Leading through a crisis, at work and at home
What holds when everything shakes, what you can set aside for a while, and when it is time to get medical help, at work and in your private life.
Yasmina Petersson6 min readYasmina Petersson
Qualified social worker (socionom) and Level 1 psychotherapist with twenty years in social services, eight of them as a unit manager. Coaches and mentors managers in Varberg and by video, and is a certified yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance, 200 hours, with 50 hours of yin yoga).
Yasmina Petersson6 min read
A letter to a new manager
A letter to someone who has just taken on their first management role, about the first three months and leading the way you would want to be led.Yasmina Petersson5 min read
Monday, 7.40 a.m.
An invented but typical Monday morning for a unit manager in social services, and what it says about making decisions under pressure.Yasmina Petersson5 min read
The hard conversation, line by line
An invented but typical conversation between a manager and a team member, with my notes on feedback, boundaries and keeping the relationship intact.Yasmina Petersson6 min read
What research says about coaching, and where it stops
A walk through what the studies show about coaching, mindfulness, yoga and values, and the questions research cannot yet answer.Yasmina Petersson4 min read
Stance before technique
On yoga's yamas and niyamas as an inner frame for people who lead others, and why your stance often shows before your method does.Yasmina Petersson5 min read
Mentor or coach?
Questions and answers on the difference between a mentor and a coach, when each helps most, and what the research can and cannot tell us.Yasmina Petersson4 min read
When life at home falls apart and you still have to lead
For managers who keep leading while going through an illness, a separation or a loss: on being allowed to be human at work, and where to find help.Yasmina Petersson5 min read
Five questions after a hard decision
A worksheet for the quarter of an hour after a difficult decision: five questions, a time limit and a way to put the decision down.Yasmina Petersson5 min read
Your team notices when you see them
An invented but typical story from an employee's point of view, about what it is like when a manager really notices you, and what the research says.Yasmina Petersson4 min read
