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How to Increase Resilience in Your Life
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from difficult or traumatic situations in one's life. Whether it's a tragedy, traumatic event, a relationship issue, or any other life challenge that you've endured, resilience is the skill that allows us to keep going. It's natural to feel down or depressed from time to time. Resilience is the ability to survive hard times and to thrive in spite of them. We can learn ... |
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness
There are currently 47 million people worldwide that are living with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive condition, as are many other dementia or memory–related conditions. Therefore, seniors dealing with these conditions need an increasing level of care and assistance over time. That is one of the very reasons that families and loved ones of senior adults dealing with Alzheimer's and dementia are often faced with the difficult ... |
7 Tips on Communicating with Your Family about Caregiving
Oftentimes when caring for a loved one, multiple family members from near and far, are involved. While caregiving can bring family members together, it can also shake up tricky family dynamics. Difficult decisions like handling finances, hiring in–home support, or figuring out where to move mom or dad can create feelings of frustration and tension.Adapting to the demands of chronic or complex care without excessive conflict is something Wellthy Care Coordinators ... |
Why We Need Psychological Safety to do Our Best Work
Today, employees at all levels spend 50 percent more of our work time collaborating than we did 20 years ago. As a result, our need for supportive environments is greater than ever.For a recent episode of Transform Your Workplace,
I spoke with Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and author of the groundbreaking books Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
and The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth .
In her research, Edmondson ... |
Just One Thing: See What’s Likeable
Liking feels good, plus it encourages us to approach and engage the world
rather than withdraw from it.We are hardwired to like some things, like the sweetness of sugar, and dislike other things, like shivering from cold. But most situations are in the middle and formed of many parts. Consequently, our response to them – liking or disliking – depends a lot on what we pay attention to
to and on our own perspective.Consider ... |
Raising Kids to be Empathetic: How Compassion Can Help Our Children
There's no rulebook when it comes to parenting. Raising kids can be complex and draining, but more than anything, it's incredibly rewarding. We want the best for our kids. We want them to grow up to be successful and productive members of society, but we also would like to acknowledge that they're compassionate and promote empathy. So, how do you raise an empathetic child? There are many ways to do ... |
What Every HR Department Needs to Know About Internal Communication
As an HR professional, do you feel confident about your communication strategy for relaying news and information that affects employees? Internal communication is the sharing of information between different parts of an organization. When there isn't a strategy for internal communication, important information falls through the cracks. An effective internal communication strategy ... |
Why Inclusion is Just as Important as Employee Diversity
Having a diverse workplace is the right thing to do, and it's also better for business. More and more organizations today understand that, but many still haven't quite figured out how to do it. For the Transform Your Workplace podcast, I chatted with La'Wana Harris, author of Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias.
We had a great conversation about why awareness of the importance of diversity and inclusion is only the beginning, and why inclusion is such a vital part of the equation. ... |
COVID-19: Oregon Workplace Protections and Resources
While our previous blog
shared tips for supervisors during these days of the novel coronavirus, we grieve for the large number of people in Oregon and beyond who have lost their lives due to COVID–19. We also lament those who have lost all or part of their income due to those measures taken to avoid further spreading of COVID–19. Many workers have been furloughed or laid off, or have lost important contract work. We understand that, in addition to ... |
When Managers Build Community Its Less Lonely at the Top
Although the title of “loneliest job” might conjure up images of presidents
or CEOs ,
you don't have to be at the very top to know that leadership can be isolating. Managers are expected to make difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions with little input and maintain boundaries when socializing with employees. While employees can commiserate with each other, what do you do if you're the boss and you need to vent or talk ... |