A New Direction

Burnout is a word that we are using more frequently. It is because it is showing up more frequently and in a variety of different ways. It can be argued that some of the "quiet quitting" that we are witnessing is partially a result of burnout. The fact is that burnout takes a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual toll on your employees. 

So Who is to Blame When it Comes to Burnout?

There is a tendency to blame.  Many organizations and business want to claim that the employee is lazy, unmotivated, disengaged.  However, the employee may not see it that way.  Why?  Because they don't even know they are burned out. Here is what we do know, that if employee has purpose in their work, are motivated and engaged you have higher productivity and efficiency. So what can you do? First, we can take responsibility where we can take responsibility.  The fact is that businesses do contribute to employee burnout which world wide costs nearly $1 trillion dollars!  The problem, like the employee they don't even know their contribution to burnout. So let's put a damper in burnout, and get Fired up! and on this episode of A New Direction Dr. Mia Russell from Johns Hopkins University joins us to help you transform your team from burnout to Fired Up!

Fired Up!: A guide to transforming your team from burnout to engagement by Drs Mia Russell and Girvin Liggans is a powerful look at the symptoms of burnout, the factors that play a roll in burnout, how businesses and leadership affect burnout, and gives a framework to help businesses reduce burnout and increase performance.  The book is powerful and makes no apologies that this is going to take work to do.  Drs. Russell and Liggans have done the research and they have created a solution to help your team become more engaged, more motivated, and improve performance.  You can learn more or contact Dr. Russell for your company by going over to www.thinkfiredup.com.  Are you ready to transform your team in your organization?  Then you are ready to get them Fired Up!

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EPIC Physical Therapy, they have all the latest equipment, tools, and technology, but what makes EPIC…well…EPIC is their certified staff.  They really do understand that no two injuries or people are exactly the same so they will customize a treatment plan specifically for you.  So if you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results whether you are recovering from surgery or overcoming an athletic injury or just want to be a better version of you please contact EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 35 years they have remained at the top of the real estate market.  Why? Because they understand that every place that you have ever lived is a life transition.  For more than 38 years they have built their business by taking the stress out of that part of life transition and by building one relationship at a time.  Linda’s first customer was in 1985 and they still come to see her today, because that relationship is still as important today as it was 38 years ago.  Find out why Linda Craft  Team offer a real relationship difference.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

Our Mindsets Matter in EVERY Area of Our Life

We often talk about mindsets. The research has been clear that you can have a "fixed" or "growth" mindset, an "closed" or "open" mindset, and the one that gets very little attention is "prevention" versus "promotion/abundance" mindset. This mindset seems to be especially true when we start talking about money and finances. Quite often when we talk about money so many people are focused on what they will lose rather that what they can gain. Is there a way to change our "money mindset".

Well, on this episode of A New Direction International Best Selling Author and Entrepreneur Victoria Rader takes into 35 universal laws that you can start applying right now to reset your mind, take actions, control your emotions, and tap into your spiritual self to reset your relationship with yourself, others,  and your money and finances. Her book Prosper mE The 35 Universal Laws to Make Money Work for You really will push your mindset to think about everything you are doing to grow your relationship with every aspect of your life, your relationships and your relationship with  money, and living a more abundant/promotional life.  You can learn more about Victoria and her work at www.manifestmiracles.me

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Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, for 35 years they have been known as the “Legends of Customer Service”, because it is their culture.  They have helped people from all over find the right professional to sell or buy their home.  And if you are located in the greater Raleigh – Durham – Research Triangle Park (RTP) area stop in and get a FREE bottle of water and learn more…head on over to www.LindaCraft.com for more details

Your brain and you are not in Sync when it comes to the Remote work space.

Since the beginning of the pandemic we are doing far more remote meetings. In fact our workplace is some hybrid of digital. It's a paradox really because even though we are more connected in these digitally  environments e.g. ZOOM, the fact is we are more disconnected than ever.  The fact is you and your brain are not connecting the dots.  You may think your fine working remotely, but your brain is actually is telling your body something completely different.  We are made for connection with other people.  Face to face conversations trigger happy chemicals in our brain, like oxytocin and dopamine.  

But in the remote environment that does not happen.  What is more in these digital environments our brain must work harder.   Here is the conundrum, our brain needs appropriate stimuli to make sense of our environment. In remote meetings we lack so much of the stimuli that helps us get clarity on our environment. On this episode of A New Direction NYU Professor of Management Communication Dr. Diane Lennard helps us understand what is really going on with our brain in these environments, and why we our brain struggles in remote environments.  She then  offers several practical and well researched suggestions how you can improve your physical, mental, emotional, relational, occupational and spiritual well being for yourself and your remote meetings.  Listen for some of these remote killers: Exhaustion, Detachment, and Feeling less productive and efficient. Let's be honest the remote world is here to stay. This show will help you better navigate the remote work place.

