Anecdotal information from my network is telling me that we have grown comfortable with zoom and teams’ meetings while live in-person interactions now feel stressful, and even odd. We are experts at expressing and reading emotions with our eyes and foreheads only. Smiling with our eyes as we wear a facemask. How to transition back to in-person work?
Living on ‘surge capacity’ for a long time can result in exhaustion, loss of motivation, and anxiety – the Pandemic Flux Syndrome. How to cope with a constantly changing reality that is mostly out of our control? How do we stay motivated and positive?
Staying motivated and resilient into the new year feels like biking on a long flat road, with a strong headwind. I’m pedaling hard but I seem to stand still. Here are five tips how to keep on moving
Do you welcome Monday morning? We love saying TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday), but what about TGIM? Does Monday have to be dreary and gray? No, it does not. But sometimes it is. I usually…
Sunday Summary: Avoid excessively personalizing others’ poor behavior towards you or criticism of your performance at work. It’s not about you, it’s about them and their behavior. Relevant criticism is about your work performance –…
Make sure you are moving towards something meaningful, not just running away from something bad, when you are seeking change. Lately a few of my clients have sought my help with deciding upon and designing…
This spring has been busy. Spring usually is. The outdoor sports season starts for the children so nights and weekends are spent cheering at my daughter’s softball games and my son’s tennis and track &…
I grew up in a small town in western Finland. My family was a typical middle-class Finnish family, except that we come from the small Swedish-speaking minority. Both of my parents grew up on farms….