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Mindfulness and Wellbeing at work
Brad DesmondPositive Workplace Culture
These days it seems psychologists and health professionals are always going on about mindfulness and wellbeing at work. Well, yes, we are and with good reason too. The wellbeing benefits of mindfulness meditation are well documented and justify making mindfulness programs a public health priority. But why should workplaces care about mindfulness? Beyond the health […]
Transformational Leadership.
Leadership…. Is one style better than another? The term “transformational leadership” was first coined by sociologist James Downton in 1973. The concept was then further developed by leadership experts, including Bernard Bass (1985) who explored the psychological mechanisms for transformative leadership. The easiest way to describe transformation leadership is to compare it with the opposite, that […]
Burnout- what managers need to know
When it comes to issues of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue at work, most people think of these as issues for the individual. For example, it is common to hear views like ‘If only the person did more exercise, was more assertive, or took an occasional bubble bath they would cope better.’ The first problem […]
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Burnout- what managers need to know
When it comes to issues of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue at work, most people think of these as issues for the individual. For example, it is common to hear views like ‘If only the person did more exercise, was more assertive, or took an occasional bubble bath they would cope better.’ The first problem […]
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
In this blog
- Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence summary
- Emotional Intelligence andResilience
- Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
Returning to the Workplace
How to re-build a positive team in the post COVID world. As we make our way out of COVID-19 restrictions, organisations and businesses are returning to some kind of normal. In many cases this means people are returning to the office after working from home. What are the challenges in returning to the workplace? Of […]
Five minute team building with positive psychology
Business professor Adam Grant has shown, through a series of innovative experiments, that simple five-minute interventions can have a lasting impact on team motivation and engagement. For example, working with call centre staff employed to seek donations for university scholarships, professor Grant arranged for one team to meet with a real-life beneficiary of a scholarship. […]
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