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Episode Synopsis
Our mental wellbeing can depend in part, on our role at work. How do stress levels of colleagues, managers and directors compare, for instance? What is it about those roles that influences stress levels? In this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Emotion at Work's Phil Willcox shares the findings of his latest research report "Managers feel the pinch". We discuss: The research findings on roles and stress What "levers" influence poor mental wellbeing What we can do to stay healthy You can find out more about Emotion at Work at emotionatwork.co.uk To check out Phil's report, see: emotionatwork.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=09d92d7e2e59615c9c15131b0&id=11b6f33586 For more on our competition, where you could win a six month Mind Tools for Business subscription, see: https://mindtoolsbusiness.com/competition In 'What I Learned This Week', Ross' nugget about declining eye health in children came from The Economist's 'Short-sightedness has become an epidemic': economist.com/leaders/2022/06/09/short-sightedness-has-become-an-epidemic Phil backed up his research with findings from a paper titled, 'We have emotions but can't show them!: Authoritarian Leadership, Emotional Suppression Climate, and Team Performance': eprints.lse.ac.uk/104058/1/We_have_emotions_but_can_t_show_them.pdf Owen's learning came from the UK Government's research and analysis into online choice architecture called, 'Evidence review of Online Choice Architecture and consumer and competition harm.' : gov.uk/government/publications/online-choice-architecture-how-digital-design-can-harm-competition-and-consumers/evidence-review-of-online-choice-architecture-and-consumer-and-competition-harm You can find Ross' blog on choice architecture at: mindtoolsbusiness.com/resources/blog/tips-and-expertise/how-nudge-theory-can-lead-to-better-workplace-learning Gemma's magpie facts were from the RSPB's 'Magpie life cycle' webpage: rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/magpie/life-cycle/ For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtoolsbusiness.com. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: Ross G - @RossGarnerMT Gemma T - @GemmaTowersey Owen Ferguson - @OwenFerguson Phil Willcox - @PhilWillcox
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