What Stress Does to Your Body, Your Relationships, and Your Work

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This week we are honored to welcome Rob Cross, who is the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership, Babson College and co-founder and current research director of the Connected Commons, a consortium of over 100 leading organizations accelerating network research and practice.

Rob is also the author of the Microstress Effect. 

For today’s show, Rob will bring to life best practices that show you how to build resilience against microstress, and ultimately how to find purpose in your everyday life, using it as an antidote to your own microstress.

Enjoy the show.

Show Notes
0:00 Introduction
1:05 The compounding consequences of microstress
9:00 How microstress impacts the overall well-being and productivity in the workplace
11:05 Some common sources of microstress in modern work environments, and how can organizations mitigate their negative effects
17:45 How the accumulation of microstress over time contributes to personal relationships, in particular, marriage
20:27 Effective strategies or interventions that individuals can adopt to manage and cope with microstress on a daily basis
29:34 About Rob’s book, the Microstress Effect

Resources
The Microstress Effect: Book
The Rob Cross Home Page

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