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Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done

Gostick, Adrian; Elton, Chester

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What this book knows

Workplace anxiety is a leadership problem with tactical solutions: managers who communicate, validate, and protect focus can build genuinely resilient teams.

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Most leaders haven't adapted their communication approach or frequency to help control the resulting anxiety overload or temper negative outside voices.
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Specifically explaining that you want to meet tomorrow to go over revisions to a report is going to save your people a day of worry that could be spent productively.
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You are engineering hope and optimism. You are saying to yourself, 'Everything is going to be okay.'
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It's a chance to consider a person's core motivators, to find work that will give them a greater sense of satisfaction.
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There's a common denominator in our human experience: We want to be validated. We want to be understood.
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Methods to help those who are marginalized feel valued and included in any team include: listen up, sponsor, stand up, and advocate.
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