Ever feel like life
is just a bit…stressful?

We do too. And we’d love your help
with our next research project as we learn more about it.

We are looking for volunteers to take
a 15-20 minute anonymous survey 
about stress, daily pressures, and coping strategies.

(FYI, It’s a fun survey—as far as surveys go—and we think you’ll enjoy it.)

WHAT DOES IT COVER?

  • The challenges you face and how you manage them

  • How stress affects your relationships and life satisfaction 

WHY TAKE PART?

  • Stress affects everyone differently. By sharing your experiences, you’ll help our research team explore what makes life more manageable and fulfilling. 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

  • U.S. residents ages 18 to 65 who work full-time, part-time, or are self-employed

 

If you have any questions, please contact us here. Participation is voluntary, and participants will not receive compensation for completing the survey.

“One of the greatest hurdles to loving your job isn’t the job description itself, but who you work with.”

—Author, Ryan Leak

Who is the most complicated person you work with? 

You probably don’t have to think very hard to answer that question. You already know their name, their job title, their quirks, and their flaws. You have firsthand experience with the mental and emotional fallout they leave in their wake. You’ve seen the problems their complexity creates for everyone on their team. You wish you could fix them, solve them, ignore them, or teleport them to a parallel dimension.

But you can’t. 

You have to work with them. 

(You could quit, but your next job will have a complicated person waiting for you.)

That means you need effective strategies to collaborate with (nearly) anyone. Especially the picky, prickly, problematic ones.  

Drawing from his global consulting experience with teams and leaders from the glitz of sports and entertainment, to the number-crunching world of finance, to the meticulous realms of insurance, pharma, and manufacturing, Ryan Leak provides proven strategies for…

  • Seeing challenging individuals as human beings to understand rather than problems to solve

  • Detoxing unrealistic expectations and getting comfortable with complicated

  • Learning to communicate effectively in complex environments 

  • Embracing healthy disagreement as a tool to discover better solutions 

  • Setting boundaries that let people into your world without letting them run your world

Chapter Titles

  1. The Person You Need This Book For

  2. Good, Better, and Not-So-Bad News

  3. Stop Letting Them Surprise You

  4. Same Planet, Different Worlds

  5. Collaboration Is a Mindset

  6. People Qs

  7. Age Is Just a Number…Until You Have to Work Together

  8. Now You’re Speaking My Language

  9. Don’t Shoot the Messenger

  10. Putting the “Nearly” in Nearly Anyone

  11. Choices That Change You, Even if People Stay the Same 

About Ryan Leak

Ryan Leak is a best-selling author, esteemed executive coach, and a highly sought-after transformational speaker. With an incredible reach of over 1 million people every year through his keynotes, Ryan's words have the power to transform lives. Each year, he dedicates his expertise and research to the growth of over 100,000 leaders, spanning the spectrum from Fortune 100 corporations to elite professional sports teams. While Ryan wears many hats, the ones he is most proud to wear are husband to Amanda and father to Jaxson and Roman.