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FranklinCovey Blog | Decisions
Five tips to reduce your stress: TIP #1
Why is it that when layoffs occur, and the workforce retracts, the work seems to expand? The remaining employees are, quite often, left with additional responsibilities and fewer resources. Sound familiar? I’m going to share with you my five keys to remaining sane when your job requirements try to drive you mad.
Tip #1: Eliminate Chaos
When everything around you is moving fast it’s hard to get organized. Does this sound like your typical day? You return from one meeting only to go to another and yet another throughout the day; you don’t have time to focus strategically on one project because your time is spread so thin over a dozen; you have three people at your door waiting for a decisions on three different projects. › Continue reading
The Upside to the Downturn
“It’s 1929 all over again. We’re headed for disaster. It’s the end of the world as we know it. . . . ”
The headlines are a bit depressing, aren’t they?
At FranklinCovey we think the opposite. The headlines are fascinating.
Dr. Stephen R. Covey says, “We’ve never had such opportunity as we do today.” In Maurna Desmond’s interview with Dr. Covey (Fortune, Dec. 19), he observes that this is the chance, the opening, the break people have been looking for.
When companies close their doors, competitors can jump in and go crazy. When you’re let go, you’re free to change everything in your life. › Continue reading