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De-Stressing the Workplace

Personal Tips put YOU in Control

How to “consume stress” instead of “letting stress consume you.” That’s what attendees will learn in Derek J. Smith’s company-wide Webinar next month.

Derek’s high-energy, interactive session will include three specific actionable tips for mitigating stress at work.

“Resilience and anti-fragility” are what Derek advocates for while showing how to interpret events and actions in a stress-reducing rather than stress-creating mindset.

Mindset can lead to Stress Reduction

Human behavior is Derek’s expertise where he blends “ancient wisdom” with “modern science.” He is an experienced coach who has worked for the Pentagon and regularly supports corporate executives and civic leaders. He’s even been a personal fitness trainer.

Derek is always in pursuit of the simplest solutions that make sense while being the first to admit that challenges in the healthcare delivery business have been overwhelmingly tremendous in recent years.

Come prepared to laugh and to roll up your sleeves with some practical personal de-stressing techniques that will inspire your mindset.

To attend Derek J. Smith’s Webinar, join a ZOOM meeting:

Tuesday, July 16

9:30 A.M. CT/10:30 A.M. ET

4:00 P.M. CT/5:00 P.M. ET

Putting the Personal in Happy

While companies hire leaders and create workplace cultures and employee benefits programs, individual team members can take professional and personal steps to stay happy on the job.

There’s no better time to think about this as summer, a time of year when the perception of more lightness and fun, begins.

The symbiotic nature of the relationship between employers and employees cannot be overstated. Business owners act as the oxygen and employees are the lifeblood of the company.

We are aware that the rate of burnout in healthcare delivery remains high. Being a happy employee is key to overall job satisfaction. Why? Because whether you’re delivering critical clinical care or in a more administrative role at Crossroads, your work directly impacts our patients in end-of-life care. Here are some tips for mitigating burnout.

5 tips for Maintaining Well-Being On-the-Job:

1. Find meaning in your work
2. Celebrate small wins
3. Express gratitude
4. Seek feedback
5. Balance work and life

When it comes to time spent away from work, consider the following advice from Positive Routines blogger Chelsey Taylor.

5 Ways to Be Happier this Summer:

1. Get outside
2. Let go of a grudge
3. Spread kindness
4. Be with people you love
5. Exercise

Note: If you have a personal tip to share, we would love to hear from you. As always, Crossroads is striving to build a positive work culture where team members feel valued and enjoy work-life balance.

Hidden Potential of Adversity

Potential, by definition, is something yet to manifest. It is a belief that we have an unrealized ability that we haven't tapped but are capable of tapping. Most of us believe that we possess much more potential than we tap in childhood. The older we get, the less time we have to take action on it, which causes some to bury it. But you don't have to; you can dig down and tap it.

But like with anything pursued, there is a cost. What's the price of setting out to tap your potential? The first step is shedding some cultural programming and seeing yourself and the world afresh through your eyes.

Our culture likes to sweep the nature of reality under the rug. It presents a world where things come quickly, and unpleasant experiences can be avoided. But this world does not exist. And too many people try to contort and bend themselves to "fit in." However, the problem with ideals is that nobody can ever live up to them. Think about it: your life experiences and expectations have been far from ideal.

The truth is that we experience adversity, pain, and grief. We also experience transformative moments, joy, and love. You will also experience plenty of ambiguity, uncertainty, and insecurities. And when we actually work with these challenges, we usually experience greater moments of transformation, connectedness, and joy.

But why does it take adversity to experience moments where our potential can rise to the surface and give us a new lens, a transformed perspective, and an overall better feeling of life? Let's take grief. There is no worse experience than the death of a child. But it's the throes of that grief that you have to navigate. What the world or anyone else has to tell you is of no consequence.

And something else happens. In the worst circumstances, the absolute best in the people around you shines. We all have these untapped qualities that somehow emerge from behind the curtain to inspire faith in our existence, that we are more than capable of depth and quality of giving to each other to improve our surroundings. Each person somehow contributes in their own unique way and yet somehow knows that the griever has to grieve.

The fact is that these moments take work. The type of work that gets our heads and our hearts working together. That work begins with you. We are making time to reflect, to invest in relationships that force you to stretch, and to forget about looking to gurus who might have the next quick fix. Time is our most precious resource, and our ability to find opportunity in adversity gives life depth and vibrancy. The people around you need your unique talents and your soul. Our gratitude for being alive is an obligation to reach into our innermost essence and tap our potential.