Tweddle Continuous Improvement

People who experience the most gratitude (and therefore positive effects) tend to: *Feel a sense of abundance in their lives *Appreciate the contributions of others to their well-being *Recognize and enjoy life's small pleasures *Acknowledge the importance of experiencing and expressing gratitude

Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others.

While everyone experiences different physical and emotional symptoms of stress, it's important to understand how you respond to each one. When you can recognize the type of stress you're experiencing, you can take steps to manage it more effectively.

The secret of thinking on your feet is to be prepared: learn some skills and tactics, and do some preparation for situations that might put you under pressure. Then when you do find yourself faced with unexpected questions and debate, you'll be ready to draw on these tactics and preparation, and so stay poised while you compose your thoughts and prepare your response.

To be assertive, you need to learn to engage in healthy conflict. Healthy conflict directly and constructively addresses the issue at hand without ignoring or trivializing the needs of either party. The strategies that follow will get you there.

Excellent thoughts on how to create rituals.

Improving well-being in the workplace has been a goal of the World Health Organization for many years. Some organizations value well-being and promote it more than others, but there is almost universal agreement that a healthy workforce is a productive and happy one.

True confidence-as opposed to the false confidence people project to mask their insecurities-has a look all its own. One thing is certain: truly confident people always have the upper hand over the doubtful and the skittish because they inspire others and they make things happen. Whether you think you can, or you think you can't-you're right. - Henry Ford

As thirty years ago, so today, when people ask for recommendations for lean tours, "You know, a world class facility where our leadership team can see best-in-class lean culture with engaged employees in a highly variable demand and complex product mix environment while leveraging IoT," preferably within driving distance. That's all good, a delight all around when we can accommodate. But from now on, I'll have to find a polite way to ask the question, "If your leadership team was looking right at it, would they know?"

There are scientific studies that back the benefits of being organized, which makes it worth your while. First, we'll take a look at the causes and benefits, then show you how to implement them with easy hacks for organizing your home, work-life, family, meals, and social life.

If you really want to succeed-and I mean really succeed-stop focusing so much on what you should be doing and, instead, take a really good look at the things you should quit doing.

Researchers from the University of Chicago have the answer. They found that the belief that busyness is a sign of success and hard work is so prevalent that we actually fear inactivity. A recent study there coined the term idleness aversion to describe how people are drawn to being busy regardless of how busyness harms their productivity.

Genuine people know who they are. They are confident enough to be comfortable in their own skin. They are firmly grounded in reality, and they're truly present in each moment because they're not trying to figure out someone else's agenda or worrying about their own.

Change management is a broad discipline that involves ensuring change is implemented smoothly and with lasting benefits, by considering its wider impact on the organization and people within it. Each change initiative you manage or encounter will have its own unique set of objectives and activities, all of which must be coordinated. As a change manager, your role is to ease the journey towards new ways of working.

*Affirmations are positive statements that can help you to overcome self-sabotaging, negative thoughts. *To use affirmations, first analyze the thoughts or behaviors that you'd like to change in your own life and career. *Next, come up with positive, credible, and achievable affirmation statements that are the opposite of these thoughts. Repeat your affirmations several times a day, especially when you find yourself slipping into negative self-talk or engaging in negative behavior.

To exponentially elevate success standards, work on removing the blocks of small-mindedness, conformity and self-imposed limitations. Set high standards and never apologize for them.

A study at Strayer University found that most people think success is about achieving your personal goals. Your days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. A study from Columbia University found that we're bogged down by a good 70 decisions a day. Some decisions are minor, like what to eat, which route to drive to work, or in what order to tackle tasks. Others are more difficult, like deciding between two job offers, whether to move to a new city for someone you love, or whether to cut a toxic person out of your life. With so many decisions taking up each day, learning to prioritize them and make them effectively is essential to your success and happiness.