“As we re-emerge from lockdown and people slowly return to their workplaces, there is inevitable resistance and talk of a burnout boom. So much so that only one in 10 want to return to work in the office five days a week. Many workers have said they will quit if forced back into the office full-time.”
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Acceptance is often misunderstood as approval or being against change, but it is neither. Acceptance is about acknowledging the facts and letting go of the time, effort, and energy wasted in the fight against reality.
This paper offers three kinds of acceptance that leaders should focus on: 1) Accepting results 2) Accepting circumstances 3) Accepting their failings and those of others.
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In many ways, we’re used to this pandemic way of life. So, why does our fatigue and exhaustion feel so bad now?
“We have a finite amount of resources,” explains Alyssa Dietz, Ph.D
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The traditional view was that to be successful, business leaders had to be infallible, unflappable, in control, and fearless. These leaders appeared to be born hero leaders, naturally endowed with supreme intelligence, coming up with brilliant ideas and directives from the mountaintop that lower echelons were then expected to execute. The pandemic has highlighted that hero leaders are no longer what companies need.
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In ordinary times, successful leaders continually strive to master the balance between the urgent and the important, both in their organizations and their daily schedules. But today’s CEOs face unprecedented financial, health and safety, and operational challenges.
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Executives must align on an organization’s purpose before strategizing. Sustained strategies must rely on seeking employee input on decisions and leaders need to be transparent about objectives to make employees feel included.
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“Studies conclude that after the declaration by the WHO that Covid-19 had become a pandemic, “there has been a dramatic rise in the prevalence of mental health problems both nationally and globally.” The rising stress levels are associated with fear of contracting the coronavirus, quarantines, physical distancing, and various degrees of lockdown introduced by many countries worldwide.”
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In 2021, Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann was honoured as the Senior Australian of the Year. In this Beyond Blue podcast she talks about how she brought the concept of Dadirri (deep listening) to the world.
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Cathy Burke, previously Australian CEO and global vice president of The Hunger Project, talks about how to keep going when times are tough — how do we find new ways and how can we build resilience in these difficult times?
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To learn more about the benefits of finding a mentor as a leader, we sat down with Beth Weatherly from Kilfinan, an organisation that matches mentors to mentees.
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