What’s your favourite procrastination activity? Cleaning the house, tidying your desk, internet browsing? For me it’s filing – I can quite happily while away time saving documents into their right place, then re-naming and reorganising the structure of my folders! Procrastination is the deliberate and voluntary delay of something we…
Sadly I have a plethora of unhealthy (well, perhaps untreatable) indoor plants in my house. I hold myself completely responsible – I’m not good with them. When a plant gets sick or dies, we don’t blame the plant – we generally take responsibility for not providing the water, sunlight or…
It’s true that some people are more easy-going than others. But even the most tolerant amongst us, at some time, wish that others would behave better. My manager is rude My staff are lazy A colleague doesn’t respect me The kids never clean their room…. Once these behaviours start to…
Staff development for an uncertain, changing and challenging workplace Employees are facing increasing pressure to keep up, to do more with less, and to respond to constant change, ambiguity and challenge. Supporting our staff to become more resilient so they bounce-back from set-backs, maintain productivity and positivity, and survive and…
For managers, getting the most out of your team without pushing people beyond their limits involves: Creating a positive environment where staff feel valued, supported and engaged Tapping into employee strengths – helping staff identify their strengths and then crafting jobs and allocating work so they can use those strengths…
In these days of shrinking budgets and ever-increasing demands, we’re constantly being told to do more with less, work smarter not harder. Most of us are pretty smart, but what does it actually mean to work smarter? Working smarter means taking a good look at your own working style, habits…
First let me state the bleeding obvious. Paralympians are first and foremost athletes. When you watch Paralympic sport, view the competitors as hard-core, highly trained, hugely skilled athletes. In this respect, there is absolutely no difference between Paralympians and Olympians. Now I’m going to add some characteristics to this foundation…
With less than 2 weeks until the opening of the London Olympics, sport lovers around the world are getting excited. Now I’m sure many of my readers are not so obsessed with sport, and possibly wondering what all the fuss is about. The Olympics aren’t important in the same way…
Whilst I believe every employee can look for ways to improve their own positivity and well-being at work (many of which have been covered in previous articles), if you are in a leadership role – from a front-line manager right through to the CEO – you have some additional responsibilities…
Last week we sadly lost two highly accomplished Australian men, both will be remembered for being high achievers in their respective fields. Jim Stynes was one of our greatest ever AFL footballers, playing 244 consecutive games in a career lasting 11 years. Lincoln Hall is recognised for his achievements in…
