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How To Reduce Workplace Stress While Building Resilience Through Conversation

In  Fierce Resilience , author  Edward Beltran , CEO of Fierce Inc., presents a groundbreaking approach to reducing workplace stress and building resilience through conversation.  As technology, isolation, and productivity pressures increasingly contribute to workplace stress, Beltran offers a science-based model that identifies and neutralizes individual stress triggers.   By leveraging the power of conversations, individuals discover: their unique stressors. how to master skills to neutralize stressors. ways to build unwavering resilience that elevates their emotional well-being.  “This book is aimed at people who are part of any type and size of workplace: in-person, hybrid, or virtual,” says Beltran. “I share personal anecdotes, case studies, exercises, practical guidance, and actionable strategies.”   · In the book, Beltran  redefines resilience as the courage to self-assess and act . It is about being brave enough to face stress head-on, understa...

How To Be A Conversational Superstar

“Effective communication is the lifeblood of every healthy relationship,” explain The Communication Code authors Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram , whether that relationship is at work or at home. And effective communication is essential for successful leadership.   Fortunately, the authors' book provides a proven series of easy-to-implement skills, techniques and powerful strategies via what they call the  Communication Code  that anyone can use to make their communication, relationships deeper and more productive.   “Using five simple code words, you can verbally reach people with what they are expecting from you,” explain the authors.   Those  five code words  are:   Care  – being concerned for someone and desiring to do something for their good. Celebration  – to acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity. Clarification  – to make (a statement or situation) less confusing a...

How To Be A Conversational Superstar

Each year, I select my pick for the best new leadership book released that year. As published earlier on my blog, my pick for 2023, was  When Everyone Leads .   Some years, among the many books about leadership that I read, there is another book that is so good, it becomes my runner up for the best new leadership book of the year. That runner-up book for 2023 was,  The Communication Code , by  Jeremie Kubicek  and  Steven Cockram .   “Effective communication is the lifeblood of every healthy relationship,” explain Kubicek and Cockram, whether that relationship is at work or at home. And effective communication is essential for successful leadership.   Fortunately, the authors' book provides a proven series of easy-to-implement skills, techniques and powerful strategies via what they call the  Communication Code  that anyone can use to make their communication, relationships deeper and more productive.   “Using five simple code words...