Is there a good type of stress?
Stress is a natural human response that prompts us to address challenges and threats in our lives.
Onboarding - You’re (probably) doing it wrong
In this article, we go a bit further into this and explore the one thing that managers can do to boost the performance and well-being of their employees.
The Key to Boosting Employee Performance and Well-Being?
In this article, we go a bit further into this and explore the one thing that managers can do to boost the performance and well-being of their employees.
Job Crafting: What it is, benefits and potential challenges!
Job crafting is an effective way for employees to shape a role that matches their interests and strengths and allows individuals to spend more time with the people they love to work with.
Does performance-related pay work?
There are plenty of studies that report the positive benefits of PRP systems. They have been shown to increase motivation, attract high-performers and give employees a sense of autonomy and control over their work.
Recovering from Work Stress
Your ability to recover from stress is heavily influenced by whether your work is intrinsically motivated and meets your basic needs for competence, autonomy and relatedness.
Who can express emotions at work?
In the days of nineteenth-century bureaucratic management, emotions were deemed to be something to be left at the door and unnecessary interference with the rational, logical, and efficient world of industry. It is now more acceptable for employees to show emotion at work within the constraints of an unspoken social contract about what are acceptable emotions for the workplace and what are not.
The Oz Principle – Taking Accountability
Are you living below the line or above the line? This is one of the key principles in the book The Oz Principle which takes a deep dive into the issue of accountability.
Using the Five Dysfunctions of a Team Model to Raise the Performance of your Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a team is a model from teams expert Patrick Lencioni that helps to understand some of the common challenges faced within teams. You might recognise some of these ‘dysfunctions’ from teams you have worked in or are currently working in.
Are you Listening?
Listening is a fundamental communication skill that so many people get wrong so often. To listen to someone fully is to give them your time, attention, and respect. It helps build relationships, increase understanding, and drive connection.
Supporting your Coaching Journey with StrengthsFinder
Prepping like a winner! How to best prepare for your presentations!
Morning Routines
Have a think for a moment about your morning routine. What daily habits kick-start your day? Are you a well-oiled machine in the morning, setting up your day in the best possible way? Or is it a mad panic of activity that ends with you just about getting out of the door with your shoes on?
In Praise of Management
We often start training programmes with a discussion on the differences between managers and leaders and we typically get responses like this – “leaders inspire and motivate, and managers instruct and punish”, “leaders create opportunities and managers stifle creativity”, and so on.
How to find the right coach
The Four Domains – Frequently Asked Questions
You may have noticed within StrengthsFinder that all the 34 themes are often represented in different colours – red, orange, purple, and blue. These colours represent the ‘Four Domains of Team Strength’.
Clifton Strengths and Communications
Being Brave in the Workplace: To Speak or not to Speak?
If something is happening at work that you don’t agree with, do you speak out? Or do you think it is better to keep quiet? No one ever got sacked for staying quiet right?
The Cost of Bad Hiring and how to do it Right
What is #IamRemarkable?
You may have seen LinkedIn posts about #IamRemarkable workshops and people saying why they are remarkable. Who are all these big-headed people who think they are so great!? I was one of those people so thought I’d explain what #IamRemarkable is and why people are loving it so much.