Dr. Diane Lennard and Dr. Amy Mednick book "Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching: Strategies for Better Virtual Connections" is one of the most scientifically well researched books on the topic of how our brain and body respond in remote environments.  What our brain and body go through that make the remote environment so taxing and methods to help bring your mind and body into homeostasis.  The fact is remote work triggers within us stress that we are completely unaware of.  It affects us in so many ways that you may be more exhausted than you know, and sleep is not helping.  This book is amazing, and it is literally for anyone.

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Thank you to our sponsors!  Epic Physical Therapy.  Whether you just wan to move and feel better, have been injured, or you are a professional athlete or anywhere in between Epic Physical Therapy offers the latest in cutting edge equipment and the certified staff with the latest therapeutic techniques to help get your body and you back to where you want to be.  Don’t waste another day, get EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, Get EPIC Results, Get EPIC Physical Therapy!  Go to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors they not only sponsor A New Direction, they may be a real estate company, but what they really do is help people transition in life.  In fact, you can call them the transition experts.  Let's face it with every move that you make, you are making a transition in life, and for more than 38 years The Linda Craft Team has helped make their transitions smoothly with less stress.  So when you are ready to make your next life transition, whether selling your home or buying a new one, go with the transition experts.  Your just one click away!  Check them out by going to www.LindaCraft.com

When it comes to leadership we often focus on "leadership" skills. That sounds good, but that is nothing more than horizontal development. Focusing on those skills is like adding more programs to your computer and expecting it to run faster and more efficiently. The fact is if you want your computer to run faster and more efficiently you need to upgrade the operating system. The same is true of leadership, if you want to be better at making better decisions you don't need more skills, you need an upgrade to your mind. On this episode of A New Direction Dr. Ryan Gottfredson joins us again to discuss how leaders can level up their leadership through vertical development. How to upgrade the operating system in your mind to become an Elevated Leader your team and your company always desired you to be.

Ryan Gottfredson's book The Elevated Leader: Level Up Your Leadership Through Vertical Development delves into the areas of leadership development that no book I have read has ever ventured into.  The fact of the matter is digging into our operating system, the mind, the will, the emotions and the mind/body connection is relatively new in the literature.  The truth however lies in the fact that you can get all the leadership training in the world, but if you are dealing with your errors of your mindsets, and your own stuff, you will stay stuck.  One of the most fascinating and impactful part of The Elevated Leader is Dr. Gottfredson's work and insight into how trauma can stunt our development.  The fact is most of us experience trauma, but either we deny it, ignore it, or suppress it, but the fact remains, it is our trauma that will keep up from our development.  We all need to take a closer look at it.  The book is absolutely so powerful.  Please take a look at the FREE assessments that Dr. Gottfredson offers on his website they are truly insightful.  Click on this link right here or go to:  ryangottfredson.com/resources/#assessments

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Linda Craft Team, Realtors, For more than 3 years they have helped thousands of people make a life tranistion in pursuit of their dream of home ownership.  Let’s be honest every home you ever have lived in, has a memory and those memories are shared with life transition.  They specialize in making that life transition as stress free as possible.  So when you are ready to take your next transition, talk to the life transition experts…talk to the professionals at Linda Craft Team, Realtors. –www.LindaCraft.com

Risk is not something we spend much time talking about in public circles. Sure, your typical financial advisor may talk about your risk tolerance, but when it comes to life risk, business risk, or career risk, we do not spend very much time discussing it. For many of us we grew up in families where they did not take much risk. They feared that risk would lead to loss.

However, risk can also be rewarded. Especially if we understand it and know how to manage it. The truth is every single day you are alive you are at risk. The question is are you in control of your risk or are you letting circumstances dictate your risk. On this episode of A New Direction Retired Marine Angie Morgan rejoins us to talk about her new book entitled "Bet on You". Angie is going to take us through how if you take risk in the right way, bet on your gifts, talents, and abilities that your risk is going to lead to reward...and that reward is the life that you dreamed of, and achieving the success you imagined.

Bet on You: How to Win with Risk Book - Angie Morgan - A New Direction with Jay Izso

Bet on You: How to Win with Risk is a mental, emotional, and spiritual journey into our psyche when it comes to risk.  Each chapter is filled with thought provoking ideas and practical tools to help you embrace risk and achieve greater success than you are right now.  Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch have written a must read in Bet on You.  And when you consider all the things you could bet on, you are your best investment with the greatest return.  Learn to turn your risks into rewards...Bet on You!

