Independent Community Banks of North Dakota Learns New Facts On Stress and Doing More with Less

I had the honor of working with the Independent Community Banks of North Dakota.  Wendy Ruud-Assistant Vice President of ICBND- asked me to work with her Emerging Leaders Development Group.  The Emerging Leaders are creative, bright, and open minded banking leaders who all impressed me…to say the least!

They are progressive, energetic bankers who want to better themselves both personally and professionally.
They are committed to preserve community banking and its philosophy.

We discussed The New Normal…Doing More with Less.

Check out the following topics from the training:

• We can’t have a productive work environment if employees are stretched to the max in their work or home life.
• All generations need to discuss their needs and challenges with each other in an open forum to create a positive work flow.
• Boomers live to work.
• Generation X work to live.
• Generation Y blend the two
• Making time for yourself is not a luxury…it is a necessity
• Make appointments with yourself in outlook to go home at certain times to gain control in your personal life
• Have strong conversations with negative people who pull the morale down.
• Negative people need to understand that they waste a lot of time and energy.
• Complaining cannot be tolerated.  Bringing ideas to solve an issue must be the new norm.
• It is not enough to be efficient.  We also need to be effective!
• New facts on stress:  Burn out means that it is time for a change.
• Humor is a survival skill.
• Improving morale is a constant challenge for all successful companies.
• Learn the lean philosophy from Toyota.  Continuously look for waste.  Make sure people discuss the root cause of problems immediately before mistakes continue.

We had some very interesting group interaction on each one of the above topics.
Participants walked away with ideas on how to set boundaries at work and home.  They commented on how they enjoyed learning new facts on stress to reduce conflict in the workplace.

A special thanks goes out to Wendy Ruud, Anita Quaglia, Dawn Flaten, and David Mason who allowed me to interview them before the program.

Check out the video from Anita Quaglia and Jeremy Jensen – 2 Emerging Leaders on how they will set boundaries after learning new facts about stress.

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Joyce Weiss