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Magic in the Room #90: Using Flow State to Care for Your Team's Wellbeing
Feb 21, 2022
The ongoing effects of the great resignation, changing job markets, and COVID have left leaders with the difficult task of guiding tired, overworked, and often traumatized teams. Leaders must care for the well-being of team members while keeping performance high. In this episode of Magic in the Room, Luke, Hannah, and Chris discuss how Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's concept of Flow State allows leaders to match the level of challenge to the team's ability.
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Research in this episode:
- THE COVID STATES PROJECT: A 50-STATE COVID-19 SURVEY REPORT #54: MENTAL HEALTH IN THE US - http://news.northeastern.edu/uploads/COVID-19_CONSORTIUM_REPORT_54_DEPRESSION-May2021.pdf
- Flow State - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Graph-of-Csikszentmihalyis-flow-state-when-a-persons-ability-to-execute-a-task_fig1_279226015
- This could be why you're depressed or anxious - Johann Hari: https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_this_could_be_why_you_re_depressed_or_anxious?language=en
- Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong - Johann Hari: https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
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