“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” William Arthur Ward Today (21st September) is world gratitude day so I thought it appropriate to write a post about the role of gratitude in the workplace and why it’s one of those ‘soft’ things that’s really hard in that it’s […]
How to Foster Curiosity in Leadership
“I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted…I am only very, very curious” Albert Einstein How high does curiosity rank in your business or personal values? How do you develop the traits and attributes of curiosity in your people? Without curiosity in our organisational culture, we risk staying in our comfort zones, sticking to the […]
Creating a Culture where no-one wants to Retire
“Work itself is but what you deem of it.” Marcus Aurelius I’ve just finished reading an article from the Guardian last week on people still working in their later years, including a pub landlady in her 90’s and I feel so inspired. Without wanting to spoil the article (trust me it’s a great read), I […]
Inspiring 21st Century Leadership with the i4 Neuroleader Tool
A Message for Learning and Development Professionals The Changing Face of Developing Leaders Over the last few decades, leadership development programmes were often the privilege of a select few, offered to assist people in organisations to improve the skills thought to be necessary in order to be an effective leader of others. These programmes were […]
The Importance of Quality Sleep and Why I love my Blackout Blind
When we arrived in the UK in March, the first thing we noticed was that the sky wasn’t dark at night. In Australia it was pitch black where we lived and we never really thought much of it….until we got here and couldn’t sleep. Just before leaving Australia I was fortunate enough to go on […]
Why your first ‘gut’ Decision could be your Best – Intuition vs Analysis
I’ve just finished listening to a great podcast with Dr Jonathan Schooler from the University of California Santa Barbara. He shared three experiments on intuition versus analysis and explained what he has termed ‘verbal overshadowing’. Experiment Number 1 Two groups tasted a number of jams, one group was asked to taste then rank and a […]
Why it’s Time to Take Positivity Seriously
Picture this; it’s the end of your working day and on the whole it’s been a great day. You started with a friendly catch-up with colleagues and managed to cover off everything that was on your ‘to do’ list. A team meeting that you weren’t sure about went really well and you actually got to have a proper […]
Changing the Habits of Habit
This month’s blog is dedicated to habit – that which can drive us to be the best we can be or drive us to total distraction. We will look at how habits are formed in the brain, why they seem so hard to break and strategies to change unresourceful habits into new, more resourceful ones. Feature Article […]