Retire Negative Stress: Recent Episodes
Jeff Robinson
It's time to eliminate the behaviors in the workplace that impact a person's self esteem, confidence and dignity to get what they want in life. Jeff Robinson holds a Bachelor of Science, Masters in Business/IT and has over 25 years of professional experience with top organizations from the field to the boardroom across organizational units from projects to operations, marketing to functional corporate support and everything in between including sales, IT, Finance, Corporate Planning, HR and Environment / Health / Safety / Community Relations. Jeff has worked internationally for over half of his professional career and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration to focus on the application of new research to address the mandate of RETIRE NEGATIVE STRESS in the 'New Post-COVID Workplace Reality'.
Welcome to Module 16 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, BUILD SELF EFFICACY! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Time (T)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Social Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Make responsible decisions to balance your day and optimize time, while weighing all aspects equally.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Improving individual self efficacy is essential to goal attainment.
2. A more self-determined behavior increases the likelihood for success.
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Welcome to Module 15 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, BUILD PRESENCE! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Time (T)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Emotional Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Build mindful awareness to recognize, experience and appreciate the present moment.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Breathing can have a significant impact on your ability to self regulate.
2. The ability to stay in the present promotes the ability to savor.
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Welcome to Module 14 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, BUILD RESILIENCE! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Time (T)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Positive Psychology
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Understand what resilience is and how to act on your convictions despite setbacks, doubts, and fears.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Understanding your beliefs can help you work with your emotions.
2. Reframing thoughts can be a powerful tool to move forward in life.
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Welcome to Module 13 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, BUILD HEALTHY HABITS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Time (T)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Neuroscience
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Learn how to prioritize time to build healthy habits that support your progress towards goals.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Habits can be extremely hard to modify or change once it sets in.
2. Building in small and simple habits can have a major positive impact.
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Welcome to Module 12 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Act (A)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Social Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Cultivate relationships by presenting yourself authentically and taking responsibility for your actions.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Practicing empathy is essential to emotional and social intelligence.
2. Praising others can have the opposite intended effect on motivation.
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Welcome to Module 11 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, ESTABLISH SELF CONTROL AND FOCUS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Act (A)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Emotional Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Establish self control and focus to manage your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Delaying gratification is essential to improving self regulation.
2. Knowing what depletes your energy can lead to improved willpower.
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Welcome to Module 9 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, LEARN HOW YOU LEARN! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Act (A)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Neuroscience
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Learn how you learn and use this to generate the energy and motivation to acquire new knowledge and skills.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Sleep is an essential component of the learning process.
2. Learning is a lifelong process and not necessarily linear by nature.
3. A fixed mindset over time can lead to illusions of competence.
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Welcome to Module 10 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, LEVERAGE YOUR STRENGTHS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Act (A)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Positive Psychology
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Leverage your strengths effectively without needing to seek attention or compare yourself to others.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Knowing and applying your strengths provide a path to well-being.
2. Time and space can sometimes disappear when challenge and skill meet.
3. It can be important to satisfy lower-level physiological needs first.
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Welcome to Module 8 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, DEVELOP SOCIAL AWARENESS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Hazard (H)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Social Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Build awareness of your social environment and
understand how you project yourself to others.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Positive emotions are a precursor to building relationships.
2. Belonging and social relationships are antidotes to loneliness.
3. Recognizing your role in the Drama Triangle is the key to resolution.
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Welcome to Module 7 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, DEVELOP SELF AWARENESS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Hazard (H)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Emotional Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Develop the awareness needed to effectively
navigate your thoughts and feelings.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Prioritizing the experience of emotions can increase wellbeing.
2. Noticing and naming feelings opens the door to navigate emotions.
3. Being aware of your action tendencies can provide insight to growth.
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Welcome to Module 6of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, STUDY YOUR OBSTACLES! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Hazard (H)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Positive Psychology
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Explore your obstacles and navigate through
unnecessary risks while planning for your future.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Adversity can present an opportunity for growth.
2. The way you explain the causes of events is the basis for optimism.
3. Skills and tools are required to get to the root of the issue.
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Welcome to Module 5 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, RECOGNIZE THINKING TRAPS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Hazard (H)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Neuroscience
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Identify thinking traps and learn to let go of counterproductive thoughts and feelings.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Your brain is wired to place greater emphasis on the negative.
