# Presentation: 181464

## Four Stages of Burnout

**Physical, Mental and Emotional Exhaustion**
**Shame and Doubt**
**Cynicism and Callousness**
**Failure, Helplessness and Crisis**
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## Natural SPEED

** ****S = Sleep**
** ****P = Priorities/Passion**
** ****E = Empathy**
** ****E = Exercise**
** ****D = Diet**
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## Six Steps for Saying No Effectively

**Acknowledge Importance of Request**
**Track One:  ABC vs. DEF**
**Track Two:  Urgent vs. Important**
**Take Five Minutes to Prioritize**
**Repeat Over Rephrase**
**Allow for Push Back**
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## Diet Changes to Improve Mood

**Ease Depressed Mood****: Omega-3 acids increases serotonin – fatty fish:  salmon, tuna, sardines**
**Extra Energy****:  Protein-Rich Foods – beans, lean poultry, red meat, cheese**
**Mood Elevation****:  Dopamine – milk and fiber cereal, before bed; banana smoothie**
**Soothe Anxiety & Irritability****:  Selenium – sunflower seeds, whole grain cereals**
**Spice Up Sex Life: Folate ****– aids orgasm (OJ) and Zinc – increases sperm count (oysters)**
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## Six “F”s for Managing Loss and Change

**Let Go of “Familiar” Past**
**Confront Unpredictable “Future”**
**Acknowledge Loss of “Face”**
**Get Support for Rebuilding “Focus”**
**Seek Trusted, Objective “Feedback”**
**Have “Faith” in Higher/Team Power**
**	****Albert Camus:  “Once we have accepted the fact of loss we understand that the loved one obstructed a whole corner of the possible pure now as a sky washed by rain.”**
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## Five “C”s of Power Struggles

**Control**
**Competition**
**Change**
**Cultural Diversity/Competency**
**Communication Skills**
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## Four Key Communication Tips

**“****Drop the Rope” Technique**
**Connect to the Four “P”s –**
**	****Pain & Passion, Purpose and Power**
**Reduce Status Differential**
**Avoid All or None Thinking**
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## Feedback Exercise

- When instructed, using a ***CRITICAL*** tone or attitude, Person B says to Person A:
**“****Wow, you really fumbled the data.  I thought you said you prepared!”**
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## Disarming A Critical Aggressor:Techniques and Strategies

**Distinguish Reaction & Response**
**Distinguish Evoke & Provoke**
**Replace Blaming “You”s with Affirming “I”s**
**Learn to Metacommunicate**
**Does the Critic Have An Agenda?**
**Take a Time Out**
**Verbal and Nonverbal Mix**
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## Don’t and Do PANICEmancipation Procrastination Tips & Techniques

**P = Priorities and Selective Perfection**
**	****a) Urgent vs. Important  b) Win or “You’re a Loser”**
**A = Avoidance and Advance**
**	****a) Anxiety & Anger  b) Beware 11****th**** Hour “Rush”**
**N = “No and Negotiate” & (Designated) Nagger**
**	****a) What You Can’t **_**and**_** Can Do  b) Go Public**
**I = Initiation and Incubation Vacation**
**	****a) Start Small  b) Let Go, Break and Play**
**C = Compartmentalize and Creative Space**
**	****a) Optimal Multi-Tasking  b) “T” Time = Trust, Thought & Talent**
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## The Four “P”s of Passion Power

| Meaning
Mode | 

Gravitas | 

Comedia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cognitive | Purposeful
 | Provocative |
| Affective | Passionate
 | Playful |

**The Four “P”s of *****Passion Power***

## Managing Transitional Stress:Team Collaboration Perspective

**Supervisor Wears Two Hats**
**Rotate Facilitators**
**Wavelength Segment:  Task & Process**
**Morning Huddles & Informal Lunches**
**Cookout at Chief’s House:  IRAs**
**Division & Matrix Meetings**
**Individual Interviews**
**Pilot Projects**
**Outside Consultant**
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