sticking to your budget and then your auto license renews and you need a smog check and neither of those items is on your monthly budget? It can throw all your financial progress out of wack. However, these are perfect examples of irregular, but expected expenses. When […]
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COVID-19: Are essential workers getting the best PPE?
We may not have the “best” PPE right now, but we can do better than “inadequate.”
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Living with gastroparesis: my experience with diet, foods and medications
I have gastroparesis. Gastroparesis is a condition that affects the normal spontaneous movement of the muscles (motility) in your stomach. Ordinarily, strong muscular contractions propel food through your digestive tract. But if you have gastroparesis, your stomach’s motility is slowed down or doesn’t work at all, preventing your stomach from emptying properly. –Mayo Clinic For […]
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Preventing Burnout: a literature survey research series
Or read it like a paper Overview: How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout Survey of Literature Principle #1: Build engagement through company culture. Survey of Literature Principle #2: Guard against distress and utilize stress as a tool for growth. Survey of Literature Principle #3: Learn to manage energy. Interview: Insights from an experienced leader […]
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Key Points from How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout
This is part of a series publishing portions of a research paper on How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout. I have decided not to publish the conclusion from my paper, instead I am supplying a bulleted list of key points. Each of these key points could be a book or blog post in […]
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Build engagement through company culture
This is part of a series publishing portions of a research paper on How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout. The premise for principle one is this: there are no quick-fix solutions. All attempts to prevent burnout need to come from a long-term plan that helps employees become passionate about their work. A key to […]
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The six areas of job-person mismatch
This is part of a series publishing portions of a research paper on How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout. Appendix C: The six areas of job-person mismatch A conceptual framework for the crises that disrupt the relationships people develop with their work. “Each area of mismatch has a distinct relationship with burnout and engagement.” (Cooper, […]
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Not all stress is bad stress
This is part of a series publishing portions of a research paper on How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout. Stress is a beneficial component of personal development; this is “good” stress. However, too much stress can also lead to distress, which leads to burn out. Signs of distress can be subtle, but early intervention […]
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Prevent burnout by managing energy
This is part of a series publishing portions of a research paper on How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout. This post contains the portion of my research that focuses on what a leader can do to manage energy, but it barely scratches the surface on what I think is the key to burnout prevention: […]
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Preventing burnout: Insights from an experienced leader
A requirement for my capstone research project on How a Leader Maintains High Productivity Without Team Burnout required an interview. The interview focused on how this specific leader increases employee engagement, manages the stress load of his team and models healthy behaviors and attitudes. In the interview, it quickly became apparent that the leader had developed a division […]