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The Mindbuffs PodcastBusiness Psychology: Appreciation Pt 2This Week on The Mindbuffs Podcast:In Part 2 of our series on Business Appreciation, Mat is once again joined by Shawna Shuster, a mental performance consultant at Mindbuffs. This episode dives deeper into how businesses can create and sustain environments where employees truly feel seen and heard, even during challenging times.Shawna brings her expertise to the table as we discuss the pivotal role of appreciation in fostering a positive workplace culture. We explore how genuine acknowledgment and consistent appreciation can transform your work environment, enhance employee engagement, and build a resilient team...
2024-09-1337 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastBusiness Psychology: Appreciation Pt 1This week on The Mindbuffs Podcast:Mat is joined by special guest Shawna Shuster, a mental performance consultant at Mindbuffs, to share their focus on enhancing workplace dynamics through appreciation. Shawna shares her extensive knowledge on the nuances of appreciation and its vital role in fostering a positive workplace culture.Both Mat and Shawna dive deep into the culture of appreciation at work, exploring how it can transform work environments and boost overall performance. We start by unraveling the concept of appreciation—what it truly means, and why it’s more than just saying "than...
2024-08-2339 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastAccommodations and Understanding Neurodiversity at Work Pt 2 | Business and Culture Ep 7Continuing their chat about tangible accommodations for neurodiverse employees, Mat and Shawna dive into the science of neurodiversity. Are we all neurodiverse, or has social media taken over the world of medicine? This episode offers additional tools for you to use or gain a better understanding of, giving a glimpse into the mind of the neurodiverse. Expanding on the previous episode, we go deeper into strategies that can be put into action. We'll share some tools and insights aimed at benefiting employees, employers, teachers, students, and a variety of environments.Between work-from-home/hybrid options to o...
2024-06-0745 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastAccommodations and Understanding Neurodiversity at Work Pt 1 | Business and Culture Ep 6We're really cooking now! Last week on the Podcast, Mat and Shawna had a great discussion about Neurospiciness (Neurodivergence) in the Workplace. They talked about all the different ways Neurodiversity can show up and the challenges and opportunities it brings. This week, we're getting into how employers can support their Neurospicy employees and get the most out of them. We talk about all things neurodiversity in the workplace, like dyslexia, ADHD, and autism, and why it's important to understand neurodiversity and make accommodations.Getting down to the practical side of office accommodations, not just theories, w...
2024-05-3134 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastNeurospiciness in the Workplace | Business and Culture Ep 5Ready to spice things up? If you've been keeping up with social media, you know that neurodivergence (or as we like to call it, neurospiciness) is one of the hottest topics online right now. So this week on The Mindbuffs Podcast, we're starting a new series called Neurospiciness in the Workplace. Our goal is to help create inclusive work environments where people with neurodiversity can thrive. In this episode, we'll be discussing disabilities commonly seen in workplaces, such as ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and OCD. Understanding neurodiversity can be complex and it's an ongoing learning process. And, while y...
2024-05-1738 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastFinal Burnout | Business and Culture Ep 4Mat and Shawna discuss what employers can do to help their employees prevent and/or manage burnout. From culture to government-sponsored support, there is hope even in the darkest times! If you are a leader, mentor, or have people who rely on you, check this episode out to review what you can do today to help your business and people in the future.Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9478693/#:~:text=Persistent%20clinical%20burnout%20is%20associated%20with%20a%20reduction%20in%20the,spines%20and%20reduced%20synaptic%20density.https://www.ncbi...
2024-04-1245 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastNo Cheat Codes: Tools and Skills to Defeat Burnout | Business and Culture Ep 3Explore the tangible tools during the stages of burnout. Mat and Shawna explore proactive self-care, early onset of burnout, and the dreaded "I am ready to die" levels of burnout and how to take care of you at each step. If you need some tools to address your own stage of burnout then this episode is for you! Let’s all admit we are human and work on this together.
2024-03-0840 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastBurnout and Its Many Faces | Business and Culture Ep 2Episode 2 of the burnout series brings us face to face with how burnout happens and what ways it can impact us beyond just being “overworked”. We explore burnout types and how it expresses itself in sneaky ways. We squash common myths about motivation and discuss how expectations can lead us down unexpected paths.
2024-01-1935 minThe Mindbuffs PodcastBurnout is Real, and it Takes No Prisoners | Business and Culture Ep 1In business and life, we often hear the term “burnout” used to describe the tired employee and employer in the workforce. As this buzzword makes its way into our daily language, we discuss the importance of taking it seriously because it will seriously take you. With hustle culture, expectations, and a post-covid world, we begin our deep-dive exploration of the business world by discussing how burnout has impacted the corporate landscape. Join Shawna and Mat’s highly energetic conversations as they translate research articles on high-performance work environments into practical real-world examples.—If you’d like to le...
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