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How to Develop Active Listening and People Skills in Leadership
10 Ways to Cope with Heavy Stress and Life's Difficult Situations
10 Ways to Cope with Heavy Stress and Life's Difficult Situations
Questions
· Are you new in your role in supervision, management, or leadership?
· Do you know what active listening skills are?
· Have you been in your position for a while but want to develop better active listening skills or people skills?
· Would you say you are not "naturally good” at listening to others and forming strong bonds with others?
If you answered “yes” to any or all these questions, this article is a terrific resource for you so keep reading!
Active listening is one of the top skills a person in any level of leadership should develop. It involves:
· Using a variety of verbal and non-verbal signals to show others you are listening and processing what they are saying
· Listening and retaining the messages others share
· Understanding others’ personal needs, challenges, concerns
· Listening with all senses
· Listening in a non-judgmental and neutral way
· Getting to know and being there for employees
· Being reflective about what others are saying
10 Ways to Cope with Heavy Stress and Life's Difficult Situations
10 Ways to Cope with Heavy Stress and Life's Difficult Situations
10 Ways to Cope with Heavy Stress and Life's Difficult Situations
- Are you going through a stressful situation in your life, whether it's related to your job, your personal life, or your future?
- Is the stress intense and difficult to manage?
- Are you looking for ideas and coping strategies to deal with heavy stress?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, this article will give you helpful strategies and ideas to deal with stress and life's difficult situations.
We all experience stress at some point in our lives. Some of the most common causes of stress include:
- Job dissatisfaction
- Working long hours
- Divorce Death of a loved one
- Fear of uncertainty
- Money problems
- Experience of hate or abuse
- Illnesses
When a person is undergoing stress, one of the most challenging aspects is being able to control and manage it.
How to Be Persuasive in a Leadership Role to Achieve Goals
10 Ways to Cope with Heavy Stress and Life's Difficult Situations
Best Practices When Applying for School Administration Jobs
Introduction
If you are in a leadership position, one of the most important aspects you must consider and acknowledge is the importance of persuasion. You can tell people in your team what you want them to do and not do; they will comply or face consequences for not complying. However, you will find more success and foster more productivity with achieving an organizational goal if you get your teams to buy into your vision or goal!
Persuasion is challenging because oftentimes, people are set in their ways and do not want to break away from systems that have worked for them in the past. When people do not know for certain that the change will yield results, they will resist learning and doing something in a new way.
The larger the organization is that you lead, the more challenging it will be to bring about change and innovation. Imagine being on a small canoe versus being on a cruise ship; a canoe is much easier to control than a cruise ship with thousands of people on it. Therefore, change must come with small steps that are clearly spelled out in an organized and systematic way to persuade everyone onboard that what you are asking them to do is necessary and important for success.
Best Practices When Applying for School Administration Jobs
How to Be More Organized In Leadership Positions When Overwhelmed
Best Practices When Applying for School Administration Jobs
If you are applying to become a school administrator, you know the process is challenging. You are probably going through lots of interviews, sending out applications, and getting discouraged when you get turned down for interviews or jobs. The job search and acquisition process is difficult for various reasons, especially in education. Some of those challenges are due to:
- Lack of experience
- Unimpressive resume
- Districts hiring internally
- Low self-confidence in the interview process
- The applicant pool is competitive
- Sense of desperation during the interview
- Sense of indifference during the interview
- Employer/interviewer biases
- Pessimism
While some of these are out of your control, like the lack of opportunities out there, employer biases, and internal district hiring, other challenges are in your control. You can do something about your lack of experience, your resume, your attitude, interviewing skills, etc.
My Self-Care Activities as a Super Busy Mom Working Full-Time
How to Be More Organized In Leadership Positions When Overwhelmed
How to Be More Organized In Leadership Positions When Overwhelmed
Many of us have busy and stressful jobs in addition to our families, home lives, and possibly, school and side businesses. I love my life, but I am super busy. I must plan and use my minutes and hours carefully and efficiently to get everything done without falling behind. I don't just want to do stuff for the sake of doing stuff; I want to succeed and see my goals and aspirations come to fruition.
Self-care is not about self-indulgence or selfishness. It's the understanding that we need to care for our own needs well enough to motivate ourselves to get up and achieve more the next day. We maintain a healthy relationship with ourselves when we give our minds and bodies the attention needed.
When we are always on the go, we must remember to stop and take a moment for ourselves sometimes. I can always tell when I am getting tired, mentally than physically, depending on my reactions to things and my mood. Thankfully, there are weekends after my 5-day workweeks, so I can take a short break and do something for myself - some self-care activity.
If you search on Google and Pinterest, you'll come across various examples of self-care activities people engage in.
How to Be More Organized In Leadership Positions When Overwhelmed
How to Be More Organized In Leadership Positions When Overwhelmed
How to Be More Organized In Leadership Positions When Overwhelmed
As a leader, you are pulled in different directions. Your teams need you constantly for approvals, advice, help, mentorship, guidance, and more. There is so much on your plate! It's easy to get burnt out and highly feel stressed. You probably spend countless hours at work and feel like you are not making progress. If you feel tired, stressed, and overwhelmed as a leader, consider developing new organizing daily routines and habits. You will manage your time better, become more efficient, consistent, accomplished, and successful.
Organizing Tips and Strategies for Leaders to Be More Awesome in Their Roles!
Choose from 1 to 3 of these tips and strategies to implement in your line of work as a leader right away. Stay on course for the next 3 months to slowly develop these strategies into daily routines and habits.
1) Establish 1 to 5 key goals and make sure every action within your realm is tied to those goals.
If you are a creative leader, you probably have many ideas you want to implement to drive change.
Strategies to Have Engaging and Productive Team Meetings at Work
Strategies to Have Engaging and Productive Team Meetings at Work
Strategies to Have Engaging and Productive Team Meetings at Work
If you work with a team of people and hold meetings together, it is imperative to incorporate some strategies to make your time together engaging, productive, and focused on resolutions. Use the ideas and strategies in this article to hold effective and efficient meetings where everyone's time can be valued and respected.