The Anxious Achiever Why Giving Up Control at Work Can Improve Your Emotional Health
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Oct 26, 2022 
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Work And Mental Health Reinforce Each Other
- Workplace mental health and organizational design form a brutal two-way feedback loop.
- People bring mental health into work and work systems also create anxiety and fear.
Stop Rewarding Anxious Leadership
- Interrupt anxious leadership behaviors with team-level practices and norms rather than shaming individuals.
- Use meeting patterns and structural moves to model healthier incentives and reduce rewarded anxiety.
Change Systems, Not Just People
- Change systems and meeting norms to interrupt anxious or biased behaviors rather than just coaching individuals.
- Use patterned meeting moves to teach new behaviors through practice and reflection.