Managing Workplace Challenges

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Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Jade Kamlani

Time will Tell; if you do not

It is very important to know and grow your personal value. Taking ownership of the manner in which you conduct yourself will help your leadership/management style be genuine, reliable and productive.

Austin Umezurike

Personal Time

In addition to physical exercise, creating personal time to visit movie theater or place of interest to relax and wind down helps to mitigate stress. I have also found listening to music to be therapeutic. Austin Umezurike

Cavin Atkins

Waisted E-Mails

The thing I hate the most is having to deal with E-Mails that have no need ever being written to begin with. We have employees that send out E-Mails to everyone and their dogs and the E-Mail only needs to be sent to one person. By the time you open it out and figure out what it is about, you have waisted a tremendous amount of time and energy. I been thinking about ways to combat this without stepping on toes. Any suggestions?

Sandra Cantero

Managers are leaders in the group

Managers are leading the employees demonstrating ethical behavior and accountability for their actions.

Ro Tran

To The Point

There shouldn't be any hestitation when it comes to decision making.

Israel Ayola

I might need more patience

I have found that by breaking down my bigger worries into smaller, more approachable worries, that I am able to address my problems without â€œfreaking out.â€ The problem that I have is that sometimes I break things down so much that I feel cluttered and unsure about where to even start so I tell myself â€œwell letâ€™s just work on it tomorrowâ€. I know that this form of procrastination isnâ€™t healthy. What is the best way to tackle my large problem without breaking it down too much?

Jessica Knepper

Thank you

Good information

Win Wolloff

My Goal as a teacher.

My Goal as a teacher is to provide my students with the knowledge they need to realize their vision. We are in business to produce new professional photographers and helping students make the images that exist in their mind become reality is why I teach. Photography is more than a job for me it is a calling and I can set no higher goal than to pass on the things taught to me by my mentors over the course of my career.

John Sincavage

Using the SMART tool

This discussion really helped me realize how important it is to clearly define what your goals are and how to accomplish them. Any suggestions on how to do this and be successful at it?

OLAKUNLE OLUKUNLE

STRESS MANAGEMENT

As abstract as it may seem, stress is very tangible and should be seen as a major factor that is capable of being an obstacle on one's journey to success. Care should be taken to identify the impact it is having so that ways to combat it can be figured out in order to live a life free of tyranny.

AMENA SHAHID

Do not bring or discuss work at home

The strategy to not to bring work at home or not to work at home brings the stress down of the entire day.

Stephanie Winkler

Overthinking

Sometimes I overthink a problem so much, that I can't tell the difference between a legitimate concern or something that I am blowing out of propotion.

Laura Siegmann

Helping stress solvers? Surprising answers

I was shocked to see that watching tv helped. I do it but don't feel as guilty about it. I hear it kills your brain and wouldn't think of that as a stress reliever. Also being involved with others problems. I would think if dealing with your own is bad, adding to it with someone else's would just multiply the negative stress.

Laura Walker

Be a Leader

As a manager it is important to set the example of what one expects from their employees. When it comes to management, we have to remember that we are not just monitoring our team but our team is also watching us to see how they should work within the department a good manager = a good team.

Joseph Piechura