Assume Positive Intent: Don’t be a Thought Police & Avoid Triggers

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We hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

What you will learn in this episode

 - 8 triggers that inhibit connection
 - What is a trigger and how we should respond
 - Ways to address individual triggers
 - How to rewrite your own script to be more positive
 - Behaviors that create an inclusive culture

Our guest is Sally Helgesen, the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership. She has been inducted into the Thinker’s 50 Hall of Fame and is ranked number 3 in leadership by Global Gurus. Her most recent book is, Rising Together: How we can bridge divides and create a more inclusive workplace" published in February by Hachette. Sally is a fellow member of the 100 Coaches Network.

Sally's takeaway's for us:
 - Focus on privileging behavior over bias. *Don’t get to thought up in what people are thinking.
 - Distinguish between diversity and inclusions

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Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

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Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

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