*Below are prompts that you respond to based upon your last name, alphabetically. This structure is used for your initial video post.
Choose two (2) of the four points and create your initial 3-5 min video response
G-L) (M-R) – You are the manager of a publishing group of twenty employees. Your parent company is closing your organization and you must inform your employees that they are being laid off. While you will receive a bonus for staying on an additional two weeks, you will also be losing your job. Discuss the antecedent-focused strategies (situation selection, situation modification, attention deployment, cognitive change) and/or response-focused strategies (reappraisal, suppression) you would use to regulate your emotions and behavior in this situation. Which strategy or strategies do you believe would be most effective? Least effective?
(S-Z) (G-L) – Assume you are the manager of a team of employees and your team is experiencing a lot of stress due to the demands of the job. Do you feel that changing your management style would be an optimal solution to helping your team cope with the stress and ultimately perform better?