Main themes: Fear and how we could turn that feeling into something powerful that helps us become successful leaders and, above all, better people.
Figure: 20 million people resigned from their jobs between spring and summer. In April, the number of workers who quit their job in a single month broke an all-time U.S. record. Highest. Ever. But then it did that again in July. And again in August. People who just up and leave their job, often without having another one lined up. That put a lot of things in perspective. Though the big part of this phenomenon is economically driven, it has to do with emotions, empathy, and the employer-employee relationship.
Questions:
- In the era of what we call the new working environment where managing teams remotely become the norm. What is the biggest challenge you see, especially regarding people management? what skills should leaders and businesses develop?
- We often call others "you are emotional" when we invoke certain situations. It always sounds negative having that state of mind. You have a different take on that. Could you explain in a bit? - connect with Dynamic Emotional Integration Approach.
- I have learned about the need to understand the stories deep-in behind what causes fears and mechanically reverse engineer that through a process that shifts my mind from the auto-pilot of what could go wrong to what could go right and understanding the cost of inaction. You are taking a slightly different approach - could you share that story?
- Fear is a friend to managers, not a foe. What does that mean in the day to day life? Does it look any different between managing a f2f versus a remote team?
- Is it ok to be vulnerable?
- If someone comes to you and tells you the following, my team is passive and disengaged, and I have no bloody idea what to do anymore. What concrete steps should they consider implementing?
- You are doing DEI courses. Could you tell me about it and what benefits anyone should consider signing for it?
