An Antidote for Executive Stress

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Situational Transparency - By Robert Whipple

If you are in an executive position, chances are you live in a very high stress world. Conditions and events in the world over the past decade have led to a much higher level of complexity and risk in everything we do. The pressure for performance and the razor thin margin between success and failure have resulted in health problems for numerous executives. It seems there is no way of avoiding the incredible pressure executives face daily.

What if there was a way you could get out from under the immense pressure and have the ability to relax even though the challenges at work often seem insurmountable? Would that be helpful? I truly believe there is a pathway to this kind of existence. It is under your nose, unfortunately most executives do not see the wisdom or power in the method I am about to explain, so they go on with the same struggle day after day rarely gaining on the very problems that are making them sick.

The antidote is to carve out time to work with your organization to create an improved culture. This sounds impossible to most CEOs I interview because they are more than fully consumed trying to survive. How could they possibly create enough slack time in the schedule to actually work on the culture. This attitude means these executives are literally stuck in the Hell they have created with no way out.

Investing in the culture means spending time with people learning how to work better as a team. It means documenting our behaviors or how we intend to treat each other so it becomes possible to hold each other accountable. It means learning to listen more and better so the communication problems are significantly reduced. Also, it means learning to trust each other so more delegation is possible and the micromanagement is not necessary. Micro management creates a significant percentage of executive stress.

Improving the culture means having the executive be more willing to be transparent and admit mistakes. This makes him or her more of a human being: subject to being fallible, but willing to be vulnerable and human. This enables stronger rather than weaker leadership. It also leads to an environment that is more relaxed and healthy. In this culture, the problems are diminished and replaced with sanity and joy of achieving great goals together.

If you are an executive who has nearly reached the limit of endurance, you might want to try investing in the culture. You will find it to have a much higher ROI than any other activity you can envision.

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Robert Whipple is CEO of Leadergrow Incorporated, an organization dedicated to development of leaders. He has spoken on leadership topics and the development of trust in numerous venues across the country. He is author of three leadership books: The Trust Factor: Advanced Leadership for Professionals, Understanding E-Body Language: Building Trust Online, and Leading with Trust is Like Sailing Downwind. His ability to communicate pragmatic approaches to building Trust in an entertaining and motivational format has won him top ranking wherever he speaks. Audiences relate to his material enthusiastically because it is simple, yet profound. His work has earned him the popular title of The TRUST Ambassador. Mr. Whipple has been published in several Leadership and Training journals including Leadership Excellence Magazine and T+D Training + Development Journal. He is a frequent contributor to The Rochester Business Journal. He has been named one of the top 50 thought leaders on the topic of leadership development by Leadership Excellence Magazine and one of the top 100 Thought Leaders on Trustworthy Business Practices by Trust Across America. Mr. Whipple has a BSME, MSChE, MBA and is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP). Contact at www.leadergrow.com or 585-392-7763
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