Sustainable Professional Well-Being Resources

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Welcome to brain based professional development, resources to help you build new insights and strategies for long lasting vitality at work!

The Science and Strategy of Team Creativity and Momentum

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

Malcolm Gladwell

“Whole Brained” Team

Ideas

Impact

Momentum

"I long, as does every human being,

to be at home wherever I find myself."

Maya Angelou

Quiz

Which one of these qualities influences our perception?

1. Belonging___

2. Emotions_____

3. Team Emotions__

4. Focus _____

5. Relax____

6. Time of day____

7. Last meal____

8. Sleep___

9. Physical fitness____

10. All of the above (answer)

Fine Tune your neural state to perk up your creativity!

1. Write down 3 emotions 3x/day x 7 days, get to know your daily patterns

2. Movement, gentle stretch or a walk can help increase the positive emotional state

3. Recalling a time someone helped you, gratitude changes the neural state to a more positive state and therefore the creative part of the brain can be more active.

“But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others.… It’s a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts.”

Brene Brown

12 Steps of Positivity- Dr. B Fredrickson, Book=Positivity

Expansive Mind

1:1 Stable

3:1 Flourishing

Positive Emotions:

Joy, Gratitude, Serenity, Interest, Hope, Pride, Amusement, Inspiration, Awe, Love

1. Be Open

2. Build high quality connections

3. Cultivate kindness

4. Limit Distractions

5. Dispute negative thoughts

6. Find Nature

7. Learn & apply strengths

8. Mindful meditation

9. Meditate on Loving kindness

10. Ritualize Gratitude

11. Honor endings

12. Visualize YOU in 10 years meeting your mission

___________

What will you try this week for to enhance team impact?

1. Purpose exercise

2. Remind the team of their mission

3. Focus on nature on the way to work.

4. Feel hope that the team can solve the latest challenge

5. Buy the book Positivity.

Purpose Activity:

1. What is your first name?_________________________________

2. What do you do?________________________________________

(What is the one thing right now that you feel supremely qualified to teach other people? Fill in above)

1. Who do you do it for? ___________________________________________________________

2. What do they want or need? ______________________________________________________

3. How do they change or transform as a result of working with you? ______________________________________________________________________

Dinner Party Answer:

“What do you do?”

I help people (use answer #5) _________________________________________________________________

How do you do that? ________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Ted talk on Purpose:

https://youtu.be/vVsXO9brK7M?si=_ehrFCVneGUVanAe

Team Activities to enhance new ideas:

1. Share a challenge you had as a leader.

2. Build trust by supporting a team member.

3. Clarify the mission of the team.

4. Limit your morning distractions.

5. Start a meeting with a mindful moment.

   What will I try this week to build team momentum?

   1. Learn more about affinity bias.

   2. Praise my team for their effort over result.

   3. Honor the feelings that happen with learning new skills.

   4. Say “not yet” when mastering a new skill.

resources and Videos on Professional Growth

Harvard Implicit Bias test:

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatouchtestv2.html

Videos
Mindset: https://youtu.be/0tqq66zwa7g

Emotional synchrony: https://youtu.be/cef35Fk7YD8

Body/Budget/ Emotions: https://youtu.be/KliAI9umFyY

Purpose: https://youtu.be/PhuKJWm1_fQ

That is your responsibility as a person, as a human being, to constantly be updating your position on as many things as possible. And if you don’t contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you’re not thinking. Malcolm Gladwell

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Books;

Culture Code - Daniel Coyle

Resonant Leadership- Richard Boyatsis

The Mind of the Leader- R Hougaard

Positivity- Barb Fredrickson

Find Your Why- Simon Sinek

The Genius Zone- Gay Hendricks

Thank you for your attention and please reach out with questions,

Mary Rensel, MD FAAN

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