Dr. Gary Carlson

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Ziaul, If you have people you trust with your thoughts this is great technique. Listening is 87% of communication. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Handling Workplace Stress

Ziaul, Sharing with a positive attitude is a great leadership trait. Emotion kept to a minimum will enhance the message you have to give. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Handling Workplace Stress

Eric, People who hold back and internally are like a balloon that keeps filling up until it explodes. The explosion could be with many different aspects. None are probably good. Before that happens work with your most trusted friends or colleagues. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Handling Workplace Stress

Eric, It is always good to step back for a minute and your practice is a good one. Keep in mind you should also take care of yourself by maintaining a balanced life with good health habits, exercise, mental relaxation activities, recreation and spiritual rejuvenation. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Stress and Motivation

William Stress is positive or negative. Positive stress can be viewed positive or negative. How it is presented is very important. Attitude and leadership helps to motivate people. The stress is good only because of the reward that is felt when one achieves the goal. Negative stress is obviously from trauma or a catastrophic event. Usually the adrenalin experienced is for protection from shock. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Handling Workplace Stress

Shirley, These are all good practices. When listening it is always a great skill to be able to read between the lines and recognize what they are really trying to express. When you can show your interest and understanding you will gain trust of the employees by your listening skills. Dr. Gary Carlson

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Preparing for a Meeting

Wayne, You are so right with your observance. The leader of a meeting is the key to a great meeting. The agenda has expectations and the only way meet those expectations is to stay on track. If we hear a story that is redundant to what we have already heard we need to call the person into order by letting know we have already heard this perspective. Either off subject comments or redundancy is a way to ruin a good meeting. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Crisis Management

Harmony, You are definitley on target. Crisis are crisis because they can't be determined whan and how they might happen. But the essentials of what is important is what we want to protect. Life or essential docuements should be considered. We can't protect everything such as property if the cirisis may be weather related or even terrorist focused. We need to plan for the worst and make plans to illeviate the impact as much as possible.. We have to be as adaptale during the crisis because none of our plans can be fullproof unless we can make decisions on the… >>>

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Crisis Management

German, Crisis planning is for what you can control and not for what you can't. Events that put you or your employees in jeopardy need attention to reduce the effects of the crisis, You can't prevent the catastrophe in some cases but you can soften the blow with a solid plan. Dr. Gary Carlson

Dr. Gary Carlson

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Stress and Motivation

Wayne, When you have the knowledge of stress and its effect on you; you have the ability to reduce the negative effects. By practicing good stress management you can excel with manageable skills to overcome and succeed. Dr. Gary Carlson