{"id":10276,"date":"2016-07-18T07:42:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T11:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=10276"},"modified":"2016-07-18T07:42:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T11:42:34","slug":"monday-morning-moment-relational-wisdom-at-work-and-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=10276","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Moment – Relational Wisdom at Work and at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monday morning emails can be treacherous\u2026 This morning when I woke,\u00a0 my husband\u00a0told me he\u2019d just heard from a valued colleague that he had secured another job. Dave was expecting this because of previous communications they\u2019ve had with each other. Through an organizational re-structuring, there are many whose jobs are changing. This email was good news because this person will be a tremendous addition to any team \u2013 good news and sad news. We will miss this man on our team but we celebrate a great job match.<\/p>\n

Then another email came in. It was from the person who will be his new supervisor. It was full of respect and regard \u2013\u00a0a courtesy email that is not necessarily company culture these days but an email that shows understanding and empathy. When change comes, even good change, there is still that adjustment, that grieving of the good that was. Those two emails speak volume about\u00a0emotional intelligence or\u00a0relational wisdom\u2026and that\u2019s\u00a0something we always need in the workplace\u2026and at home.<\/p>\n

The holidays and summer vacations have a particular call for wisdom to soften difficult expectations,\u00a0disarm family conflicts, and personalize interactions to fit the needs of those nearest to us.<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: rw360.org<\/a><\/p>\n

One very simple way we can tune into seasonal celebrations is to deal with our own stuff. Keeping our minds on the goodness of the these occasions helps.<\/p>\n

Related to both our work and home relationships, Ken Sande<\/a>, founder of Relational Wisdom 360<\/a>,\u00a0has given us a great gift. He has\u00a0written 33 Ways to Enjoy Highly Relational Holidays<\/a>. A fast-read blog a day\u00a0on relational wisdom, written for Advent but which also fits nicely into a block of summer days.<\/p>\n

I attended Dr. Sande\u2019s Peacemaker course years ago during a challenging work season, and\u00a0what I learned then continues to be\u00a0a tremendous help to me today. If your work or family situation is somewhat intimidating, don\u2019t despair. There are those in our lives (Ken Sande is one) who will come alongside and help\/mentor us, if we\u2019re willing to take care of our own hearts and minds.\"Monday<\/a>Photo Credit: coldspringcenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n

As summer hums along and return to school looms ahead, I hope you are savoring happily memorable times\u00a0together with family. As far as work goes, just like with the emails above, we can do our part to make our workplace a kind and honoring experience \u2013 our part (not someone else\u2019s) in making it the way it could be\u2026the way it should be\u2026\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: GoodWorksBracelet.com<\/a><\/p>\n

What helps you thrive in stressful situations at work? What has made a difference in bringing peace and joy to your summer vacations and holiday celebrations? Please comment and share with those searching for that wisdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Adapted from the Archives] Monday morning emails can be treacherous\u2026 This morning when I woke,\u00a0 my husband\u00a0told me he\u2019d just heard from a valued colleague that he had secured another job. Dave was expecting this because of previous communications they\u2019ve had with each other. Through an organizational re-structuring, there are many whose jobs are changing. … Continue reading Monday Morning Moment – Relational Wisdom at Work and at Home<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[810,926,2986,813,1704,2126,1705,2307,147,825,109,33,317,1450,353,761,233,1453,2817,185],"tags":[2359,1847,95,2363,1459,3450,2358,3449,3451,741,314],"class_list":["post-10276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-good-gifts","category-attending-or-focus","category-attitude","category-christmas","category-communication","category-community","category-conversations","category-emotions","category-family-2","category-holidays","category-home-2","category-inspired","category-lessons-learned","category-monday-morning","category-monday-morning-moment","category-redeeming-restoring","category-vacations","category-work","category-workplace-culture","category-workplace-or-marketplace","tag-emotional-intelligence","tag-holidays","tag-home","tag-ken-sande","tag-monday-morning","tag-peacemaker","tag-relational-wisdom","tag-relational-wisdom-360","tag-summer-vacation","tag-wisdom","tag-workplace"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-2FK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10278,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions\/10278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}