Practical Tips for Managing Challenging Conversations
Difficult conversations can be one of the most daunting tasks a manager faces, with 50% citing difficult conversations as their biggest challenge. It’s a situation that is made even more…
How to Avoid Worrying About Work on Holiday
Is your body on the beach but your brain still in the office? Holidays are not only good for your health, but also good for your business. Scientific research shows…
How to Manage Self-Inflicted Stress
Stress has an enormous psychological and physical impact on all of us at one time or another, impacting several areas of our life at home or in the workplace. As…
Don’t Break Out of Your Comfort zone – Expand It!
For most people, much of their day is spent in what is known as the ‘comfort zone’. This is a safe space where we know what to expect and have…
Is the Grass Always Greener? Reasons to Give Your Employer a Second Chance
When we begin to feel dissatisfied, stressed, or unhappy in our jobs, it can be too easy to think that solution is to leave that role or company. With the…
Why Successful Leaders Ask For Help!
We expect that our business leaders will do just that, lead. But the mark of a truly effective leader is someone who understands that they cannot lead from the front…
Gently Does It … Overcoming & Managing Weariness
We, the people have ridden a tidal wave of emotion over the past few years because of, well, you know what. And, not to trivialise, things are still a little…
A Framework for Strengthening Relationships and Reducing Stress
The 3 Rs of Trauma is a communication model for children, devised by Dr Bruce Perry, a pioneering researcher and neuroscientist. The Three Rs are Regulate, Relate, and Reason. They provide a pathway to facilitate access…
EPIC Engagement: How Engaging Parenting Skills Can Inspire Colleagues
During one of the first programmes I ever delivered, a participant said that children spell love, T-I-M-E. In that the amount of time we spend with them reflects our love…
How to Return to the Office with Confidence
Introduction Anyone who has ever taken more than 10 days off for vacation, healthcare needs, or any other reason will be able to relate to the feeling of nervousness about…