SEASON: 4 EPISODE: 22
Episode Overview:
The workplace is changing and changing rapidly, creating chaos, increasing our stress, and causing burnout. To thrive in today’s marketplace, we must level-up our emotional intelligence, strengthen our resiliency, and manage the extreme stress in our personal and professional lives to avoid burnout.
My guest today will share his insights and strategies so that we can learn, laugh, and grow amongst the chaos. Please join me for my conversation with award winning speaker and workshop facilitator, Kit Welchlin.
Guest Bio:
A born public speaker and trainer, Kit Welchlin began public speaking at the age of 9 in 4-H. By 16, he was organizing and facilitating presentations on leadership, citizenship, community service and motivation for the 4-H and Future Farmers of America.
Kit Welchlin purchased his first manufacturing company at age 21, and by 26 was CEO and Chairman of the Board of three manufacturing companies in three states. He’s been an instructor with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, where he has been repeatedly nominated Outstanding Faculty. He is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association.
Kit has a B.S. Degree in Speech Communication, Business Administration and Political Science. He earned an M.A. Degree in Speech Communication and Business Administration.
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Insight Gold Timestamps:
04:08 How are you seeing emotional intelligence come in to the workplace?
05:42 One of the things on my handling difficult people presentation….
06:42 Being nimble and being agile is very important
08:47 People don't mind change, they just don't like being changed
09:32 When we talk about chaos and change
11:17 The key is to discuss the continuities
12:45 Goals versus desired outcomes
14:16 Quickness, quantity, and quality
15:56 The desired result is the hope or aspiration of how things could turn out
19:22 There's about 16 different reasons why people procrastinate
21:25 If we make this decision or take this action, what could go wrong?
22:26 What roadblock am I putting up on myself that may or may not be real?
24:21 Would that be their fault, or is that just a situation they find themselves in?
26:54 I think empathy is probably the hardest soft skill to develop
28:08 Effective work relationships really help us manage stress
29:59 It really comes down to we need to be well fed, well rested, and well exercised
30:11 There's five criteria to an exercise program that will work if we put it to work
31:00 We have to have physical remedies to reduce stress
32:16 I always tell people that kind of feel stagnant in their careers….
34:40 If you want to learn, you want to laugh, and you want to grow, get Kit Welchlin
Connect Socially:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kitwelchlin?lang=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KitWelchlin
Email: kit@welchlin.com
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