Life is full of ups and downs, sometimes we win and other times we lose. In some cases, the loss is so hard that it drops you to the lowest level possible: rock bottom. It is the point where all the odds are stacked against you and your chances of recovery are slim to none. At rock bottom, you have no one but yourself to rely on. Unfortunately, through life's challenges, many of us will probably reach this level at some point in our lives. However, the experience of each and everyone will greatly depend on how we will perceive such hardship. What if your organization, whole country or the whole world hits rock bottom, what is your role as the leader should be ?

Sarinda Unamboowe : Chief Executive officer – M A S Kreeda ( Sri Lanka) checked in to the cafe & shared very insightful of course his experiences on Rising Strong from Rock Bottom. 

Many of the most successful people who hit rock bottom before reaching their personal greatness describe their rock bottom as being the biggest opportunity of their lives. An opportunity to start over. Few people get the chance to rebuild their lives in a design that they love and approve of. Those who have hit rock bottom in their academics, entrepreneurship, career, love life or sports ambitions get the chance to do this. As matter of fact, this seemingly unfortunate times can be the best thing to happen to you.  Remember Once you are at rock bottom, you can only go up. Sarinda did share some amazing insights on this podcast. He did mention that Dream a lot, that dream can be the north start for you. You will have pitstop & it doesn’t mean that dream is over. In terms of an organizational context, sarinda did mention that peoples emotions matter & leaders need to connect emotionally which communication plays a major role in it, specially when in a crisis situation. Keep them inform & update about the journey & the pitfalls.

You can connect with Sarinda Unamboowe on this Linkedin profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarindau/   , Explore what MAS Kreeda does on https://www.masholdings.com/

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As parents, we automatically want the best for our children – to be healthy, to be safe, and to also be equipped with skills and resources that’ll help them succeed in their adult lives. A lot of these lifelong skills are obtained during their early years of learning, Have you ever wondered how independent your child actually is? Will your child be able to look after himself/herself if left alone for a while? Do you think your child is well-equipped with essential life skills to face the world?

Jay Levins - A Media Leader, Social Entrepreneur, Speaker, Galvaniser of Child & Youth Generations’ emotional intelligence life skills checked in to the cafe to share his experiences & insights on "How to EQuip our kids for better future". 

Jay levins mentioned that it is important to teach advanced life skills to all kids, it is to protect their goodness heads & hearts. Unicef referred, Social and emotional development equips children with skills for learning and life. Parents and educators play a vital role in this process as Engaging families strengthens children's social and emotional skills and creates opportunities for children to share and express their emotions at home.

· increase their ability to understand and manage their emotions.

· set and work towards positive goals.

· appreciate the perspectives of others.

· demonstrate empathy.

· make good decisions.

· foster positive relationships

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You can get connected to Jay Levins via his Social media platform or log on to Website: equipourkids.org 

No one wants to think about a crisis taking place. But whenever major, serious events or tsunami-sized waters surface at work, those are the times in which you, as the leader, must visibly take charge as “the leader.” Moreover, while it’s great to count on your team members and empower them to display initiative, you need to be front and center, vividly displaying active and engaged leadership when confronted with such moments of truth. Through your actions and communications, you’ll better control your own destiny and build your reputation as one of those strong leaders who is fearless, caring and competent in the face of such enormous challenges.Question is Can we take charge ? 

Ambreen Nadeem- Psychologist- Author, speaker & Podcast Host checked in to the cafe to answer the question of "Can we take Charge in Difficult times, If yes how?" .  Difficult times are uncomfortable, when you come from a comfortable zone meeting those difficult times are very difficult. For you take charge in difficult times it is about experiencing the uncomfortable. Ambreen states that you need believe in your self & take responsibility for whatever the action you take. 

You to realize what is happening in the present, bring your attention towards you because your thoughts can help you to develop positive thinking. We as human being tend to think negatively due to our experiences & trauma we had in the past even it might not have connection to the present event. The more you are going to think about negative experience it creates a pathway in your brain to create a magnet to your negativity. 

