Have you added to our Summer of Celebrations page Celebrations Wall yet? Let’s continue by celebrating how far we’ve come and work on our procrastination, our coaching skills, and our retirement planning this week.
*Note: Don’t fret if you can’t get to all of these resources! You can choose one or two that interest you if you’re short on time.
:: Image of the Week
:: Mental Health and Self-Care
Mental Health & Wellbeing: Expert Strategies to Transform Your Workplace
In this episode of Anxiety at Work, Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick talk with Nicola Vignola, a neuroscientist, corporate consultant, and brain performance coach with extensive expertise in human optimization, health, and longevity. She educates people on how to enhance their brain performance, both in their daily lives and in the workplace. Nicola’s book, Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts, and Create Lasting Change, offers valuable insights into overcoming self-limiting beliefs and achieving personal and professional growth. Tune in if you’re a leader who wants to cultivate a healthier, more supportive workplace culture.
https://youtu.be/sIx_XEY_BTE?si=PM_JUQrzGrRUuVc1
“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin
:: Productivity and Innovation
This 1-Minute Trick Helps Tackle Procrastination
When people ask Gretchen Rubin for happiness rules or tips, she often suggests the “one-minute rule”—any task you can do in under a minute, without delay. Hang up your coat, read a letter and toss it, fill in a form, respond to an email, file a paper, put a book back on the shelf…
This simple habit is easy to implement and can have a big impact on a common happiness stumbling block: procrastination. Read more about it at:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-minute-trick-helps-tackle-procrastination-gretchen-rubin-eavze/
:: Work Culture & Team Development
Supporting Your Team Through Cancer in the Workplace
In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, Therese Procter shares her personal journey with breast cancer, offering universal insights into its indiscriminate nature. She emphasizes the importance of equipping HR professionals with knowledge to support a diverse workforce and highlights the significant impact of breast cancer, paralleling it with prostate cancer data.
Through this vulnerable conversation, you will learn how to communicate with someone going through a challenging time in their own life or someone in their family.
https://hrleaders.co/podcast/supporting-your-team-through-cancer-in-the-workplace
“Don’t be afraid to show your vulnerability. Be transparent with your team, even when the truth may be unpopular or inconvenient.” – Bill George
:: Self-Leadership Development
Resources for Leadership Growth
A new online hub from Leadership and Talent Development, “Grow as a Leader,” highlights resources for employees who wish to develop their leadership potential, regardless of their current positions at UW–Madison. Both current and aspiring leaders will find courses and workshops, seminars, conferences, coaching and consultation opportunities, and communities of practice — most of which are offered free to charge to UW employees. Professional development opportunities that support leadership development are provided for individuals, supervisors/managers, faculty, organizational leaders, and student leaders. Please share out with your team!
https://hr.wisc.edu/professional-development/grow-as-a-leader/
Getting Better at Reading the Room
It’s often apparent when someone else doesn’t read a room, but much harder to see it in ourselves. In this conversation, Kirstin discusses how we can do a better job of either literally or figuratively reading the room. Plus, she explores several of the actions leaders can take to do a better job at being more proactive at moving beyond their own perspective.
Kirstin Ferguson is a company director, columnist, keynote speaker, and executive coach. Beginning her career as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, Kirstin has held roles that have included chief executive officer of an international consulting firm, and acting chair and deputy chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has sat on boards of both publicly-listed and privately-listed companies for more than a decade.
Kirstin has a PhD in leadership and in 2021 was named one of Thinkers50’s top thinkers to watch. In 2023, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to business and gender equality. She writes a weekly column on leadership and work in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and is also a contributor to the Australian Financial Review and to Forbes. She is the author of Head & Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership*.
Listen to this episode of Coaching for Leaders with Dave Stachowiak!
https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/reading-the-room-kirstin-ferguson/
:: CSN’s Book of the Week Recommendation
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you’re busy executing on today’s demands. You know you have to carve out time from your day job to build your leadership skills, but it’s easy to let immediate problems and old mind-sets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra—an expert on professional leadership and development and a renowned professor at INSEAD, a leading international business school—shows how managers and executives at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in their jobs, their networks, and themselves. In Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, she offers advice to help you:
- Redefine your job in order to make more strategic contributions
• Diversify your network so that you connect to, and learn from, a bigger range of stakeholders
• Become more playful with your self-concept, allowing your familiar—and possibly outdated—leadership style to evolve
Ibarra turns the usual “think first and then act” philosophy on its head by arguing that doing these three things will help you learn through action and will increase what she calls your outsight —the valuable external perspective you gain from direct experiences and experimentation. As opposed to insight, outsight will then help change the way you think as a leader: about what kind of work is important; how you should invest your time; why and which relationships matter in informing and supporting your leadership; and, ultimately, who you want to become.
