How to be Happy at WorkCoaching, Corporate Training, Engagement, Leadership, MindsetThe last week in September is Happiness at Work Week. The organisers want to encourage happiness at work to be...Read more
How to Respond to FailureCorporate Training, Mindset, Team ManagementMindset, Positive PsychologyOn the first night of the 2023 World Athletics Championship two of the world’s leading athletes finished face down on...Read more
Why settle for ‘good enough’? – Be extraordinaryLeadership, Mindsetgrowth-mindset, Leadership, limiting beliefs, Mindset, personal development, talent, windsurfer, windsurfingThis August, I succeeded in doing something I’ve never done in my life before…Read more
Get off the treadmill – address biases that stop you focussing on the futureMindsetChange Management, Leadership, Mindset, neuroleadership, Neuroscience, time managementResearch shows that our attention is drawn to time-sensitive tasks over tasks that are less urgent, but which offer greater...Read more
The power of mindset – what could you achieve?Mindsetapptitude, fixed mindset, goals, growth-mindset, Mindset, mindset goals, talentAt the tender age of 12, some friends of my parents took me to see the famous stage production of...Read more
Present bias – why New Year’s resolutions so often come to nothingMindsetBrain, Future Friday, Mindset, Motivation, presentbias, strategyAt this time of year, it is common to formulate grand plans for ourselves and our workplace. But why do...Read more
The science of optimism and resilience – retrain your brainLeadership, MindsetBrain, happiness, Mindset, neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, optimism, pessimism, resilience, tom flatauResilience: how to bounce back from setbacks. Some people seem to deal with whatever is thrown at them. Deadlines, back-to-back...Read more
Leadership mindset – are you a mulitplier or diminisher?Leadership, Mindsetdiminishers, growth-mindset, Leadership, Mindset, multipliers, Neuroscience, team managementSo who IS the smartest person in the room? There is an excellent leadership lesson from the Victorian era, the...Read more
Stop your whining and take ownership!Leadership, Mindsetaccountability, inspiration, jessica cox, Leadership, Mindset, Motivation, ownership, responsibility, self-helpAre you a victim of circumstance or do you take ownership when something goes wrong? The most frequent complaint I...Read more
Want to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix – is it nature or nurture?Leadership, MindsetCarol Dweck, employee engagement, fixed or growth mindset, guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Leadership, leadership mindset, Mindset, Neuroscience, neuroscience for business, Positive PsychologyIs it natural talent, or could you too play guitar like Jimi Hendrix? As far back as I can remember,...Read more