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How to overcome email overwhelm

Controlling your Inbox so it doesn’t control you Co-written with Andrew Marshman Does this sound familiar: You return from vacation, refreshed and full of energy from

Laura Constantinescu 11/19/21 Laura Constantinescu 11/19/21

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How to Manage Stress and Increase Performance Achieving #Perfectwhelm For a really long time I used to think that I work best under pressure. There were several instances I my life I could point to where I did my best work when I was su

Laura Constantinescu 8/17/21 Laura Constantinescu 8/17/21

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How to Handle Imposter Syndrome 5 Tips to make Friends with your Doubts I was nervous beyond words, pacing up and down, going through the notes over and over. I was sweating, felt nauseous, and my heart was racing. This was my worst nig

Laura Constantinescu 7/14/21 Laura Constantinescu 7/14/21

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Improve your Stress Response In part one, Understand your Stress Response , I introduced the three different types of response that we can have under stress: Fight, Flight, and Freeze . They are the automatic response of the body when

Laura Constantinescu 9/18/20 Laura Constantinescu 9/18/20

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Understand your Stress Response According to the UK’s Health and Safety Executive’s report on “Work-related stress, anxiety or depression statistics in Great Britain”, published in 2019, 602,000 workers suffered from work-related stress

Laura Constantinescu 9/18/20 Laura Constantinescu 9/18/20

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Values and Leadership The Importance of Values for a New Leader So here you are, in your first leadership role! Whether you have just recently been promoted to a manager position in your company or you decided to start your own business

Laura Constantinescu 7/24/20 Laura Constantinescu 7/24/20

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What’s Wrong with Work-Life Balance? Part 2 - Creating a Better (Whole) Life Balance In Part 1 I explained why I am not a big fan of the term “Work-Life Balance” and why I prefer something like “Whole Life Balance” or just “Life Balance

Laura Constantinescu 7/10/20 Laura Constantinescu 7/10/20

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What’s Wrong with Work-Life Balance? Part 1 - The Problem with the Term Work-Life Balance When we talk about Work-Life Balance I like to think of it as either “Whole Life Balance” or simply “Life Balance”. Let me explain. I believe tha

Laura Constantinescu 7/3/20 Laura Constantinescu 7/3/20

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Therapist by Design, Leader by Accident Hi! I’m Laura, and I am a psychologist working with clients in private practice. I also have close to 10 years of experience in leading large international teams. Those two roles don’t often go tog

Laura Constantinescu 6/19/20 Laura Constantinescu 6/19/20

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How is Coaching Different from Consulting? Often the terms coaching, mentoring, and consulting are used interchangeably and people are not quite sure what the difference is or if there even is a difference. So what is coaching and how is

Laura Constantinescu 5/3/20 Laura Constantinescu 5/3/20

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How is Coaching Different from Therapy? Have you ever considered working with a coach or a therapist, but were unsure what the difference is and who to work with? How do you decide which one is right for you in a given situation? There

Laura Constantinescu 5/3/20 Laura Constantinescu 5/3/20

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