Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Team-Building-Rubbish.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Team-Building-Rubbish.html Taking your staff out to play mini golf, go-carting, to see a movie, or doing some obscure & embarrassing in-house training games is NOT going to create lasting team work, or a resilient work culture. Sure, these activities can be fun and help people to get to know each other, but they won't build a productive and stress-resilient business team. So, what will? ... http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Move-it-or-Lose-it.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Move-it-or-Lose-it.html People today are spending longer hours at work, in front of their computers, just to meet their pressing deadlines and KPIs. As a result, there are more incidents of debilitating back pain, neck ache, headaches, RSI and burnout that are reducing productivity and increasing stress leave. So what is the answer?... http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/It-is-All-Your-Fault.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/It-is-All-Your-Fault.html What makes your business stressful? The huge volume of work? Having copious different projects to monitor? The long hours? Always thinking about work? Is it the bills? No. Actually, it's you! We are evolving into a population of complainers who want to stay 'under the radar' of responsibility, through avoiding conflict, negating ownership and persistent procrastination http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/How-to-Build-a-Mastermind-Group.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/How-to-Build-a-Mastermind-Group.html A Mastermind group is a supportive group of like-minded people who collectively brainstorm ideas, strategies, techniques and concepts to help people move forward in their business/life and become 'unstuck'. A Mastermind group is not a social gathering of friends, neither is it a session to air your complaints about life and feel sorry for yourself. To make a Mastermind group work, it has to be made up of people who are positive, self motivated, proactive and have a desire to help others reach their goals...... http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Get-The-Balance-Right.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Get-The-Balance-Right.html We battle the traffic again, get home and get through more chores, then conclude the night with a few hours of sitting in front of the television watching shows that we aren't really that interested in, only to fall asleep in a fit of exhausted so we can wake the next morning to do it all over again....for 30 years of our lives!!...And we wonder why we feel stressed! It isn't that life is more stressful today, it is that the PACE of life is faster...and we are burning ourselves out trying to keep up http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/How-to-build-a-resilient-workforce.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/How-to-build-a-resilient-workforce.html In today's business world, CEO's, managers and staff are under great stress to deliver more in less time. They face conflicting demands, long working hours, and constant change in an unforgiving business environment that keeps getting tougher, busier and faster. Companies are finding it difficult to hold onto valuable team members, and business owners are finding themselves working harder and longer, are spending less time with their family, and are burning out. So, what is the solution? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Get-Into-Flow.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Get-Into-Flow.html When people produce their best results, they talk about being in a state known as 'the zone'. Put simply, this is a highly productive state of mind and body where you are simultaneously intense and calm, able to focus on the specific whilst monitoring the big picture, all whilst appearing natural and effortless. For many, however, this state happens by accident and hence they are unable to harness it when needed. Interestingly, the key is not about how to push yourself to achieve more, but rather how to remove the obstacles that stop you from staying in flow http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Know-Your-Pressure-Profile.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/1886/Know-Your-Pressure-Profile.html Dealing with demanding clients, complaining customers or difficult colleagues is often distracting and can leave you feeling drained and irritated. In this frame of mind, you are less productive and have less patience for the clients and people you work with. The key to dealing with difficult people, without becoming drained, is about understanding everyone's 'Pressure Profiles' and knowing how to make them work together.