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EPIC Physical Therapy the facility with the most cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to help you recover from an injury or surgery, work with professional and amateur athletes, or just those of us who want to move and feel better.  When you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results then start with EPIC Physical Therapy by going to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors when you are looking to sell your home or buy a new home start with what their clients refer to as “the legends of customer service”.  Whether you are in the Greater Raleigh Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina or any where in the world they can help you with your home dreams.  Contact our friends Linda Craft & Team at www.LindaCraft.com

Happy Holidays from a A New Direction!  I am so glad that you have been a part of the show.  This has been without a doubt our best year in terms of you the listener.  I am so grateful for you listening to the show and telling your friends.  Our goal is to truly help people find A New Direction in Leadership and Success in your life, career, and your business.  And this show with Major General John Gronski is just one example of the great authors and books I interviewed this year.  You the listener voted Iron Sharpened Leadership and General Gronski as one of the most downloaded shows of the year.  So if you missed it, no worries here it is.  If you have listened to it.  I suggest listening to it again, because the general gives us practical tools to help your leadership skills.

Iron Sharpened Leadership is one of the top 3 books I have ever read on leadership.  It is truly a leadership toolkit for everyone.  What is more this comes from a United States Major General that spent time working thousands of men and women in the bloodiest part of the Iraq war.  He truly exemplified what he terms "muddy boots leadership".  I highly recommend the book, and it is a book that anyone will gain from.  Enjoy the show...but I also suggest you get a copy of "Iron Sharpened Leadership".

Please reach out and thank our sponsors for allowing us to continue to bring such great guests on A New Direction.

EPIC Physical Therapy the facility with the most cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to help you recover from an injury or surgery, work with professional and amateur athletes, or just those of us who want to move and feel better.  When you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results then start with EPIC Physical Therapy by going to www.EPICpt.com

When you are looking to sell your home or buy a new home start with what Linda Craft Team, Realtors clients refer to as “the legends of customer service”.  Whether you are in the Greater Raleigh Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina or any where in the world they can help you with your home dreams.  Contact our friends Linda Craft & Team at www.LindaCraft.com

We are all public speakers.  Maybe you don't see yourself as a public speaker, but the truth of the matter is if you are doing business with anyone you are a public speaker.  Do you answer a phone? Then you are a public speaker.  Do you sell something?  Then you are doing public speaking.  Perhaps you are one of those people who desire to become a professional public speaker. Maybe the place that you work puts you in a position where you must speak publicly. Or maybe you are a public speaker but you want to get more paid speaking opportunities. Public speaking can be a great career, and can also be a great additional income to your career. However, for most people they are afraid to speak in public. In fact, research has shown that speaking in public is one of the most fearful things that people can do. How do you overcome the fear and become an effective, captivating public speaker? Well thanks to professional speaker and speaking coach Peter George he will help you get through the fear, and debunk the the public speaking myths on this episode of A New Direction.

Peter George's book, The Captivating Public Speaker, is excellent.  It is the most complete book on public speaking I have read.  It is a no nonsense, this is how to be an effective, memorable, wanting you to come back for more book on public speaking to any audience.  His AMP'D method is simply and sophisticated when comes to help you make a difference when speaking to any audience, whether that is an audience of one, or ten thousand one.  If you will follow Peter's instruction I will promise you, you will become The Captivating Public Speaker You had inside of you!

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EPIC Physical Therapy is the choice of professional athletes as well as people who have been injure or recovering from surgery.  Listen even if you just want to move and feel better they can help with that too.  They have the latest equipment and technology, but perhaps their greatest asset is their people.  They have the certified staff that will design a customized treatment plan specifically for YOU.  They understand that therapy is more than physical, it is also a mental, emotional, and spiritual recovery as well.  Look if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results start with EPIC Physical Therapy – www.EPIC pt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, their clients say that their customer service is “legendary” and the reason for that is because for 35 years they build and maintain personal relationships with their clients.  Why?  Because buying and selling of a house is a great deal more than a business transaction, it is a life altering experience.  That’s because we don’t just live in a home, some of our most significant memories will be made in that home.  Linda and her team are dedicated to taking care of your memory maker as if it were their own.  Whether you are about to purchase a new home, or sell your current home, start with the relationship legends.  Start with Linda Craft & Team, Realtors – www.LindaCraft.com

One of the greatest gifts we can give our employees is recognize them for what they do for your company. But you want to do it right.  That year end recognition ceremony where you hand out the plaques is just not working.  So what kind of recognition works?  And how can you as a business owner, CEO, or manager get ROI from your recognition programs? 

Then we have another problem...today in most companies we have a multi-generational workforce. And each generation has a different idea about what appropriate recognition is. Which also leads us to how do you sell your product or service to different generations.  And since you probably have a multi-generational sales force how do  you lead them?

