{"id":2929,"date":"2024-02-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2024-01-05T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:47:10","slug":"tweak-your-triggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/tweak-your-triggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweak Your Triggers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serving as an educational leader can be extremely stressful, especially in these challenges times when it sometimes seems you&#8217;re assailed from every side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But putting up a shield to protect yourself isn&#8217;t the most productive approach. Instead, focus on managing your <em>reactions<\/em>. Learn to notice your triggers, then press pause, harness the narrative, and explore valid concerns and alternatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here <a href=\"https:\/\/corp.smartbrief.com\/original\/2023\/12\/4-ways-to-create-a-more-collaborative-culture?utm_term=0D8D01C3-DCB4-4CFF-B855-A92CDA28919B&amp;lrh=2763b2151d2a144eedea60da23622eb970684a3c77df4b2ce285eac6defa7295&amp;utm_campaign=3E572E12-3FBC-11D5-AD13-000244141872&amp;utm_content=AC2BDF2F-699A-4F0A-97D8-F430DF80C28F&amp;utm_source=brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four ways to effectively address criticism<\/a>, embarrassment, unresolved conflict, and other situations that can threaten your self-worth or credibility. As Marlene Chism notes, &#8220;With awareness and practice, leaders who learn to control defensiveness set the stage for open conversations that reduce conflict and promote a collaborative culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serving as an educational leader can be extremely stressful, especially in these challenges times when it sometimes seems you&#8217;re assailed from every side. But putting up a shield to protect yourself isn&#8217;t the most productive approach. Instead, focus on managing your reactions. Learn to notice your triggers, then press pause, harness the narrative, and explore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[194,556,557,555,558],"class_list":["post-2929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-collaboration","tag-four-ways-to-address-criticism","tag-marlene-chism","tag-triggers","tag-workplace-stress","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2932,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions\/2932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}