Leadership: Take Time to Rest

Hello Sheeba,

Do you ever feel burn out at work, anxiety, or even physically sick and unmotivated? I have heard from many leaders on how it has become easier during this time of remote work to disengage.

Rest is something that society finds hard to do especially depending on your culture and upbringing. It is almost frowned upon in the workplace, while being busy and working long hours can somehow indicate loyalty to the team.

However, rest is KEY and we must allow ourselves to relax, renew and recharge. Some benefits of doing this include: 

Improved Physical Health: When you are constantly feeling stressed out, your body is at risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.  Studies have shown that long-term exposure to the stress hormone, cortisol, can contribute to anxiety and depression.

So, take time to listen to your body, and give your mind and body the break it needs. 

Enriched Quality Time with Loved Ones: Life is too short to spend it working all the time and not building relationships with the people you love. A break and vacation can be a chance to reconnect and spend time with family and friends.

Increased Productivity at Work: When you take time to step back and get away from work, you often come back with a fresh perspective. This can help you tackle things that stumped you before and bring fresh eyes to a situation, creativity to foster innovation, and renewed energy to do the work.  

Making rest a priority in your work life may be counterculture but it so important. There are so many benefits to clocking out and taking that long overdue vacation. Don't feel guilty for allowing yourself to rest in a busy world. It may be the best thing you can do for your work and personal life.

 

Inspiring You To Thrive, 

 

 Wellness Activities to try at your Desk

LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT

Corie Barry

Best Buy recently announced that the company was named to Seramount's 2022 Top 75 Companies for Executive Women list. 

"The list honors companies that champion women’s advancement, with a focus on succession planning, profit-and-loss roles, gender pay parity, support programs and flexibility programs. Seramount is a strategic professional services and research firm focused on advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace."

The leader of Best Buy, female CEO Corie Barry, started working for the company in 1999. She became CFO in 2016 and continued to move up in the company.

45% of Best Buy's board of directors are women. They hire women at the highest levels of their company.

You can read more about Barry and the amazing things Best Buy has done for women in the professional world here. 

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 WELLNESS RESOURCE: "Sleep Cycle" App

Do you ever struggle sleeping at night? Sleep is SO important in both your work and personal life. Adults should be getting 7 hours of sleep a day. The Sleep Cycle app tracks your nightly sleep patterns. It also helps you fall asleep and wake up gently.

"Track sleep using your phone and start your day feeling energized with our intelligent alarm clock and sleep tracker. Its unique design only wakes you up while you’re in your light sleep phase. Plus, you’ll get detailed reports as Sleep Cycle monitors your sleep patterns, from bedtime until you're waking up."

When you sleep better, your brain can function optimally. Getting enough sleep is so important for your physical health. It helps reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes and boosts your immune system.

You can download it here.

Sheeba Varghese is a strategic partner for your talent development solutions and the author of Confidence, Clarity & Ease: A Guide For Emerging Leaders To Thrive. Her passion is to inspire and equip men and women to lead with excellence and authenticity within the spheres of influences that they are called to impact in life. The spheres may be in a home, on a team, in a classroom, among partners in a firm, or within management, to name a few.

Sheeba works with: 

Senior Leaders and professionals who want to develop stronger leadership skills, have impact and move forward in their careers

Teams who want to work cohesively within their organizations

Coaches who want to renew or apply for certification with ICF

If you want to improve your leadership skills, transition from managing to leading, ensure your team is amazingly successful, increase your own self-awareness and progress your career, or you aspire to be a masterful coach for your clients, then Sheeba would love to support you. She works with clients globally, both face-to-face, phone or by Zoom.

In her time apart from clients, Sheeba enjoys time with her husband, Santosh, and their 2 sons, Sam and Steven. She loves great movies, a good book, decorating and dining at the wonderful restaurants in the Bay Area.