Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

We need to know what buttons we can push to reduce the stress of our daily lives. Music is often a good relaxing practice if you can resort to this when needed. It is also important to set up a balanced day with good exercise, mental activity and spiritual awareness. How you do this depends on each individual.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Preparing for a Meeting

It great to prioritize your agenda. Meeting stakeholders need to know the expectations of the meeting. As a leader you will need to keep everyone on track. If you can accomplish this your meetings will be fruitful with accomplished agendas.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Preparing for a Meeting

Well organzied meetings with expectations from the meeting being communicated before the actual meeting starts help to acheive the best results. This way when the meeting is in progress and some members begin to get off track you can pull them back to the agreed upon expectations for the meeting and meeting the goals. If you are the leader it is you they depend on with keeping on track.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Handling Workplace Stress

Very I treating philosophy! I do agree with you about loving your job can reduce stress. It is sad how many people actually don't like their job. Good planning and organization is the additional layers.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Crisis Management

It is always great to be proactive as possible. When playing out scenarios you can be ready for any crisis or unforseen event. This puts your stakeholders in the best possible position to respond.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Handling Workplace Stress

As I have said many times over the key to facing everyday life is to have a balanced life. You have mentioned some of the balancing techniques. Each of us will deal better with our challenges if we can balance with mental activity, exercise and spiritual well being. You are definitely on the balance path.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Handling Workplace Stress

Taking some steps back sometimes works very well. This can be done with all kinds of methods but you have found one that works for you. Exercise, reading, etc. are just a few of many ways to beat the stress.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Preparing for a Meeting

Stakeholders are the main attendees to a meeting for importance in content. People attending who are in the no need to know category usually would not be invited. If people are clear you are respecting their time they will be appreciative of this policy.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Stress and Motivation

There is good and bad stress and you are right some good stress may become bad. It is important that we learn from things gone wrong. If we can channel stress in the right direction to only encourage and motivate us to do better we will be contending with stress in a positive way.

Dr. Gary Carlson

Discussion Comment

Preparing for a Meeting

One on the hardest task for a meeting leader is to keep everyone on task and not let them get side tracked. I am Chair of a large Commissioner group for College Accreditation. There are 15 members. I know what it is like to keep people on track. But! It can be done. It takes a chair that can recognize the group is off task and point it our and move back to the point.