Buying in to Company Goals (2 minute read) While the nay-sayers may discourage employees from supporting and embracing the goals and ambitions of the company they work for, there’s more to employee buy-in than the cynical jibes... Goals
The Attributes of Empathy (1 minute read) Nursing scholar, Dr Teresa Wiseman, has helped clarify the 4 key attributes of empathy, which is too often confused with sympathy. “Empathy fuels connection, while sympathy drives disc...
Meaning In & At Work (1 minute read) During a recent podcast from the team at Workleap , PhD researcher on the psychology of work, Mike Ross was quizzed on ‘the meaning of work’. From the outset, Ross decided to unpack th...
Buddying-Up for Accountability (2 minute read) “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.” (Thomas S. Monson) It’s probably no surprise that ...
Everyone’s Doing Their Best With What They Have (2 minute read) “All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgement and lets me focus on what is, and not what should or could be.” (Dr. ...
Feeling the Feels (2 minute read) For all the research and anecdotal evidence on the ideal pre-performance routine, there is an emerging level of honest admission about incidences when performances have been above expe...
Passion versus Purpose (2 minute read) It’s often suggested that we chase our passions for a rewarding and fulfilling life. The problem with this lies in the fact that our passions can ebb and flow – like the tides – or we ...
Handling Your Emotions – in just 90 seconds (2 minute read) “Never make a permanent decision based upon a temporary emotion.” Every now and then we’re presented with a little life hack which has the potential to re-frame our thinking and subseq...
Time Machines Exist (2 minute read) Imagine this; a Victorian-era scientist builds a machine that can travel through time. In the distant future he finds that, rather than advancing, human civilization has totally collap...
Expectations of the Modern Consumer (2 minute read) Customer expectations are any set of behaviours or actions that individuals anticipate when interacting with a company. Historically, customers have expected basics like quality servic...
Are We There Yet? (2 minute read) Our blog title could easily be a line from cartoon sitcom, The Simpson’s , as Bart, Lisa, and Maggie endure a road-trip with their parents to some hyped-up holiday destination, only to...
How Do You Identify – Behaviourally? (1 minute read) Have you ever offered your opinion to a friend or colleague, only to notice that they didn’t act on your advice? The stark reality is that while we believe it’s our advice that others ...