Can a healthy, vibrant corporate culture and shrewd business strategy peacefully coexist within one organization? Yes, if you understand the differences between the two - and work intentionally to cultivate them both. In this episode of The Behaviorist, Work Wisdom’s Matt Sware and Sarah Colantonio discuss the intersection of culture and strategy. Strategy is the road map that your business needs to succeed, culture is the fuel for the vehicle to get there. Find out what concrete steps you can take as an individual and company to nurture both of these crucial concepts. And don’t miss Part 2 of Strategy Meets Culture - in next month’s episode, Kedren Crosby will share Work Wisdom’s methods for weaving culture and strategy together to go farther, faster as a stronger company.

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Do you know the difference between eustress and distress? Eustress is the stress your body creates that is positive (it actually helps you increase performance) - like the adrenaline rush you get before a big presentation. Distress is when stress has reached a critical level that interferes with your performance - when you've got so many things on your plate, the plate starts to break down and crack. Join Work Wisdom's Sarah Colantonio, Kate Coleman, and Kedren Crosby in a personal and insightful conversation about how to shift your habits and perspective on stress to your advantage. Listen to find out how we first learn to cope with stress from our family of origin and first job experiences - and what concrete practices we can incorporate into our daily life to start training the stress dragon to fly the way you want it to. 

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In this week's episode, Sarah is joined by Work Wisdom's Donunshae Sanders to talk about Workplace Equity. Creating at atmosphere that makes all of your employees feel heard and valued increases morale, retention, and profitability. Sarah and Don discuss the many tools leaders can use to help uncover their own bias, like the Implicit Association Test, or IAT. Listeners will also learn about an interviewing tactic that will ensure an equitable and positive experience for both your team and potential candidates. 

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What is PSYCAP? Positive Organizational Behavior expert Fred Luthans defines Psychological Capital as an individual's positive psychological state of development that is characterized by efficacy and confidence. Join Work Wisdom's Sarah Colantonio and Kedren Crosby as they walk through the four pillars of PSYCAP - Confidence, Optimism, Hope, and Resiliency. These mindsets are not set in stone - they can be practiced and learned. Kedren shares some concrete practices that you as an individual can bring into your daily life and workplace to begin improving your PSYCAP and moving your organization to a place of positive growth and unlimited potential. 

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This week, Work Wisdom's Sarah Colantonio and Jaime Arroyo are joined by Joe McMonagle, Vice President of Set Construction at Atomic Design. Joe is a member of Work Wisdom's The Review Club, a cohort of leaders and rising leaders who meet monthly to quickly and collaboratively digest and discuss articles from the most current issue of the Harvard Business Review. Jaime Arroyo, co-facilitator of The Review, explains how the group benefits from a concise and focused conversation about each HBR article, and how it can relate to and benefit each members' workplace culture and habits. Joe shares what practices he has learned from the diverse and disparate group of leaders in his Review cohort to take back to his workplace - practices that have made real and rapid changes to how his team handles challenges. 

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There are four key emotional intelligence skills that are directly correlated with leadership derailment. In this episode of The Behviorist, Work Wisdom's Kedren Crosby and Sarah Colantonio review those four skills and what practices you can bring into your life right now to improve them. Learn how like most toolboxes, your emotional toolbox has two levels - the top one is filled with tools that help you cope with with stressors, but the bottom level is where the real power tools are stored - the ones that can help you get to the source of the stressor - and pull it up by the root. 

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Join Work Wisdom Co-Founders Sarah Colantonio and Kedren Crosby as they dive into the concept of "Growth Mindset" - how changing the way we view challenges can be an extraordinarily transformative tool.  In her groundbreaking book, Mindsets: The New Psychology of Success, researcher Carol S. Dweck explains the difference between a "fixed" and a "growth" mindset - how some people rigidly hold on to their beliefs, but others are able to see challenges as opportunities for learning and can flex their mindset to allow for this growth. Kedren explains the "ABCDEs" of cognitive reframing and how, recently, the Work Wisdom team themselves had to take a bit of their own advice when faced with some challenging client feedback. Best enjoyed with a light snack. 

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Work Wisdom's Sarah Colantonio and Kedren Crosby discuss why avoiding is not necessarily a bad thing. Learn what tools you can use in your professional and personal life to find the "sweet spot" of knowing when avoiding is a positive, diplomatic and productive choice. Gaining self-awareness of your relationship with avoiding (do you do it to much? or not enough?) can help you become a more value-driven and agile leader. 

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Work Wisdom's founders, Kedren Crosby and Sarah Colantonio, share a conversation about culture shaping and what that means for an organization's success. While some aspects of an organization's culture are obvious, the vast majority are unnamed and invisible, and require a deep awareness to uncover and change. Learn how the physical environment can reflect an organization's core values, and what tools you can use right now to start moving your organization towards a more positive culture.  

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