Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

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Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King episodes

  • EP 126 – Sugary Sweet
    Could you go with out eating refined sugar for even one day?
    Eating well and maintaining energy throughout the day can be a difficult feat in today’s busy workplaces.  When we are time pressured, we tend to make poor nutritional choices.  Often, we skip lunch and grab for a soft drink, cup of caffeine or an energy drink to keep us going. 
    These poor food choices can promote obesity, illness and negatively impact productivity. 
    Companies are looking for simple ways to promote health and support healthier nutrition. 
    Some are adding vending machines that have more healthy choices and others have taken a harsher stance and eliminated the “pop and chip” machines altogether. 
    Some company cafeterias have added a premium fee to “fast food” items or subsidized healthy meals and snacks. 
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Sugar Awareness Week:
    Examining the nutritional needs and habits of your employees, makes good business sense.  When designing your workplace wellness program, look for ways to educate, support behaviour changes and promote a healthier environment. 
    The results may not just be reduced waist sizes and decreased benefits usage, but more engaged and productive employees.
    Looking for resources to build your healthy workplace? Check out my top 10 tips under Resources and Courses at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP 125 – Fun At Work
    “Blessed is the person who can have fun while being productive.”
    Really, isn’t that what it is all about. Enjoying what you do.
    Some people have fun actually doing their jobs. They get a kick out of creating or solving. Some people create fun while they are doing their job by connecting with the people that they work with.
    Our research shows that those who have fun at work are more engaged, more productive and are healthier. It is in a company’s best interest then to build more fun into the workplace.
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Fun At Work Day:
    Create a special theme for the day – decorate, dress up
    Bring food to share – tie it to your theme
    Share the jokes of the day – or list the best excuses for the day
    Set up team challenges
    Any job can be transformed. It is how you look at it and the fun that you build around it.
    According to one philosopher, the supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
    Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out. 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In
    2 min
  • EP 124 – Belly Laugh For Health
    Author CW Metcalfe, writes that Humour can help you thrive in change, remain creative under pressure, work more effectively, play more enthusiastically, and stay healthier in the process.
    It has been shown that a big old belly laugh, reduces physical and emotional tension for as long as 45 minutes. The heartier, the more relaxing it is and the longer the positive effect.
    A good belly laugh can stimulate your internal organs, increase your circulation, raise the level of oxygen in the blood and boost the immune system. A group of researchers found that laughing boisterously 100 times a day will give you the same impact as 10 minutes of rowing or 15 minutes on an exercise bike.
    Studies show that those who are able to laugh at work are more productive and less distracted than their humourless counterparts.
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Belly Laugh Day:
    Find funny friends and co-workers who can make you laugh.
    Develop a Humour First-Aid Kit and fill it with your favourite jokes, clippings, and stories
    Watch funny TV programs, movies and videos
    Being able to laugh about our situation and ourselves helps us to release the tension, regain our perspective, accept that which we cannot change and experience joy. Not only that, but, it also gives us the physical energy and mental resilience needed to survive.
    Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out. 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In
    2 min
  • EP 123 – The Hunt For Happiness
    Happiness, for some can seem like an elusive dream and for others it is a constant reality. The difference is a mindset that looks for the best in a given situation.
    If we spend our time waiting for life to be perfect…the children are polite and well behaved…there is enough money in our savings account and retirement fund…the renovations are finished…we have the right job…we have the best partner… we may be waiting for a very long time and we may be disappointed that happiness doesn’t seem to come our way.
    True happiness is not putting a smile on our face and saying that everything is great, but it is problem solving the difficult situations and looking for the things in our life that are going well. In the workshops that I deliver, we talk about looking for the awesome. What are the cools things that are around us everyday that often we miss because we spend too much of our time looking for the things that are not quite right?
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Hunt For Happiness Week:
    Look for the awesome
    Be thankful for the things that are true blessings in your life
    And understand that you have the final say in your own happiness
    Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP 122 – Sticks and Stones
    Words Hurt. Name Calling is a form of Emotional Abuse.
    Many of us have worked for or with someone who was emotionally abusive. According to research from  Employment Law Alliance, 45% of us reported being abused in the office.
    People who are the target of emotional abuse are made to feel insignificant and incapable.
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Bringing Awareness To No Name Calling Week:
    There is a thin line between joking around and causing harm to each other in the office. Nicknames are bound to pop up in the office. But once the name calling is unwanted and based on gender, sexuality, or ability, it's no longer a friendly exchange.
    If we are bullied, we might think it's because we are not a good worker, or perhaps not a good person. In other words, we start to believe what the bully is saying about us. We start to blame ourselves.
    Don't give in to the lie.
    Document your experience. If you don't keep track of what is happening, then, in the eyes of the law, it didn't happen.
    One of the bully's tactics will be to isolate you from fellow workers. Keep your relationships with co-workers as strong as you can.
    Let them know what is going on and let them know that you need support during this time.
    Looking for resources to build your healthy workplace? Check out my top 10 tips under Resources and Courses at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP 121 – Are You Feeling Blue
    It is Blue Monday….the most depressing day of the year.
