Sidney Lucas

Teams are needed because the world we live in requires constant experimentation, a continual response to changing conditions. In our exploration of new conditions and possibilities, we have to rapidly integrate new partners and different work disciplines. The team structure adapts most easily to changing conditions and has the greatest potential for creative solutions and new approaches to work challenges.

We provide a successful team development process that facilitates the development of a new team or the revitalization of an existing team. Whether your team is an ongoing work group, or a special project based team of limited duration, you will rapidly increase its effectiveness with the use of these teamwork tools and skills.

Our ability to deal effectively with our emotions in the work place is critical to our success as leaders. As the pace of the world increases and our environment makes more and more demands on our cognitive, emotional and physical resources, Emotional Intelligence is increasingly critical as a skill set. Emotional Intelligence strategies combine with native intelligence increase our ability to successfully manage the constant challenges from those we serve and those we lead.
Through skill building exercises, and group discussion, this course will provide you with the opportunity to identify your own challenges in maintaining positive environments and collaborative relationships as well as overcoming resistance and negativity. Participants will explore tools, techniques, skills and perceptions to perform your role and manage your emotions with confidence and positive results

Stress plays a major role in the ability to use cognitive processes and to think critically. As stress levels increase, adrenal and pituitary glands release certain chemicals that increase the heart rate to make the body run from danger. If there is no immediate danger, the stress hormones that were released remain in the body, continually promoting uneasiness and increasing stress levels. When the stress hormone cortisol accumulates too much, it can damage brain cells, affecting memory and other cognitive processes. Stressors consume the brain’s energy, preventing other functions, and create irrational, illogical thought. Stress also overworks the amygdala, the emotion regulating part of the brain, resulting in the inability of the prefrontal cortex to engage in critical thinking.
This presentation looks at how stress affects our ability to think critically and reduces our ability to make practical decisions and how we can reduce stress to make better decisions during critical times