Further Ambreen states that you need to forgive yourself & have peace with your past to create transform yourself. Further she states thoughts create frequency, if your thoughts are not aligned to your emotions & feelings, it will not create that impact for you to change in any situation. Be calm in tough times, increase active listening, create silence & increase yourself awareness to develop positive frequency & thinking to take in charge. 

Ambreen did share many tips to take in charge & to listen to full episode click that play button & check in to the café. 

Click to  connect to Ambreen Nadeem on linkedin & you can explore her work log on to thepsychologytalks.com . You can grab her latest book on https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Life-Code-Choose-Destiny/dp/B0B7H949DY

ආයෝජකයින් ආකර්ෂණය කර ගැනීමට, අනික් තරඟකරුවන්ට  වඩා ඉදිරියෙන් සිටීමට නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය සහ නවෝත්පාදනය අවශ්‍ය වේ. ඕනෑම ව්‍යාපාරයකට  තරඟකාරී වාසියක් ලබා ගත හැක්කේ නවෝත්පාදන සහ නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය තුළින් පමණි. තීරණ ගැනීම, නිර්මාණශීලීත්වයේ සහ නවෝත්පාදන ක්‍රියාවලියේ වැදගත් කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරයි.  එහිදී ව්‍යවසායකයින් තම අතීත අත්දැකීම් වලින් ඉගෙන ගත යුතු අතර හොඳම අදහස තීරණය කිරීමට පෙර විශ්ලේෂණය කළ යුතුය. නිර්මාණාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයෙන් පසු ඕනෑම අදහසක් සාර්ථකව ක්රියාත්මක කළ හැකිය. ව්‍යාපාරයක සාර්ථකත්වය රඳා පවතින්නේ ව්‍යවසායකත්වයේ සහ නිර්මාණශීලීත්වයේ පරිපූර්ණ සංයෝජනයක් මතය. ඕනෑම ව්‍යාපාරයක සාර්ථකත්වය සඳහා නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරන බව අවබෝධ කර ගැනීමට ව්‍යවසායකයින්ට දැන් කාලය පැමිණ තිබේ.

අවාසනාවකට මෙන්, බොහෝ ප්‍රමුඛ ආයතන නිර්මාණාත්මක චින්තනය සහ නවෝත්පාදනයට වඩා බුද්ධිය කෙරෙහි වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කරයි.  නිර්මාණශීලී මනසක් ඇති සේවකයින් ඕනෑම ආයතනයක තීරණාත්මක කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරයි. සමාගමට ගැලපෙන ආකාරයට  ඔවුන්ගේ කුසලතා හැඩගස්වාගත හැකි නම් නිසැකවම ඔවුන් සමාගමට වටිනා සම්පතක් වනු ඇත.

ජෙහාන් විජේසිංහ මෙම කථාංගයේ අපූරු ඉඟි සහ ශිල්පීය ක්‍රම කිහිපයක් බෙදා ගත්තේය.  ඔබ කළ යුත්තේ Play බොත්තම ඔබා EI Café වෙත පිවිසීමය.  

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Thinking with pictures sounds a bit silly, reminds us of kindergarten flash cards as we memorised our letters. And yet, it remains a crucial instrument of complex thought, even a simple diagram can tell you much more than a naked explanation. The very moment of becoming mentally aware is beautifully expressed with a heartfelt, “Ah, I see.”

BUT WHAT IF I ASKED HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT VISUAL LISTENING ? HOW IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?

Tim Hamons : FOUNDER: ART OF AWAKENING , CREATIVITY & VISUAL THINKING CONSULTANT checked in to cafe to share his knowledge & experineces on Visual Listening & why it is Important.

Basically, it is about you tracking what you’re paying attention to, with the other person being able to see right away what you are getting from what is being said, as well as what you aren’t noting that may be important to include. If it is a key oversight, the person you are listening to will automatically repeat it to make sure you hear it.

