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Strengthen Your Emotional Fitness With These 5 Practices
Nataly Kogan
Posted in Connecting, Health & Wellness, Leadership/Management, Nataly Kogan, Resilience, Stress Management/Life Balance
Tagged with: connection, emotional fitness, Gratitude, intentional kindness, meaning and purpose, Nataly Kogan, self-care
Managers, You Don’t Have to Put Yourself Last
Nataly Kogan
Posted in Health & Wellness, Human Resources, Inspiration, Leadership/Management, Nataly Kogan, Peak Performance
Do you want to be a great leader? There is one skill you need to master that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: emotional fitness. If this is not what you expected, I’m not surprised. Every day, there are dozens of…
7 things I learned about struggle, resilience, and the human spirit
Since the pandemic broke out, I’ve given 165 virtual talks and workshops on emotional health and resilience skills. (No, that’s not a typo.) I’ve had the privilege to share these skills with companies, teams, and leaders and got to do pro-bono…
10 Science-Backed Ways Leaders Can Support Employees’ Mental Health
Nataly Kogan
Posted in Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Nataly Kogan, Peak Performance, Stress Management/Life Balance
As a leader, your job is not to manage people or projects — it’s to manage emotions, including your own. During this really challenging time (understatement of the year!) that can be really intense and since we don’t learn about…
Achieving Happiness Despite Everyday Challenges
Learning that you or a loved one has a chronic illness is news you never want to hear. The knowledge of such information is often accompanied by feelings of fear, anger, and depression, which can cause debilitating, unnecessary stress. By…
Tagged with: Gratitude, positive psychology, positivity, Shawn Achor, shawn achor ted talk, the happiness advantage
Final Chapter – One White Shirt
Many months ago in my weekly email series I wrote one entitled: “Only One White Shirt.” It was the story of Bonnie Whitten, who was my training instructor on the ticket counter, many years ago at Midway Airport in Chicago for…
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Times are Tough but not here, not now, not for us
Times are tough, but not here! Iran has tough times. Iraq and Afghanistan have had tough times. People who have to walk through land mines to get to their destinations are having tough times. Many parts of Africa…