STRESS IS CONTAGIOUS, SO IS CARE.

I’m just on my way back from Florida where I was the opening keynote for a conference for the retail supply chain, focusing on the theme: going the distance. Of course we need the supply chain to go the distance because without it, we are not able to function at the degree we have become used to in our modern lives. Folks involved in the supply chain have been through a lot over the past years, with all the disruptions that came with COVID and yet, they still care.

My talk was on Power-Pausing as the key to unlocking our ability to go the distance, without burning out. In my talks I always point out that we humans are amazing and our capacity to think, engage, and act with care and on purpose is unique to us, and yet we often don’t harness that because we are so focused on keeping up with the speed of work: meet deadlines, deliver on time, and achieve results.

Now we can’t change what’s expected of us. Let’s face it, you still want your food, products and other essentials like toilet paper to be on the shelves in the store when you need it… right?

One of the challenges of change is to shift our perspective from producing results to how we achieve the results – which comes back to people.

Even if technology is stepping in to take over in the process, it still comes back to people and how we each work better when we are supported and how we work better together when we feel safe, that we matter, and our contribution makes a difference.

HOW DO WE STOP REACTING AND START RESPONDING?

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Originally published on February 21, 2023 at JeanetteBronee.com.