Visual listening can be a game changer for an organization to communicate their strategies to their employees. A visual interpretation can be more effective rather a word document or Power point presentation. We often see organization have their vision as a statement but we never see as a visual which can make a great impact. Organisational Leaders can bring lot of cohesiveness through Visual Listening

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You can watch Video Version https://youtu.be/s599a-9P-6U ( recommended as some visual examples available)

You can get connected to Tim Hamon via his linkedin & log on to www.art-of-awakening.com

නව පරපුරේ නායකත්වය යනු, අධික කැලඹීම්  සහිත කාලවලදී පෙරමුණ ගැනීම වන අතර, සාර්ථක නව පරපුරේ  නායකත්වය  , වෙනස්වීම්වලට මුහුණදීමේ සහ අභියෝග හමුවේ  නොසැලී සිටිමේ ප්‍රවීණයන් වනු ඇත.

ඔවුන් සතුව ඉහළ  තාක්ෂණික දැනුමක් ඇති අතර නව ප්‍රවණතා වලට ඉතා ශීඝ්‍රයෙන් අනුගත වීමේ හැකියාවද අවුන් සතුව ඇත.

ඔවුන් වර්ධනය කර ගත යුතු ප්‍රධාන කුසලතාවයක් ලෙස ආචාර්යවරයා දකින්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ හදවතින් සවන් දීම, හදවතින් සිතීම සහ අන් අයගේ දෘෂ්ටිකෝණ කෙරෙහි වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කිරීමයි.

චිත්තවේගීය බුද්ධියේ කුසලතාව ඉතා වැදගත් බව ආචාර්ය රනිල්ගේ අදහසයි.

ගැටළු නිරාකරණය,  සමාජීය ගැටළු  නිරාකරණය ක්රීමේ ආකල්පයේ සිට ගැටළු විසඳීම තවත් විචාරශීලී  කුසලතා වලින් එකක් විය යුතුය. සෑම පුද්ගලයෙකුටම රටේ ක්‍රමවේද  වෙනසක් අපේක්ෂා කරනු වෙනුවට රටේ අභිවෘද්ධිය සඳහා දායක විය හැකි සහ දායක විය යුතුයි.

නව පරපුරේ නායකයින් වෙත “වෙනස් වීම“ සහ “වඩා හොඳ වීම“ යන පරමාර්ථයන්  පැවරී ඇත.

ඔවුන්ගේ දක්ෂතාවය සහ චරිතය පරීක්ෂා කරන බලවේග තවදුරටත් එක් එක් සංවිධානයන්ට විශේෂිත නොවන අතර ඒවා වෘත්තිය  හෝ කර්මාන්තයට විශේෂිතද නොවේ.

ආචාර්ය රනිල් මෙම කථාංගයේ, විශ්මයජනක ඉඟි සහ ක්‍රමවේද කිහිපයක් බෙදා ගත්තේය. මෙයට සවන්දීමට  පහතින් ඇති Play බොත්තම ඔබා EI Cafe වෙත පිවිසෙන්න.

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To truly build a more resilient workforce and rebuild the economy, employers should prioritize well-being, which is the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. Businesses should treat well-being as a tangible skill, a critical business input, and a measurable outcome.

Tamara Buckland - Chief Visionary Officer at Bloom HQ & designer of Riders & Elephants The Wellbeing Deck, checked in to the cafe to explore on "why does well-being matter in the workplace" 

Tamara did mention, that it is not about wellbeing is a common platform for everyone. the organization needs to identify individual perspective of wellbeing for their employee, because it is not one size fit all. Further she stated that "Productivity is important but dont develop Well-being strategies focusing on productivity which may results in ineffective. start investing on learning on your own wellbeing, what works for you to thrive. don’t think wellbeing is different for you. Try to find those moments which can help you to reflect yourself. Experiment different approach which will fit your lifestyle.

There are many benefits for an organization who invest on Employee wellbeing. 

1.The increased engagement team members will show is a win-win for all. Simply being happy makes an employee 12% more likely to be productive.

Tamara did share some amazing tips on Wellbeing & on the Wellbeing deck, to listen to this episode, press that play button & check in to the cafe.

You can get connected to Tamara Buckland via her Linkedin profile & to learn more about Well being deck click https://www.ridersandelephants.com/the-wellbeing-deck.