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✅ Today’s checklist:
- What your employees desperately need
- 3 big benefits from being in a flow
- How to “describe yourself” in interviews
- Creating emotional safety
QUICK LINKS
💼 Career: How resumes have shifted in the past five years.
⭐ Job Search: Have an interview soon? Consider the STAR method.
👥 Leadership: Six things a great manager never does.
😴 Sleep: Tossing could be a potential sign of ADHD. Do you do it?
TEAM MORALE
What Employees Desperately Need
Takeaways:
- Employees want a healthy work life balance and job security. They need understanding managers and they crave transparency about job security, upskilling opportunities, and internal mobility options.
- Your team wants to feel respected and valued regardless of their background. They also want to feel appreciated, with their contributions recognized, especially for those less visible in the workplace.
- To stay motivated, employees need a clear path for career growth within the company. They also require fair compensation and benefits that go beyond superficial perks, truly supporting their professional and personal well-being.
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MOTIVATION
3 Benefits From Being in a “Flow”
Takeaways:
- Flow, a.k.a. “being in the zone”, puts us in this timeless space that’s really good for our health. You can experience it while dancing, writing, exercise, sports, working, etc. It doesn’t matter what it is as long as it gets you into a flow.
- It helps create transient hypofrontality, where the voice in your head completely shuts off allowing you to not stress and quiet negative self-talk.
- Flow leads to more fulfillment and is a practice, meaning you can get better at it and therefore get into it quicker.
- The more you practice something to reach a flow state, the better you become at it as you continue to pursue that state.
JOB SEARCH
“How would you describe yourself?”
Takeaways:
- For open ended questions like this, use the list of 3 method to help organize and structure your answers.
- Begin by stating “First, I’d say I’m X because of Y”. Then move to saying “Second, I’d describe myself as X because of Y”. And finally end with “Lastly, I’d say I’m X because of Y.
- You can also use the STAR method when it comes to answering other common interview questions.
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POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Creating Emotional Safety
Takeaways:
- Emotional safety means feeling appreciated, valued, and worthwhile, while trusting that your environment is fair, consistent, and kind.
- An emotionally safe environment allow people to feel like they can share and be vulnerable, take responsibility for mistakes without being attacked, and feel more connected.
- To foster an emotionally safe environment, focus on yourself and what you can do to create it—be honest, consistent, and fair. Share vulnerable emotions, build yourself up, and standing un-offended.
STAFF PICKS
Stuff We’re Loving This Week
💧 For peace of mind, test your water with this easy kit.
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🌯 If you’re looking to lower your carb intake—these tortillas are it.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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