by Flight Digital | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Cognitive strategies that help leaders build resilience While there are a number of techniques which we use in our work supporting top NZ leaders, to keep things concise, we’re focusing this article on a few easy to implement cognitive strategies. These relatively...
by Flight Digital | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why resilience matters Resilience is the capacity to recover from adversity. It gives us that ability to ‘bounce-back’ from challenging life situations, or adapt to situations when things don’t go as planned. Being resilient allows leaders to stay calm, clear...
by Flight Digital | Jun 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why it’s crucial to manage your emotional state Most of us inwardly grimace at the idea of managing a situation involving conflict. It’s unsurprising that our emotional state can easily undermine our ability to manage difficult conversations. In fact, most leaders...
by Flight Digital | Jun 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why having difficult conversations is so difficult! As our earlier blog explains, most of us have a lot of emotional baggage when it comes to the idea of conflict. It’s a term used to describe everything from a minor disagreement (whether in the workplace or at home)...
by Flight Digital | Jun 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our physical response to difficult conversations Difficult conversations cause us to not only experience uncomfortable emotions, they also can prompt a physical response. As tensions rise, some common reactions include your palms beginning to sweat and your breathing...
by Flight Digital | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why we form habits In order to save energy, our brain constantly tries to turn our repeated thinking into habits. As leaders, we obviously want those hard-wired behaviours to be useful ones! Habits are created through a neurological feedback loop involving the...
