Ideas on joy, leadership, feelings and performance.
Because how people feel drives everything they do.
Stress Management
You have probably heard that old story bandied about in management circles about two frogs. One is put into a pot of boiling water and guess what happens? Of course it jumps out…very quickly! (Smart frog) The other frog is put into a pot of cold water which is put over low heat. The heat…
Self development
2014 has started with all sorts of solar flares and cosmic activities that some people say will change the way we live and especially our awareness! Which is interesting because I had planned to write early this year about the best strategies we can use to actually make change in our lives. The best strategy…
Self development
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves” Leo Tolstoy It seems an oxymoron to put joy and change in the same sentence, a short sentence at that! But this is my next mission, to help people understand that change is possible and can be joyful. We know…
Self development
Will this New Year be the same as usual for you? You rush around for Christmas/Holidays, eat and drink too much and then find the best party you can go to on New Year’s Eve, drink buckets more and the next morning think about what resolutions you need to make for the new year.…
Help for businesses
Last year I read an excellent article published in Harvard Business Review (HBR Magazine April 2012: The New Science of Building Great Teams by Prof. Alex Pentland). As the chief scientist of MIT Media Lab, he is the head of a team who have developed a device that measures team performance through a set of…
Emotional intelligence
Most definitions of business strategies revolve around the theme of long term plans of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of objectives. I heard the worldwide CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi speak at a conference once, and he said that all their campaigns and strategies are based on a key finding: that…
Self development
“In the beginning was the word” So spake the Bible a zillion years ago. But we seem to have forgotten these words of wisdom. We are taught lots of words to use at school but very few of us are taught to be ‘wordsmiths’, to have a love of words or most importantly to respect…
Stress Management
For those of you with perfectionist tendencies, here is your dream list! Fourteen ways you can ensure you wake up stressed and stay that way all day! It’s a perfect recipe for relationship problems, career problems, future heart attacks and unhappy families. 1. Stop breathing, breathe shallow and high and you can be permanently…
Change
Change is inevitable. It happens whether you want it or not. Change is rarely exciting, nor welcome! Most often it is met with instant fear or terror in some cases! We are physiologically programmed in many ways for that fear reaction, but it’s Neanderthal programming! Our amygdala (the fear response part of the brain)…
Help for businesses
A new field of research is suggesting that when organizations promote an ethic of compassion they may not only experience a happier workplace but also an improved profits. I believe you can transform every aspect of your work (and life) with compassion. Compassion Transforms Businesses Imagine what life would be like all businesses practiced compassion.…
Emotional intelligence
Because we live such materialistic lives today, many of us expect solutions to be expensive, complicated, time-consuming and difficult. Following are 3 simple (and free) ideas on how to connect with yourself, others and life! Connecting Time, Make the time to connect with others We might see our best friends only once a month…
Emotional intelligence
Your job is your job, but it can also be your work, depending on how you look at it and how you do it. Your work is manna for the soul. It fulfills you and satisfies you, and it usually involves serving others. Go to your job today and make it your work. Everyone in…
Stress Management
Did you know that all disease begins with stress? If you are stressed on a permanent basis your immune system is attacked and weakened and then you are susceptible to all forms of disease; and your performance drops. This post has some tips on stress busting to help boost your performance, productivity AND give you…
Emotional intelligence
“What’s the best thing that happened to you today?” I challenge you to greet everyone in this way, watch their faces light up! Begin your staff meetings with asking everyone to answer the question “what’s the best thing that happened to you since we last met”, it will transform the group dynamics! You…
Tips for Success
No matter what business you are in, there will be a time when you have to present some ideas to a group, or maybe even make a speech at a wedding or personal event. These ‘rules’ apply to any presentation you have to do, whether it be a keynote address or a small gathering.…
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