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Going Beyond: Steps to Enhancing the Workplace. Ezra Holland, M.S. CEO, Ezra Holland Consulting (EHC) Lecturer, Recreation and Leisure Studies, San Francisco State University 415.948.7725 ezra@ehcservice.com. Good Business; Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning.
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Going Beyond:Steps to Enhancing the Workplace • Ezra Holland, M.S. • CEO, Ezra Holland Consulting (EHC) • Lecturer, Recreation and Leisure Studies, San Francisco State University • 415.948.7725 • ezra@ehcservice.com
Good Business; Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Principles of Good Business • Vision beyond the self • Integrity of leadership • A product that helps human kind
Vision beyond the self • To do one’s best • Helping people • Build a better world
A product that helps human kind • Happier in the long run • Provide social choice options • Foster social and environmental ethic • Responsible for the improvements of life
Integrity of leadership: • respect • common purpose • personal growth of members • Provide Opportunities for Flow in the workplace
high ANXIETY FLOW CHALLENGES BOREDOM low high SKILLS “The Map of Everyday Experience” from Good Business by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
high OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE (Focused Happy) ANXIETY (Stressed, Alert) AROUSAL (Alert, Focused) WORRY (Stressed, Sad) CONTROL (Happy, Confident) CHALLENGES APATHY (Sad, Depressed) BOREDOM (Depressed, Contented) RELAXATION (Confident, Contented) low high SKILLS “The Map of Everyday Experience” from Good Business by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
How does it feel to be in FLOW? • Goals are clear • Feedback is immediate • Opportunity and capacity are balanced • Concentration Deepens • The present is what matters • Control is no problem • Sense of time is altered • Ego is lost