Dominic Irvine
About:
Dominic Irvine, is the founding partner of management and leadership consultancy, Epiphanies LLP. With his colleagues, Dominic has grown the practice from developing executives using coaching, to the design and facilitation of international conferences, culture change and leadership development for multinational blue chip companies across the globe. Dominic is also a record-breaking ultra-distance cyclist and in 2018 competed in the Tour Divide cycling challenge, a self-supported mountain bike race, which goes from the border of the USA and Mexico to Banff in Canada – a total of 2,750 miles.
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Here are 10 tips to help you cope with pressure at work. Each of the suggestions made has earned the right to be on the list because of the overwhelming evidence that they work.
Stop!
It’s very hard to make things worse by stopping and working out what to do. Take five, go for a walk or find a quiet corner to get your thoughts together. Give yourself the space to make sense of what is happening. Make a list if it...
Having resilience is an important business skill—it allows us to bounce back quickly from situations that are tough, or even traumatic. We develop coping mechanisms and resilience over time by learning from experiences that may feel threatening until we face and overcome them. Just as the novice kayaker is intimidated by white water, over time he learns how to tackle rapids that once scared him.
Choosing to respond in a way that minimizes trauma is...
Thinking. You don’t often see it in people’s diaries, but based on recent interviews with 50 senior managers, perhaps it should be, as the common theme that emerged is a daily struggle to find the time to think and plan. Staying so busy trying to keep on top of everything, these leaders reported losing sight of what they were trying to achieve and the bigger picture of why these things needed to be done. The paradox is that the more senior you are,...