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FacebookHow It All Fits Together Over the last several years we have noticed a trend in more and more organizations recognizing and acknowledging the challenge of burnout. It is something we hear a lot about these days in our fast-paced, results-driven society. Thanks to increasingly more comprehensive research, we are becoming more aware of… Read more »
Life/Work Balance
Ann’s Cat-in-the-Hat Birthday Party!
We begin each week with an hour of Q2 time to gather our spirits, share gratitude for this opportunity to serve and grow together and then one of us leads the team in some purposeful learning. We typically have pre-readings and pre-work and this morning was no exception. Except that it was my birthday… Read more »
Hi. My name is Ann. I’m an Energy-oholic.
Discovering the Difference between Addictive Energy and Balancing Energy I have always enjoyed abundant personal energy, as a child and all through my life. But I have also experienced periods of chronic burnout and have vivid memories of what that feels like. In 1984 I began studying life/work balance along with my business and… Read more »
Servants in Action: Bridgeway and Living Water International
Bridgeway has a longstanding partnership with the non-profit Living Water International (LWI), an organization that drills water wells in rural and impoverished areas all over the world. Over the last several years, Bridgeway partners have participated in service trips with LWI to Honduras, Guatemala, and most recently this May, El Salvador. Six Bridgeway partners (plus… Read more »
Halloween craziness and servant leadership
By Ann McGee Cooper You might wonder, is there a link between growing a leaderful culture and going all out for Halloween? And we would say that there are many opportunities within the fun of Halloween madness and growing a culture based on servant leadership. Here are a few: 1. When a company begins to plan fun… Read more »
Life/Work Balance: The Secret of Always Having Something Fun to Anticipate!
At the most recent Southwest Airlines Culture Committee Meeting, my good friend Scott Andrezjwski, who is an Aircraft Mechanic for Southwest Airlines, told me he had taken up a new hobby and was really enjoying it. Our team has been doing research for strategies to create and maintain extraordinary Life/Work Balance so my curiosity was… Read more »
Energy Memories and the State Fair of Texas
One of my favorite learning activities we do in our You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted! workshop is to recall favorite moments in your life and use these as reference points to create new energy. Sometimes, Ann will lead participants in an imaging exercise recalling favorite ways we played as children; other… Read more »
Liberating Myself from Toxic Thinking & Habits
I was reflecting on my gardening and how much joy it brings to me when I do it and when I walk in my garden or simply viewing it from afar. It nurtures my creative spirit. I want to do more. I love to harvest vegetables and herbs to eat from our garden. And I… Read more »
"Ann McGee-Cooper teaches us that 'work' and 'drudgery' are not synonymous. She shows how a job can be a source of fellowship, zest, pride, fun, and individual expression. If we follow her precepts, we will return home refreshed, not jaded, and inspired rather than debilitated, at the end of our 'fun day,' not our 'work day.' We will also collectively be a more productive, competitive, and healthy society. I believe in what she says." Herb Kelleher
Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Southwest Airlines
