by Liane Davey | Apr 13, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness
I once worked with a woman who quit because our boss kept putting stacks of tasks on her desk, all marked urgent. Each time she tried to clarify what she should do first, the boss just shrugged and said it didn’t matter what came first as long as it all got done. I...
by Liane Davey | Mar 30, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Stress Management
So far, in this month-long series on stress, we’ve been talking mainly about the negative effects of stress: diluted attention, increased emotionality, and physical and mental health issues associated with burnout. But today, we’re talking about the upside of stress...
by Liane Davey | Mar 23, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Stress Management
Facing significant stress at home or work is problem enough, but when stress crosses from one part of your life to another, it can create a vicious cycle. What can you do to reduce the spillover between home and work stress? What is Stress Spillover? Spillover is when...
by Liane Davey | Mar 16, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Stress Management
In my previous post, I shared four examples of how your stress might manifest and provided techniques for reducing the impact of a perceived threat. In this post, we’ll discuss the underlying causes of job stress and what you can do to create a healthier and more...
by Liane Davey | Mar 9, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Stress Management, Toxic Workplaces
The stats aren’t good. Large percentages of people are feeling stressed at work, many at acute levels or for prolonged periods. Stress affects the quality of your work, your interactions with your customers or colleagues, and your sense of physical and mental...
by Liane Davey | Feb 16, 2025 | Emotions, Personal Effectiveness
How aware are you of the dynamics at play in your team? Maybe you’re clued in on what’s wrong with everyone else, but what about their perceptions of you? Odds are, you’re not as self-aware as you need to be. And low self-awareness makes you vulnerable to people...
