Resilience and Mental Well-Being

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Through our research and experience coaching executive teams, LHH and Ferrazzi Greenlight have identified four characteristics of resilient teams: candor, resourcefulness, compassion, humility.

With the holiday season upon us, the physical and mental toll of social distancing, wearing a mask, and working from home for the last nine months is adding up. So how can we achieve mental wellness among our staff? Here are seven tools to foster and provide mental wellness in the workplace.

Frustration and fatigue are an epidemic in the workplace. Here’s what savvy business leaders are doing about it. Here’s a brief list of the seven prominent workplace stressors and some practices leaders are taking to deal with them.

A group of Black executives have a message for business leaders: Take a public stance against systemic racism, commit to developing a strategic plan and “encourage, sustain and reward mindset and behavior change” – because the very lives of Black employees hang in the balance.

Watch Keith educate on our mental minds to seize responsibility, to manage the relationships, to take charge, & to push the edges of the envelope. Explore what are the "6 Excuses In The Workplace That Are Holding Us Back".

Stressed out? Improving your employees' mental health has clear side effects: Lower health care costs, and a boost to reputation and attracting talent.

Watch as how Keith explains on what you can reflect upon what you want to achieve. Explore Keith's go big or go home mission!

We believe this forced experiment has changed how we relate to authority. Our shared experience has levelled the playing field. There is no enringing that bell. So what happened? We think there are at least three strategies managers can use to blunt the impact of the prolonged “stay at home” on corporate life.

As business leaders navigate a rocky reopening and the care of a workforce stressed after months of forced remote work, one word that keeps coming up in my conversations with executives is resilience. They know resilience is important and the word sounds great, but specifically, what is resilience and where do we get it?

Navigating the shift to virtual, doubling down on figuring it out, will have lasting positive impact on SongDivision’s fortunes. “Demand for virtual will continue as things open up and live events return at the end of this year. If there is a second wave, demand for virtual will obviously go up.”

There have been many times in my career where I have been absolutely exhausted and frustrated. When I’d take a step back I always find that isolation is the cause of my frustration. When trying to get something done, the first question we should always be asking ourselves is...

We roll our eyes and joke about the millennials, but these individuals have raised the bar in terms of our ability to meet a hurdle of care, attentiveness, coaching, leadership, guidance, et cetera, that they really want, and they need.

In our work organizations, we often face challenging people who stop us dead in our tracks from breaking through and truly being transformational in what we are trying to achieve.

Psychological safety is a word that’s tossed around a lot today. And it’s what is required before you can go off and speak the truth with your other team members, or have them speak the truth to you.

People will change for their tribe. People will change within us. They will never change within us and them and as we begin to create an us and them boundary between yourself and the individuals you have to change, you've lost their capacity to change.

Leadership Transformation - This the courage of risk taking. It is crucial when it comes to transformation.

Sadness and disappointments and things that have happened so frequently in our lives are things that are actually beautiful gifts or beautiful emotions.

Core Strength and Passion - Did you know who you are at your true core ? Find your passion and find your strength !

Keith hates small talk. What he wants to talk about is deep talk. The kind of talk that really changes people's lives where to explore something called an intimacy dinner, the "Ferrazzi Style".‍

Want to influence change in your corporation? You need to open up porosity. Watch Keith explains what porosity of change is all about.

Which fewest people with changing set of behaviors will accelerate your strategic outcome?

Prepare to break the ceiling on your professional goals using the mental and physical strategies and tactics of the U.S. Navy Seals.

According to a recent Gallup poll, more than 70% of Americans either hate their job, or are “disengaged” with their work. That’s pretty bad, especially given the proven link between employee satisfaction and overall company performance

Keith interviews Christine Comaford, author of "SmartTribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together," about our "critter state" and how a simple phrase like "Would it be helpful if..." can alleviate a lot of stress.

Keith shares his story when he was volunteering meals on wheels and saw the kids smiles who only eats once a day.

Keith Ferrazzi shares a story about him and his Dad on Christmas called "The Big Wheel Story". It also reminds keith his past and how the woman transformed her life by giving.

Whenever companies have me help their people build stronger relationships for professional success and personal joy, I always share one powerful point that's quite prominent in my book Never Eat Alone: Business relationships are personal relationships.

One of the most common mistakes people make when building relationships for career success and revenue growth is treating business contacts differently than personal friends

"What if I don't have much to offer?" You know, I'm shocked and a bit sad by the number of people who ask that when I explain that to build strong relationships -- the kind that will consistently grow sales, boost your career, or just pack your social calendar -- you have to give, give, give, and not keep score.