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Get What You Want: Do What Remote Workers Need

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022Betty Johnson PhDBe Inclusive, Create Resilience, Demonstrate Empathy, Enable High Performance, Lead Energizing Meetings, Podcasts

Do your meetings drain remote workers from energy and enthusiasm for the job? In this podcast interview with Leadership Without Losing Your Soul, Betty Johnson, Ph.D. shares research-based causes and solutions through...Continue reading

The #1 Killer of Productivity

March 29, 2022April 5, 2022Betty Johnson PhDAdapt to Change, Create Resilience, Enable High Performance, Lead Energizing Meetings, Podcasts

In a podcast interview with Communispond’s CEO Scott D’Amico, leadership and change expert Dr. Betty Johnson details the importance of listening and valuing the opinions of others. She also shares how to...Continue reading

Free Guidebook: Create Camera Norms for Energizing, Productive, Engaging Meetings

February 25, 2022March 17, 2022Betty Johnson PhDCreate Resilience, Demonstrate Empathy, Lead Energizing Meetings

If you like seeing others’ reactions through their facial expressions and body language, you’re not alone. When other people have their cameras off, maybe you feel less connected, more isolated, and anxious....Continue reading

Lights, Cameras, Action: The Tragedy of Meeting Drama

February 1, 2022April 5, 2022Betty Johnson PhDBe Inclusive, Enable High Performance, Lead Energizing Meetings

(This article by Dr. Betty Johnson appeared in TalentCulture on February 1.) Think like a scientist: Do a test. Record your next video meeting of three or more people. Afterward, transcribe the...Continue reading

Meetings: Lose the Weight, Feel Great

January 10, 2022March 17, 2022Betty Johnson PhDCreate Resilience, Enable High Performance, Lead Energizing Meetings

Do you get that sickly, over-indulged sluggishness from stuffing too many meetings into an already crammed week? Meeting obesity is a widespread, pandemic-related problem. Research shows the weight gain since the onset...Continue reading

Video Meetings in a Pandemic Era: Emotional Exhaustion, Stressors, and Coping

January 25, 2021April 5, 2022Betty Johnson PhDCreate Resilience, Enable High Performance, Lead Energizing Meetings

Video meetings are hard work. Why? Because they require mental and emotional labor. For many, the labor is stressful and exhausting. Video Meetings in a Pandemic Era: Emotional Exhaustion, Stressors and coping...Continue reading

Pain Turns to Gain when Meeting Purpose is Clear

July 17, 2019March 17, 2022Betty Johnson PhDLead Energizing Meetings

“What’s this meeting about?” When people ask this question, it’s because they are trying to figure out how to fit their needs to the meeting purpose. When you neglect to convey the...Continue reading

Would You Rather Have a Root Canal?

April 30, 2019March 17, 2022Betty Johnson PhDLead Energizing Meetings

Are your meetings draining? Are you tired of how little they accomplish? Are they a Petri dish for conflict? Do people bring up past decisions to disagree with them? Most meetings siphon...Continue reading