2. Our rational thoughts are often impacted by cognitive biases.
3. Not being able to counter worry can often lead to bigger problems.
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Welcome to Module 4 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, DEFINE YOUR PURPOSE AND GOALS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Threshold Optimal Performance (TOP)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Social Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Discover the pathways to purpose and how
to formulate and achieve your goals by including others.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Effort is required, on your part, to identify your purpose in life.
2. Deliberate practice is required to build new skills.
3. Goal setting is a critical step to getting what you want.
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Welcome to Module 3 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, VISUALIZE SUCCESS! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Threshold Optimal Performance (TOP)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Emotional Intelligence
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Learn how to visualize a future vision of your best self and practice what success looks like for you.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Having an optimistic mindset is important to get what you want in life.
2. Hopefulness is a keystone for goal achievement.
3. Visualization techniques prime your mind and body to act.
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Welcome to Module 2 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, REFLECT ON THE PAST! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Threshold Optimal Performance (TOP)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Positive Psychology
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Understand the importance of self reflection to
acknowledge the past in order move forward.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. Intentional activities are important for life satisfaction and happiness.
2. Incorporating gratitude increases positive emotions.
3. Our long-term memories about events can be skewed.
4. Forgiveness is essential to progress towards what you want.
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Welcome to Module 1 of 16 in the TOP HAT Program, EXPLORE YOUR BRAIN! This podcast provides you with a short overview of the module to support you (as a decision maker, a moderator or a participant) in your respective organization implementation role.
TOP HAT ELEMENT - Threshold Optimal Performance (TOP)
KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY - Neuroscience
KEY LEARNING OUTCOME - Learn about how the brain functions and use this knowledge to clarify the big picture.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand why:
1. It is important to know more about your brain and how it functions.
2. We sometimes act out of ourselves when our survival instincts kick in.
3. You are never too old to learn new things.
4. Learning about neurotransmitters and hormones can help you improve.
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Now that the stage is set from the first nine(9) episodes in the series, we get our next segment. The TOP HAT Program modules. In this episode, we take you through the Introduction Module which can be downloaded for FREE from www.RetireNegativeStress.com. Also included is the Dashboard and the audio file for the Visualization exercise in the module. All of this material is designed to give you and your company decision makers, a better understanding about what the TOP HAT Program is all about.
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The TOP HAT Program has four(4) Knowledge Pathways.
- Neuroscience
- Positive Psychology
- Emotional Intelligence
- Social Intelligence
Social Intelligence is the extension of Emotional Intelligence’s relationship management competency. Social Intelligence is thus your ability to manage your own emotional skills needed to correctly read social situations and other people’s emotions, and then to react in a manner that is socially acceptable in order to get others to cooperate and co-exist.
As with Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence is something you can develop and hone. The TOP HAT program was designed to teach you – and your co-workers – how to do that.
In this episode, we break down Social Intelligence, and present five(5) topics from the TOP HAT program to help you understand this knowledge pathway and implement strategic approaches specific to retiring negative stress in your organization. To learn more, click here.
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The TOP HAT Program has four(4) Knowledge Pathways.
- Neuroscience
- Positive Psychology
- Emotional Intelligence
- Social Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, what we often call emotional maturity, refers to the ability to manage your emotions. When you can do that well, you’re better able to listen and communicate, to handle unexpected events, to persevere through challenge, to lead by example. Organizations need people who score high in this Knowledge Pathway, to dial down the stress and anxiety that exists in high performing companies. Emotional Intelligence is something that can be worked on and constantly improved. The TOP HAT program provides a framework for that purpose.
In this episode, we break down Emotional Intelligence, and present five(5) topics from the TOP HAT program to help you understand this knowledge pathway and implement strategic approaches specific to retiring negative stress in your organization. To learn more, click here.
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Close your eyes.
Think about the worst day you have ever had at work.
Do you feel it now?
This is negative stress.
Negative stress is a silent performance killer. It enters through cracks in an organization’s human resources strategy, and spreads like a virus.
It doesn’t just drag down productivity and profitability, it sours the team’s cohesiveness and morale.
It will hurt your company reputation and force you to pay more for replacement staff. Left unaddressed, negative stress could soon see you facing lawsuits from staff charging ‘toxic workplace’ conditions.
