creating positive stress

Understandable stress

Very understandable stress

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Very, very understandable stress

Stress at work

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Drowning under workload

Management pressure

Stressed by time

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Unable to think

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Disengaged

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Ineffective

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Pay with your health

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Take action now?

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Happy, fully engaged and productive employees

High levels of productivity

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100% Performance

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Get in the flow

Intensity of reaction to stress

Optimal stress

Ind

ivid

ual

Per

form

ance

Bad stressGood stress

1 2 3Game

changing ideas

We are all Superman 1

Superman

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Kryptonite

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Stress at work

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Superman is no different

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Speed is everything

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Superman has friends

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Effects of kryptonite

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Tell

Ask

Problem Solution

Ask – Tell Quadrants

Conversational Compass

Sustainable Performance 2

Stress management

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Stress management

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Coping strategy

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Coping strategy

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Shackled by stupidity

Constraint based thinking

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Playful thinking

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Teamwork and collaboration

On the same bus

Possibility Thinking 3

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Stress impacts our ability to think

Change your thinking

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The pessimist complains about the wind

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the optimist expects it to change

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the realist adjusts the sails

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Paint a compelling vista

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5 Killer Questions that Create Positive Stress

1. What is already working?

2. What makes it work?

3. What are we trying to accomplish?

4. What would be the benefit of achieving that?

5. What can we do more or better?

Create brief moments of joy!

Get everyone excited

Ready to go . . .

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Simulation: team exercise

David R EdniePresident & CEO

SalesChannel Europe SARLPh: +33 676 60 09 25 (FR)Ph: +61 415 94 51 57 (AUS)

Email: david@saleschannel-europe.comWebsite: www.saleschannel-europe.com