The Paradox of Profession: How Work Inflicts Pain and Offers Solace
Dr Elizabeth King
Helping leaders, teams and organizations perform in uncertainty.
Dear Community,
In the face of our world's unpredictability, 'Our Stable Mind' can serve as a compass for navigating leadership with greater ease.
Last month, we examined how wisdom fosters growth. This month, we're extending these ideas by exploring wisdom's practical impact, particularly concerning the mental health crisis. Acknowledging the deep impacts of global human tragedies, alongside the poignant local difficulties, our vision is to help wherever we can, applying practical wisdom at work.
Here, we explore a critical perspective: work can hurt and heal. While work can drain and damage, it also holds the powerful potential to empower and heal. Our objective is to consider how we can cultivate a work environment that doesn't just demand but also restores, leaving us with a hopeful horizon.
Mental Well-being in the Workplace
The psychological landscape of the workplace has become a battleground where mental well-being is frequently jeopardised. Across the globe, mental health challenges within professional settings have emerged as a multifaceted crisis, carrying profound economic implications. Drawing from global data and an Australian case study, this paper champions a strategic and evidence-based crusade to fortify mental health initiatives in the workplace.
Alarmingly, the rise in Australian mental health-related compensation claims from 2012 to 2021 signals a deepening of this crisis, leading to extended absences and a grim return-to-work rate.
Read the full article here.
Using AI for Performance & Wellbeing
In the context of escalating digital disruption, safeguarding mental health is both compassionate and strategic. Leaders are well served to harness the power of AI to steer through the digital maelstrom. This article invites us to imagine AI as our modern-day lighthouse: a steadfast ally in the tumult, shedding light on hidden risks and illuminating the path to mental wellness and productivity.?
As AI lifts the veil of routine and complexity, we uncover the serene waters of creativity and focus—essential to our mental resilience. Join us in exploring how this digital lighthouse is not only a force multiplier for our industries but also a guardian of our collective mental landscape.
Read the full article here.
A Critical Perspective on the 'Dark Triad' Traits in Leadership
We also consider one of the key contributions to mental health challenges at work: Dark Triad Traits in Leadership. Our article aims to create awareness of those disorders and their effects: often the only way to negate their impact is the development of a stable mind.
Read more here.
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Reflecting on Our Stable Mind
When we are comfortable that our decision-making is wise, our minds are calm. To support reflection on the journey from knowledge to wisdom in leadership, we look at the film 'Life of a King’. Discover how Eugene Brown's transformation from convict to chess coach embodies wise leadership.
Read the article here.
Continuing the theme of coaching ourselves through film we focus on a specific aspect of leadership awareness - Systemic Awareness. Read the full article below:?Self-Coaching for Systemic Awareness with "Rabbit-Proof Fence" and the book chapter that explores these ideas in greater depth here.
Read the article here.
Things to Learn & Try
Monthly Mind Lab - Developing Our Stable Mind
Our monthly mind lab provides an opportunity to translate theory into practice by practising foundational mental skills together. See the Events schedule here.
Monthly Mental Skill - Mastering Attention
In the age of constant distraction, focusing is a superpower and this month we offer two support options for you.
Monthly Diagnostic
Leading through Uncertainty: Assess your leadership strengths and gain further support for navigating disruption with our Leadership Diagnostic.?Visit here.
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Thank you for subscribing and for your ongoing commitment to making decisions that lead to stability in an unstable world. Together, we are navigating the complexities of our times with wisdom and equanimity.
Warm regards,