What is a micro stress and how are they impacting you personally and professionally?

What can you do to reduce micro stress in your organization and in your personal life?

My guest on this episode Is Rob Cross and Karen Dillon, co-Authors of “The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems—and What to Do about It”During our conversation, Rob, Karen, and I discuss:

• What a micro stress is and how it is impacting us in our everyday lives
• How microstress is draining our capacity, depleting our emotions, and challenging our identity
• Why negative interactions have 3 to 5 times the impact of positive interactions
• How to build resilience against microstress in our lives
• How managers can reduce microstress on their teams and why it will improve performance

Connecting with Rob & Karen:

Rob Cross on LinkedInKaren Dillon on LinkedIn

Consortium Web Site: Connected Commons

Personal Web Site: Rob Cross

New Book: The MicroStress Effect

The Microstess Effect App (Apple or Google)