• OVER TWO-THIRDS OF LEADERS & MANAGERS WHO ‘BURN-OUT’ ATTRIBUTE IT TO WORKPLACE STRESS, and today’s rapid & unanticipated implementation of A.I. is further increasing this risk. Principal Warning Signs and distress signals are now recognized as an increasing combination of behaviors reflecting stress & emotional tension resulting from : (1) Loss of energy & feelings of weariness; (2) Detachment from events & co-workers; (3) Boredom & cynicism of what’s going on; (4) Impatience & irritability; (5) Feeling unappreciated, mistreated, angry; (6) Heightened disconnection from the environment; (7) Lingering headaches/ colds/ backaches. The real danger is nonfeeling – the denial that these signals mean anything is wrong – until it’s too late to modify workload & challenges, which is when Burn-Out hits!
• LATEST RESEARCH FOUND THAT BUSINESS MEETINGS – some 11 million daily in the U.S. – result in many which never get beyond the first agenda item and most of which are considered time-waste by attendees. Essential start-points for running a meaningful meeting involve: (1) Clarifying the purpose – Is it necessary? To update, align next steps, or reach a decision? For participants to present or share info? Could email have sufficed? (2) Having a clear Agenda – with time allocations, distributed in advance giving attendees time to prepare for best input; (3) Closing with review – of who should do what, due dates and next steps; (4) Following up – with clear and concise Minutes inviting feedback to the leader with any suggestions to improve efficiency for next meetings.
• DCG COACHING/CONSULTING SERVICES ARE INCREASINGLY FOCUSING ON CLIENTS WITH PENDING RETIREMENT, who reportedly become 40% at greater risk for stroke or heart attack during the first year after, stemming from social and emotional challenges including: (1) Loss of identity which can erode sense of purpose and self-worth, especially when their prior role involved leadership, control and respect from others; (2) Loss of social connection; (3) Risk of separation and/or divorce – which forecasts suggest will increase by a third for those over age 50; (4) Anxiety over potential asset losses and impacts of inflation on wealth level sufficient for remaining years and legacy. These factors have now become critical in our client exit strategy and estate planning. Call Dennis for courtesy consult.
• “OUR INNATE CURIOSITY, INSTINCT FOR GOSSIP, AND ADDICTION TO MESSY DRAMA drive us to spend time consuming internet nonsense. AI models powering chatbots have been trained to produce convincing stories – very different from being able to confirm whether something is actually true, and especially when posts are amplified by algorithms that respond to ‘likes’ and engagement versus accuracy. So, reality is that the tendency of chatbots is to lie to us… Social media has trained users to rely on fluency, coherence and social endorsement as proxies for credibility and actual truth… In an age in which internet info is so abundant and so low-quality that it’s essentially noise, the challenge going forward is to fight our evolutionary instinct to absorb all available info, and instead filter out unreliable sources and bad data.” But good luck with that. [WALL STREET JOURNAL]
• THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK: UNQUESTIONABLY THE MOST INTRICATE, INFINITE & BIZARRE SKETCH DRAWING EVER! https://youtube.com/shorts/Ubi8Tdk3rBo
• GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS AGAINST POWER & DATA CENTERS are being funded by China’s Communist Party through “dark money network agencies backed by billionaires” – a Public Relations war where bots have increased tens of thousands of times – according to a shocking study coordinated by Shark Tank’s Kevin Oleary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27J07urGFqY
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