This episode discusses negative stress, including the costs to organizations and the impacts associated with COVID19. To learn more, click here.
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Two of my biggest 'Pet Peaves' over my career include;
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Programs that are 'dropped' on the organization with little or no resources committed to deliver the intended result.
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Programs that start off great with a 'Big Bang', but quickly lose steam and momentum because they are too heavy to implement and sustain over time.
The TOP HAT Program is designed to help individuals develop the critical skills they need to reduce their negative stress.
The program is comprised of 16 modules delivered across 4 knowledge pathways.
Each module takes about 2 hours to complete, with a monthly schedule recommended. The modules are moderated by an individual within your organization designated a “Champion”. Each Champion deploys the TOP HAT Program to a group of 20. For a staff of 400, for example, 20 Champions would be required.
In this way, an organization can transform an entire workforce without shutting down or needing massive training facilities.
In this episode, we discuss how the program can be implemented at YOUR organization. To learn more, click here.
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Here we go!
Following up Coast 2 Coast - A Mind Full of Discussion, which to date has over +10k podcast downloads, the Retire Negative Stress Podcast is designed to discuss, explore and confront issues and topics to help eliminate negative stress (also known as di-stress, get it?) in the workplace.
The first 10 episodes of the podcast focus on features of the TOP HAT Program, a preventative risk management program to help address Psychological Health and Safety (Mental Health). For more information, please visit RetireNegativeStress.com.
From there we get into the TOP HAT Program content, current research and guest interviews, all designed to help YOU work with YOUR ORGANIZATION to RETIRE NEGATIVE STRESS.
If you need to discuss this topic with someone who understands the impact of Negative Stress in the workplace and what can be done, book a 30 minute consultation with me.
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Sincerely, Jeff Robinson
The TOP HAT Program has four(4) Knowledge Pathways.
- Neuroscience
- Positive Psychology
- Emotional Intelligence
- Social Intelligence
A relatively new domain of psychology, positive psychology is focused on prevention over treatment; on what’s going right, as opposed to what’s not working.
In the workplace, it can be used to focus on building positive emotions, which enables people to trust, innovate, grow and inspire others.
Connections are built and strengthened through mindful practices of gratitude and empathy, which trigger resilience and tenacity.
In this episode, we break down Positive Psychology, and present five(5) topics from the TOP HAT Program to help you understand this knowledge pathway and implement strategic approaches specific to retiring negative stress in your organization. To learn more, click here.
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The TOP HAT Program has four(4) Knowledge Pathways:
- Neuroscience
- Positive Psychology
- Emotional Intelligence
- Social Intelligence
Using neuroscience to improve productivity and efficiency is not a new construct. Some of the most prolific leaders and icons of our time have capitalized on key attributes associated with how science has learned to define the brain process.
We’ve all heard the terminology “work smarter, not harder” – yet many, if not most of us, struggle to find a way to connect that to our daily lives. It sounds great – but what does that mean and how do we do it?
In this episode, we break down Neuroscience, and present five(5) topics from the TOP HAT Program to help you understand this knowledge pathway and implement strategic approaches specific to retiring negative stress in your organization. To learn more, click here.
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Following is feedback from my brother...
TOP HAT, weird name, why did you choose this name for the program?
But thanks for priming a memory of Mr. Peanut!
T - Threshold
O - Optimal
P - Performance
H - Hazard
A - Act
T - Time
The TOP HAT Program is an evidence-based risk prevention program created to eliminate negative stress in the workplace. It’s designed to help people gain confidence in their personal and professional selves, to encourage self-growth and mindfulness, while setting the environment to truly connect co-workers through empathy and support.
This episode introduces you to the structure of the program and explains the TOP HAT Framework and how the program works. To learn more, click here.
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TRUE or FALSE?
The pandemic has resulted in major shifts in the ways organizations work, providing new challenges for staff, and the new stressors that accompany change?
Mental Health problems are expected to be the source of more than 50% of all disability claims administered over the next 5 years: that means more mental health challenges than physical ones.
Should your company be worried about this mental health crisis? Emerging case law across the globe is making it the organization’s LEGAL DUTY to deliver a workplace where employees feel safe from psychological harm. Employees are increasingly taking action.
This episode sets the stage for YOU to present the business, legal and empirical cases in support of the drivers to initiate positive change with YOUR Organization. To learn more, click here.
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