In this episode of A New Direction Senior Vice President of Madison Performance Group Judd Weisgal, who sells, develops and implements recognition programs to Fortune 500 companies, helps understand how to recognize and incentive employees, and gives his insights on how to sell to corporations and individuals.  He also gives his insights into understanding how to recognize and incentive multi-generational teams.  And in the last segment Judd give his expert advice on how to a lead multi-generational sales team.  Powerfully insightful show!

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EPIC Physical Therapy, they not only have the latest technology, they are certified and trained to have the latest therapeutic techniques.  Regardless if you just need to move a little better, are recovering from an injury or surgery, a weekend warrior, or a professional athlete.  EPIC PT will provide you with a customized treatment specifically designed for you.  Are you ready for EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery and EPIC Results?  Then head on over to EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors they literally are a locally owned independent real estate company,  that serves the world.   How can a small company serve the world?  They have created relationships with the best real estate experts in the world to help you regardless of where you live get the best person possible.  And because they are independent of any national brand they have relationships with other professionals from all the companies, not just the ones that are part of a national branded network.  For 35 years they continue to build relationships because that is how Linda started the business and continues to do so today.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

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Are you struggling financially? Do want to be more financially successful?  It doesn't seem to matter how much money you make or don't make your financial well being is always of concern. However, it seems more people are concerned about having enough money. For many, they worry about money. They worry about paying the bills, taking care of their family, getting to do the things they want to do, or even retire. What if your money problems could be solved by changing your mindset? What if you could discover the things that are holding you back that are keeping you from being financially successful? In this episode of A New Direction, Film producer, International Investor, and Wealth Advisor to Celebrities and Professional Athletes Erik Weir joins me to talk about how to put you on the transformational path to financial success from his book "Who's Eating Your Pie?

This is perhaps one of the best books on financial transformation I have ever read. Erik Weir's Who's Eating Your Pie is more than a book on building financial wealth, it is building wealth of living a better life.  Building a personal life, building your significant relationship, building a more fit physical you, building your faith, and so much more!  The fact is the biggest culprit Who's Eating Your Pie is YOU!  Your mindsets, your decisions, you control how wealthy you are going to be in any area of your life.  Don't blame the world, don't blame your circumstances, get control of your life, get control of your self-sabotage, get control of your self-talk and build the wealth you could always have built and were meant to build.

Please Thank the Sponsors of A New Direction

EPIC Physical Therapy has been sponsoring A New Direction for quite some time.  They are truly the “go to” physical therapists.  With their certified staff and state of the art equipment and technology whether you just want to move and feel better, are recovering from an injury, or are an athlete who wants to be performing at the top of your game, EPIC Physical Therapy is the place to start.  When you are ready for EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results then head on over to the certified professionals at EPIC Physical Therapy  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors for 35 years their clients say they are have “legendary” customer service.  The reason they say that is because Linda Craft has built her business one relationship at a time, because she understood that the home purchase is more than likely the single highest purchase you will make in your life time, but more than that she knows that the memories that are made in your home no one can put a price on.  Linda Craft & Team have helped thousands of clients achieve their dream, and they would love to help you too.

We all have either failed or will fail at some point in our life. And if you are like most of us human beings we will fail multiple times. But, what happens when your failures are so great they cost you your career? The fact is you have a choice to make. Are you going to let your failures destroy you and keep you from accomplishing your purpose, are you going to use those failures as lessons that turn into opportunities that can ultimately transform you and your future. On this episode of A New Direction United States Navy Veteran and 23 year career in the fire service including U.S. Navy Veteran and Retired Battalion Chief David R. Hollenbach gets real and transparent about the mistakes he made in his life and gives you the lessons of how to lead yourself and others. Powerful show.

Dave's book "Fireproof: Your Grand Strategy for Transforming Failure into Fuel for Your Future" is a story of Dave's failures.  Everyone of them personal and damaged his career.  And each and every time like the Phoenix he rose from the ashes,  through his resiliency, perseverance, and constant learning to rebuild himself in the career he loved.  Through Fireproof Dave has action items to help you become more successful in however you choose to define it and be the leader that everyone can relate to.  Get your FREE Fireproof workbook by going to HollenbachLeadership.com

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EPIC Physical Therapy the facility with the most cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to help you recover from an injury or surgery, work with professional and amateur athletes, or just those of us who want to move and feel better.  When you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results then start with EPIC Physical Therapy by going to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors, when you are looking to sell your home or buy a new home start with what their clients refer to as “the legends of customer service”.  Whether you are in the Greater Raleigh Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina or any where in the world they can help you with your home dreams.  Contact our friends Linda Craft & Team at www.LindaCraft.com