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Top causes of stress in your role leading teams and projects?

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Andy Kaufman Host| People and Projects Podcast Lake Zurich, Il, United States
This week I'm interviewing the authors of a book on stress for an upcoming episode of The People and Projects Podcast. They have an interesting premise, that we are better served when we separate "pressure" from "stress".

Pressure, they would suggest, is an aggressive timeline. A demanding stakeholder. Changing requirements.Stress is when we respond to the pressure by ruminating about the pressure.

They differentiate rumination from reflection. The former is destructive by creating all kinds of negative stories and assumptions about the situation. The latter is more objective and solution/action focused.

It's an interesting premise that I look forward to unpacking with them in the interview. In the meantime, I'd love your thoughts on two things:

* What do you like about how they differentiate pressure from stress? Concerns?
* What are the top sources of pressure/stress for you as you lead teams and projects?
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
Jan 05, 2017 2:12 PM
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Excellent points, Maria! Thank you! The main researcher I'm interviewing this week is Dr. Derek Roger, but I will guess that he's familiar with Dr. Weisinger's work. I'll ask him! Thank you for sharing your perspectives!
I'm interested in listening to the podcast.

I will appreciate if you'll share here the link, like this, we'll receive the automatically mail with the update, if not in February...maybe we'll forget it.

Also, all the participation in this discussion is amazing!
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Jan 09, 2017 2:52 PM
Andy Kaufman
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Thanks for the idea, @Maria! I'll do that.

I did a mini-episode last Friday that shares some ideas on the subject. It can be found at http://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/160.

Thank you for joining the discussion!
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Andy Kaufman Host| People and Projects Podcast Lake Zurich, Il, United States
Jan 09, 2017 2:26 PM
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I'm interested in listening to the podcast.

I will appreciate if you'll share here the link, like this, we'll receive the automatically mail with the update, if not in February...maybe we'll forget it.

Also, all the participation in this discussion is amazing!
Thanks for the idea, @Maria! I'll do that.

I did a mini-episode last Friday that shares some ideas on the subject. It can be found at http://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/160.

Thank you for joining the discussion!
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Andy Kaufman Host| People and Projects Podcast Lake Zurich, Il, United States
As promised, here's a link to the discussion with the authors of Work Without Stress:
http://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/164

I'd love your feedback on their ideas. Thanks!
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1 reply by Anupam
Feb 06, 2017 10:17 PM
Anupam
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Thanks Andy
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Anupam India
Feb 06, 2017 12:04 PM
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As promised, here's a link to the discussion with the authors of Work Without Stress:
http://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/164

I'd love your feedback on their ideas. Thanks!
Thanks Andy
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