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Thought-provoking articles on resilience, change, and well-being from Linda Hoopes and selected guest authors.
Evaluating Energy Demands: A 10-Question Diagnostic for Change Leaders
Experienced leaders know that people have a finite supply of energy and that in the face of too many energy demands people begin to lose productive capability and may display unproductive behaviors related to stress and overload. They also know that energy levels rise...
Prosilience All Around Us
I recently read a news story about the captain of a schooner sailing from Nova Scotia to Bermuda who found that his ship was sinking. The focus of the story was how he remained calm throughout the process and the rescue of him and his three crew. The other day, my mom...
Recovering from the Loss of A Loved One
Death can awaken a range of emotions, including fear, anger, and sadness. It separates us from those we love. When someone passes away, it is often hard for us to accept the truth that the person has left us. Some people never recover from the sorrow. The resources...
An Organizational Checklist for Supporting Spiritual Energy (Part 5 of a 5-part series)
In the fourth post of this series, I offered a checklist to help organizations support high levels of emotional energy among their employees. This fifth and final post is focused on how organizations can help people protect, sustain, and build their spiritual energy....
An Organizational Checklist for Supporting Mental Energy (Part 3 of a 5-part series
In the second post of this series, I offered a checklist to help organizations support high levels of physical energy among their employees. This third post is focused on how organizations can help people protect, sustain, and build their mental energy. Mental energy...
Resilience and Natural Disasters
Daily concerns like work, school, and family often keep us so busy that we have no time to think about other things. Natural disasters seem far away from everyday life; we spend very little time thinking about them. However, they are more real than we think:...
An Organizational Checklist for Supporting Physical Energy (Part 2 of a 5-part series)
In the first post of this series, I described the role of human energy in successful and sustainable execution of change, and suggested that organizations play a critical role in helping people protect, replenish, and build four kinds of energy: physical, mental,...
Human Energy is the Currency of Change (Part 1 of a 5-part series)
Every change an organization implements is fueled by human energy. The impact of a change on an individual is determined by the amount of energy he or she must spend to fulfill the requirements of the change plus the amount of energy spent to regain a sense of control...
Three Signs that Resilience Training is the Wrong Solution
Helping people understand and manage their own responses to change is a very powerful tool for increasing organizational change capability. Many organizations include resilience (and related topics such as agility, nimbleness, change readiness and mindfulness) in...
What to Do with An Injured Athlete
Sports injury can be serious physically. Moreover, it can be hard to overcome psychologically too, because no athlete wants to face the possibility of never being able to return to the sport again. For those who are injured or know someone who is, this entry will...
Resilience Building Essentials to Overcome Sexual Abuse — Part Two
Last time, we discussed 4 things that are important for developing resilience in the face of sexual abuse. Today, we will continue with the other 4 essentials in building such resilience. 5. Helpful life circumstances. The environment we live in is also important in...
Resilience Building Essentials to Overcome Sexual Abuse — Part One
Living in this turbulent world, we encounter different adversities. Some of them are easy to resolve, and some others take a lot longer. Sexual abuse can be one of the hardest adversities to overcome in life. Nevertheless, it happens to almost 1 in every 5 women in...
Managing Change Overload: Part 5–Overload at the Organizational Level
The previous post in this series focused on the impact to individuals of change-related overload. This post will focus on the organizational implications. Almost every organization I've worked with in the past few years has a problem with change overload. A...
Maintaining a Healthy Relationship: How to Solve Problems
One thing that makes humans different from other animals is the ability to commit to a loved one. However, this ability sometimes makes us worried and obsessed: an unpleasant relationship can harm us both physically and psychologically. This entry hopes to help those...
Help for Sleepless Nights
In this busy world, sleep time can be precious. However, our biggest enemy, restless, sleepless nights, often gets in our way. As we toss and turn in bed, we just cannot get all the thoughts out of our mind. We start to get anxious about not getting enough sleep,...
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