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How Ethos Manages Stress
April is Stress Awareness Month, and to say that 2020 was “stressful” feels like an understatement. The good news is that there are tools and coping mechanisms that exist to alleviate stress; and, if you live with chronic stress or any other underlying physical or mental health condition further impacted by stress, there are ways to lessen its effects.
We Stand Against White Supremacy and for AAPI Lives
The Ethos team stands with the AAPI community and calls for others to show solidarity and, most importantly, take action.
Unlearning the Protestant Work Ethic
For years, feeling a sense of accomplishment came from the sheer number of things I achieved, not what they were or what they meant to me. Now, I am trying something new. Each day, I am writing down one thing I was proud of doing regardless of prestige, scale, or recognition.
Giving Tuesday at Ethos
Each year for Giving Tuesday, Ethos donates to the organization of each team members’ choice in their name. It brings us joy to give back to our communities in whatever way we can, and we are proud to have been a part of the Giving Tuesday contributions. Our team believes that awareness is a key factor, which is why we are happy to share more information about the organizations we donated to!
How to Build an Employee Resource Group
How to Build an Employee Resource Group Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have been
We Stand Against White Supremacy and for Black Lives.
We are outraged by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. We grieve for them and the many, many others before them who lost their lives to police brutality and racial injustice.
A Letter to Emotional Workers
Emotional work can be brutal, draining, exhausting, and heavy. It also helps others come to a sense of acceptance, equanimity, calm, release, and joy. It is a genuine service that draws from scarce resources.
Emotional Intelligence with The Babadook
It’s not often that we think of a horror movie as the inroad to a more balanced and centered kind of emotional intelligence, but at the heart of The Babadook is a parable about how to manage emotions in a healthy way.
Designing Training, The Ethos Way
At Ethos, we build all training by the rule of 2/3s. If our participants aren’t in exercises or discussion for 2/3 of the session, we retool and give them more to do.