In this issue: The Next-Level Leader, Stretch Your Impact training, Daniel's Kindness Fund, Stretch Healthy Leader Darcie Bristow, Oct 19 Q&A with Darcy and Cyndi.

by Cyndi Wineinger We’ve all heard bad boss stories, but this one will tug at your heartstrings. My friend’s father worked in a job he loved as a civil engineer in North Carolina. Years after retirement he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. During his decline he kept re-living a short two-year time in his career where he had a terrible manager. Sadly, the PTSD of that terrible manager stood out in his mind during that dementia and he experienced that time over and over. Nothing the family could say or do could pull him out of the traumatic memories of that one season of life. I think about this story often because it’s at the core what Darcy and I do: we coach people to help create environments and provide leadership that allow people to find joy in their work. To see how work can bring meaning and purpose to life.

One of the most exciting opportunities we see is development of the “next level” leader We continue to see that this generation is self-aware and wants to work for leaders who care. Team members want to produce successful work output, and they want to be treated as a “whole-person.” All of us leaders can be wonderfully stretched to learn to lead in a new “kind leadership” approach. So, what can we learn as leaders right now? What should we be doing in a new way?

Become the Chief Energy Officer As a leader, you are setting the pace for your team’s energy and excitement. If you can bring a level of positive energy you’re going to have an easier time connecting with other people. Have you seen the video where a man ignites a chain reaction of laughter on a crowded commuter train? He starts to laugh and just keeps laughing harder and louder. Soon enough, fellow passengers’ smiles get bigger and eventually turn to laughter as well. Walk by a stranger and smile and you’ll see their instinct is to smile back. Think about what energy you’re bringing and remember how contagious that is. Your brain doesn’t know whether a smile is real or if a laugh is real – it just knows you told it to be in a good mood so it responds by releasing happy chemicals. CONTINUE READING

Introducing Daniel's Kindness Fund Our Purpose is “to help people enjoy their work.” We believe it takes Healthy Leaders who are grounded in spreading Kindness. This fund will help expand these acts of kindness in honor of Cyndi's son, Daniel. We will make a donation for each person who commits to a training program and our first acts of kindness will be shared in our December newsletter. We are excited to find ways to encourage our clients to pay it forward as well.

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Culture fuels strategy in a thriving business. And that's precisely how we help clients succeed. Working with mid-size, growth-oriented companies, we bridge the gap between culture, strategy & implementation. Stretch co-founders Cyndi Wineinger and Darcy Bien also serve clients through The Wineinger Company and Partners in Change.

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