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Discover effective strategies for enhancing workplace dynamics with insights from Ezra Holland, M.S., a seasoned consultant and lecturer. Learn how to cultivate a vision that transcends individual interests, emphasizing integrity in leadership and fostering personal growth among team members. By creating opportunities for 'flow' and prioritizing social and environmental ethics, organizations can improve life quality and achieve long-term happiness. Engage with the principles of good business as established by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and explore the connection between optimal performance and a meaningful workplace experience.
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Going Beyond:Steps to Enhancing the Workplace • Ezra Holland, M.S. • CEO, Ezra Holland Consulting (EHC) • Lecturer, Recreation and Leisure Studies, San Francisco State University • 415.948.7725 • ezra@ehcservice.com
Good Business; Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Principles of Good Business • Vision beyond the self • Integrity of leadership • A product that helps human kind
Vision beyond the self • To do one’s best • Helping people • Build a better world
A product that helps human kind • Happier in the long run • Provide social choice options • Foster social and environmental ethic • Responsible for the improvements of life
Integrity of leadership: • respect • common purpose • personal growth of members • Provide Opportunities for Flow in the workplace
high ANXIETY FLOW CHALLENGES BOREDOM low high SKILLS “The Map of Everyday Experience” from Good Business by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
high OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE (Focused Happy) ANXIETY (Stressed, Alert) AROUSAL (Alert, Focused) WORRY (Stressed, Sad) CONTROL (Happy, Confident) CHALLENGES APATHY (Sad, Depressed) BOREDOM (Depressed, Contented) RELAXATION (Confident, Contented) low high SKILLS “The Map of Everyday Experience” from Good Business by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
How does it feel to be in FLOW? • Goals are clear • Feedback is immediate • Opportunity and capacity are balanced • Concentration Deepens • The present is what matters • Control is no problem • Sense of time is altered • Ego is lost