HOW STATE IMPACTS YOUR ORGANIZATION

How state management is essential to the well-being of people, employees and

organizations.

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What Creates State

• Your state is the way you feel, think and carry yourself.

Thoughts

Focus Physiology

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Negative States in People / Employees

Stress Response Effect on People / Employees

Stressor Economic crisis, savings eroded, uncertainty at home and at work.

Negative Emotions Fear, worry, anxiety, resentment, stress.

Negative physiology, focus and thoughts

Shallow breathing, reduced exercise, focus on lack, bad news, negative thoughts, doubt.

Flight or Flight response

Sympathetic Nervous System causes a measurable biological response.

Non-essential systems shut down

Immune system, sexual function, digestion, elimination, creativity.

Negative health impacts

Illness, cancer and in the worst cases, death.

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Negative States in Companies

Stress Response Effect on Company

Stressor Economic crisis, sales down, increased cost of capital.

Negative Emotions Fear, worry, anxiety, resentment, stress.

Negative physiology, focus and thoughts

Focus on lack, bad news, negative thoughts, doubt.

Flight or Flight response

Layoffs, cost-cutting, programs cut, departments axed.

Non-essential systems shut down

Communication, training, investment, innovation, creativity.

Negative health impacts

Contraction, angry shareholders, unproductive employees and in the worst cases, death.

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Positive States in People / Employees

Stress Response Effect on People / Employees

Stressor Economic crisis, savings eroded, uncertainty at home and at work.

Positive emotions using state management

Joy, peace, love, gratitude, calmness, personal power.

Positive physiology, focus and thoughts

Deep breathing, focus on abundance and opportunities, productive thoughts.

Response Calm, power, optimism, resourcefulness.

Impact All bodily systems functioning well.

Health impacts Wellness, energy, thrive, grow, multiply.

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Positive States in Companies

Stress Response Effect on People / Employees

Stressor Economic crisis, sales down, increased cost of capital.

Positive emotions using state management

Employees focus on joy, peace, love, gratitude, calmness, personal power.

Positive physiology, focus and thoughts

Structure of organization maintained, focus on abundance and opportunities, productive ideas.

Company’s Response Calm, power, optimism, resourcefulness.

Impact All organizational systems functioning well.

Health impacts Competitive advantage, recruit best people, wellness, thrive, grow, multiply.

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Summary

• Organizations must deal with many threats in the changing business environment

• To thrive in this market, organizations must learn how to manage the state of their employees.

• Employers are not laying off 100% of their staff. The remaining staff MUST be in a productive, creative innovative state as often as possible.

• A small investment in state management techniques can make a landmark shift in the productivity and creativity of employees.

• Leveraging the Power of Crisis is a program offered by Critical Pathfinders to help organizations seize the current opportunity, manage the state of their people and solve their most pressing business challenges.

• Critical Pathfinders is an industry-leading team development provider with an extensive list of Canadian and US clients.

A leader in corporate team development,

providing services worldwide

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