    The date was calculated by using many factors, including: weather conditions, debt level, time since Christmas, time since failing our new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels and feeling of a need to take action.
    This isn’t a scientifically true formula, but it does point out several things that we already know.  Our stress levels are impacted by many things such as negative weather conditions, lack of finances, unrealistic expectations and unmet goals.  If all of these things come to a head at the same time, it certainly can make for a stressful or depressing time in our life.
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Blue Monday:
    Get outside. Go for a walk.  Even if it is a snowy, winter’s day, the benefits of getting a light break, beat staying indoors and moping around.
    Turn today into a celebration.  Plan special activities at work or going out with friends. 
    Start planning a vacation.  Even just looking at beautiful vacation pictures has a positive impact on our mood.
    Know though, that sometimes, it is okay to indulge in the blues.  Wrap up in a cozy blanket, turn on that sappy movie, and let all of your emotions flow out.
    If you think that you have moved beyond the blues, talk to your doctor.  Seasonal Affective Disorders and Depression are serious and can spiral out of control quickly.  The sooner you do, the better.
    Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP 120 – Do You Enjoy The Outdoors
    We know that we are not active enough, especially during the winter months. It is cold. It is dark. And did I mention that it is cold?
    Did you know that 63% of us are not active enough to achieve the health benefits they need from physical activity.
    Did you also know that research shows that as much as one half of the functional decline between the ages of 30 and 70 is due not to aging itself, but to an inactive way of life.
    Consider this:
    We are awake about 13-18 hours a day, but we only have to be active for one hour and that 60 minutes of activity doesn’t have to be done all at once.
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Take A Walk Outdoors Day:
    Take advantage of the outdoors, dress your children warmly, get them outside and keep them moving.  Besides just taking a walk, some good winter fun can include: ice skating, tobogganing, and hiking.
    At work, get active by taking a “walking” meeting or taking a brisk walk before lunch for about 10 minutes.
    Keep track of your active and inactive time.  Awareness is the first step to going from inactive to active.
    Looking for more ways to build your resiliency, take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab.
    2 min
  • EP 119 - Take Back Your Time
    Does time just slip away from you?
    Take Back Your Time is an initiative to challenge this epidemic of time stress.
    Studies show that Time Stress threatens our:
    Health. It can lead to fatigue, accidents and injuries.
    It can threaten our Relationships. As we find less time for each other, our ability to connect, empathize and communicate is impaired.
    Preventing illness, slowing down the aging process and living life to the fullest – these are a few of the reasons that we are craving a healthier, more balanced lifestyle. 
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Take Back Your Time Week:
    Take control of your time by learning how to say no. Say no to things that are outside of your priority. Say no to working late, especially if it is self-imposed. Say no to extra activities, if you are feeling stretched to thin. Saying no now, does not mean that it will be a no forever. When you feel like it is a priority and you have the time to dedicate to the activity without compromising yourself, then it is okay to say yes.
    Finally, be realistic with your time. Don’t get caught up in activities that suck away your time, without purposefully scheduling for them. Email, social media and meetings are notorious for eating up more time that we imagine.
    Looking for resources to build your healthy workplace? Check out my top 10 tips under Resources and Courses at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP 118 - Find a mentor. Be a mentor.
    A successful mentor is someone who sees how remarkable you can be and constantly holds that image for you.
    We all need someone to hold that mirror for us – And we need to be able to hold that mirror for someone else.
    Who can you reach out to for that boost and who around you could use that lift?
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Mentoring Month:
    Mentoring is a learning relationship where someone more experienced puts time and energy into a less experienced person’s development. Successful mentors know that they need to focus on nurturing the person, not just performance. Since mentees may be reluctant to expose their shortcomings to a superior, the mentor needs to demonstrate it’s safe to do so.
    The strongest relationships are based on mutual respect and as a mentor, you don’t just want to be a solution provider.  Discern when it is appropriate to offer a direct answer versus when it’s better to coach a mentee through their question or problem.
    As a mentee, clarify your goals: explain to your mentor what you want from your career, and from mentoring.
    Strong mentoring programs not only provide support for new hires but also help create an open, inviting culture that emboldens all workers to contribute their ideas for improving the company.
    Don’t forget that you can find more tips for coping with mental health issues, by checking out my Live Smart blog at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP 117 – How To Deal With Your Difficult Customers
    Negative attitudes and behaviours are usually expressed when our customers are stressed out or they just don’t have the energy to use better communication skills, judgment and manners.
    Being stressed out is chronic in today’s society. We often have too much to do, too many decisions to make and are usually running behind schedule. The difficulty behind the negative attitudes and behaviours is that they are highly “toxic” to our staff.
    Dealing with difficult customers can make us feel grouchy, out-of-control and can rattle staff to the point where they may quit.
    It takes a lot of energy to be positive, to keep things in perspective and to actively fend off this toxic effect. As the leader, there are several steps that you can take to ensure that your staff can effectively handle the best and the worst in these customers.
    So here are Today’s Hot Tips For Reducing The Impact Of Negative Attitudes and Celebrating Getting To Know Your Customer Day:
    Discuss the types of customers that you may encounter ahead of time. What are some of the common complaints that your staff may face? Share past experiences and horror stories with each other and prepare answers and solutions ahead of time.
    Teach your staff how to keep their composure, be assertive and know exactly what it is they want to communicate.
    Looking for resources to build your resiliency? Check out my Live Smart blog at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min

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