Packed with self-assessments and practical advice to help define your most pressing leadership challenges, this book will help you devise a plan of action to become a better leader and move your career to the next level. It’s time to learn by doing.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/act-like-a-leader-think-like-a-leader-herminia-ibarra/1118897555#/
“To be successful at anything, the truth is you don’t have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren’t: consistent, determined and willing to work for it.” – Tom Brady
:: Communication
Employee Mood Swings – A Curse
Each of us cycles through multiple moods several times a day. Depending on how we feel, we may be gung-ho to take on a project or be immobilized by a pessimistic funk. Like stress, moods are often reactions to events and operate behind the scenes of consciousness, pumping us up, shutting us down, and leaving us at the mercy of whatever feeling has bubbled to the surface. Read this short article on ways to manage your mood and the variance of others around you.
https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/employee-mood-swings-a-curse/
:: Inclusive Leadership
The Biggest Myth About Leadership
True leadership goes beyond just confidence and charisma. Discover two main qualities future leaders should strive for.
In an interesting podcast interview, organizational psychologist and professor Adam Grant, an expert in team building and team culture, discussed insights that challenge this notion about business leadership and how companies should promote their people into leadership roles.
https://www.inc.com/juan-fernandez/adam-grant-says-this-is-biggest-myth-about-leadership.html
“Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.” – Seth Godin
:: Upcoming Events
CSN Presents: Retirement planning as part of your whole work/life cycle – small steps, big rewards
“Retirement planning as part of your whole work/life cycle” explores how proactively embracing retirement planning – from onboarding through retirement – contributes to resilience, financial wellness, and enduring lifelong wellness. We’ll share best practices, resources, tips and tricks, and best practices. This session is designed to provide time for interactive discussion.
Presenter: Carol Hulland of the Retirement Issues Committee (and a CSN planner)
Date: August 7, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Register Here: https://go.wisc.edu/g2g7a7
CSN’s ‘Summer of Celebrations’ Networking Events
(Last chance!) >> Chazen Museum Self-Guided Tour
Celebrate the arts on campus! CSN members will meet at the Chazen Museum front entrance to enjoy a self-guided tour of some of their works, and network.
Date: July 18, 2024
Time: 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Registration Deadline: July 17 (tomorrow!)
Register Here: https://go.wisc.edu/54imfu
More information about Chazen can be found at https://chazen.wisc.edu/
>> Allen Centennial Gardens Walking Tour
Celebrate nature and the outdoors! CSN members will meet at the Allen Centennial Gardens front entrance to enjoy a walking tour of some of the gardens, do some optional art projects and thank you note writing, and network. Note: dogs are welcome on a leash! Bring your furry workmate along.
Date: July 31, 2024
Time: 1:30-3:00 pm
Registration Deadline: July 30
Register Here: https://go.wisc.edu/3mr39m
More information about Allen Centennial Gardens can be found at https://allencentennialgarden.wisc.edu/plan-your-visit/
>> Babcock Dairy Tour and Tasting
Celebrate industry and discover dairy delights. Observe, indulge, and learn at Babcock Dairy! CSN members will meet at the Dairy Store for an observation experience to learn more about Babcock Dairy behind the scenes. We’ll visit the store for a treat* and head outside to enjoy it while we network and celebrate.
*A complimentary scoop of Babcock ice cream is included in this session!
Date: August 15, 2024
Time: 10:30-11:30 am
Registration Deadline: August 8
Register Here: https://go.wisc.edu/dw1ly6
More information about Babcock Dairy can be found at https://babcockdairystore.wisc.edu/observation-deck-tours/
Well Wisconsin: Kindness Starts with Self-Care
Learn how kindness and self-care can work together to create a more positive and fulfilling life. In this webinar, we will delve into how kindness goes beyond just generating positive emotions and can significantly impact our physical bodies and the environments we find ourselves in. Whether you’re looking to improve your personal relationships, increase productivity in the workplace, add more happiness to your life, or improve your well-being, we have tips to support your goals.
Wed, Jul 24, 2024
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM CDT
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4646098972421972063