Once the status symbol of anti-establishment Silicon Valley tech companies such as Google and Facebook, the open office floor plan now pervades American workplaces. According to The Washington Post, about 70% of U.S. offices have an open office floor plan. Supporters say open floor plans provide … [Read more...]
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN ELEMENT
Speak to any HR professional, Training and Development Manager, Leadership Coach or company CEO and they will tell you that many organisations still struggle with managing the effects of poor employee engagement. What they are not telling you is why this is such a huge issue, with no signs of … [Read more...]
Developing Employees’ Strengths Boosts Sales, Profit, and Engagement
Should companies primarily focus on playing to the strengths of their employees or help them improve on their weaknesses? This question is particularly important today, given low workplace engagement and higher expectations from workers about what a great job entails. Gallup has studied thousands … [Read more...]
Leadership is an Inside job
Inspired leadership demands authenticity and depth of self-awareness to understand the way in which you relate, bond and forge trusting and productive relationships. This involves a process of developing the psyche, enhancing personal perspective, beliefs and impact of associative memory along with … [Read more...]
Beautiful Mind
“Who am I”? he said from the outside looking in. Sitting with the light behind his head, light he seeks in the fractured sense of self, a connection that gets lost among the disordered mind that speaks from many and varied selves. This is the view from a young man living with … [Read more...]
Vulnerability
Vulnerability as described by Brene Brown in her bestseller Daring Greatly. “Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both, it’s engaging. It’s being all in”. This wonderful research helps to shed the light on what ties up us in knots and it’s largely … [Read more...]
Motivation Tips
1. Maintain focus Why are you exercising? What do you want to achieve? These are the most important reasons why you are exercising regularly and monitoring your nutrition. Your goals are the key to staying motivated, write them down and look at your goal’s everyday, focusing on the benefits … [Read more...]