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Fighting Office Dragons

Office Dynamics

I have been speaking about office dragons for years and how to professionally deal with the dragons. Dragons were huge, dominating, fictitious creatures. For many people, work is like a dragon. PT for my LIVE E-Course, Fighting Office Dragons. There are many dragon species at work.

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Fighting Office Dragons – Managers (1 of 3 part series)

Office Dynamics

One of the topics I cover in that module is called Fighting Office Dragons. Participants discuss 3 species of dragons: 1) Manager, 2) Co-workers, and 3) Themselves. I have participants discuss things people in those categories do that make them appear to be a dragon. Today, I will focus on the manager dragon.

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Fighting Co-Worker Dragons (2 of 3 part series)

Office Dynamics

Hopefully, you read part 1, Fighting Manager Dragons , where I introduced and explained the topic of office dragons. In case you did not open that issue, you may want to check it out as I discussed employees’ perceptions of manager dragons and tips to success. Today, I want to address co-worker dragons.

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Fighting Office Dragons

Office Dynamics

Medieval writers used to love to write about dragons. Dragons were huge, fiery creatures. Sometimes work is like a dragon in that it consumes a great deal of our time. So what should you do when facing the dragons? Educate the dragon. Be careful, though, how you approach the "dragon." Joan Burge.

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Fighting Office Dragons

Office Dynamics

Medieval writers used to love to write about dragons. Dragons were huge, fiery creatures. Sometimes work is like a dragon in that it consumes a great deal of our time. So what should you do when facing the dragons? Educate the dragon. Be careful, though, how you approach the "dragon." Joan Burge.

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How to Positively Slay Your Office Dragons

Office Dynamics

I have been speaking on how to slay your ‘Office Dragons’ for 25 years now. Dragons are huge, dominating, fictitious creatures. For many people, work is like a dragon. In dragon-fighting, the important thing to remember is that it’s a matter of the mind. There are many dragon species at work.

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Tips to Get Rid of Stress

Office Dynamics

Then comes the stress and we quickly become one of the “office dragons” that we don’t like very much. This can send us into a “panic mode” and because our natural reaction is the “fight or flight” response, we need to rely on exercise and physical exertion to metabolize these levels of stress. Go workout. Do some yoga.

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