My cobber in D.C. Leland Schwartz is always onto a good thing. He sent me a just-published book called Zentivity: How to Eliminate Chaos, Stress, and Discontent in Your Workplace by Marianne Clyde which asks: “Why is it that when illness is related to emotional, mental, or relationship factors, are we more likely to hide and deny it, hoping it just goes away? This doesn’t make sense. If we simply addressed the issues up front and learned techniques to help ourselves and our employees overcome them, we would see direct results in enhanced job performance, a more positive outlook, and focused productivity.”

Reports show that 43.8 million Americans suffer from some kind of mental illness. Even more are dealing with difficult emotional difficulties such as divorce, health issues, parenting problems. The impact on the economy is a whopping $225.8 billion a year. The wise employer is one that recognizes the connection between strong mental/emotional health in the workplace and increased productivity, lower costs and stronger bottom line.

Zentivity offers practical, easy-to-implement solutions to help business leaders achieve a level of mental and emotional stability, creating a strong internal locus of control, enabling them to respond wisely and efficiently to stressors and unexpected crises in the workplace.

Based on the practice of 10 Essential Principles, Marianne Clyde, licensed marriage and family therapist, offers leaders a way to strengthen their own sense of well-being and offer support to those they lead. She lays out a step by step guide to develop strong individuals, leading to a stronger team and better productivity.

Learn how to:

• Get rid of old emotional programs that keep spinning in the back of your consciousness, sabotaging your efforts, and replace them with thoughts and beliefs that work.
• Respond instead of react, so there’s less to clean up later.
• Understand how your personal history informs your decisions and opinions, and how to apply that in understanding others.
• Strengthen your awareness of yourself, others and your surroundings so you can respond in a way that maximizes time and energy.
• Communicate effectively so you can be heard and respected.
• Find a way to practice gratitude, respect, non-judgment, forgiveness to maximize your effectiveness.
• Get grounded through meditation and mindfulness, without losing your edge or taking up too much time.
• Detach from drama and chaos to keep a clear and balanced perspective.
• Be the same balanced, healthy person in business and at home.
• Just breathe…. (and why you should).