Less stress at the top of senior managers’ wish list for 2009 The top spot on the new year's resolutions for senior managers in 2009 goes to better stress management, according to a survey from training film provider Video Arts. The survey, which questioned 1,000 employees in UK organisations, suggests the top ten resolutions for senior managers are: 1. Manage stress better 2. Be more organised 3. Be more motivated 4. Be more assertive 5. Deal with conflict better 6. Be more creative 7. Be more inspirational to their team 8. Praise their team more 9. Improve their ability to influence others 10. Have more productive meetings Interestingly, all of those items are things that an individual (whether they are a manager or not) can learn and develop skills for. Some of them (for example being more motivated, dealing with conflict better, being more assertive, improving the ability to influence others) can be learned through our Team Agility programme. We can also run training programmes for you that will help improve in all of those areas – contact us to arrange a no obligation discussion to see how we could help you.