International Day Of Happiness
Positive psychology and Career Satisfaction: Listen to a short excerpt from Jo’s International Happiness Day webinar interview Archived Event March 20 is International Day of Happiness, a day when the world celebrates the importance of happiness, and focuses activities around how individuals, communities and workplaces can build it. This year, to celebrate International Day of Happiness, […]
All I Want For Christmas…
Dear Santa, forget the socks (I’ve got plenty), the chocolate (I’m trying to give up) and the subscription to Home Craft (unlikely this will ever inspire me to crochet my own wall hangings). What I’d really like is the elimination of poverty, a reduction in youth suicide, a soul mate to journey through life with, […]
Tell Me The Future
We live in uncertain times, in a world that is not only changing exponentially, but one in which we’re increasingly less certain of what tomorrow will bring, let-alone able to confidently predict and plan for possibilities years into the future. Whilst much has been written on the topic of managing change, there is less acknowledgement […]
Perspective
A year or so after I started my business I finally accepted that I needed a break. So I took the plunge and booked a holiday – a week long dive expedition on Ningaloo reef in far north WA. Convincing myself a holiday meant a holiday, I left the laptop at home. And with no […]
Resilience at Work
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 even thrive during tough times, […]
Thanksgiving
Whilst we don’t celebrate this American tradition in Australia, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t look for other ways to express gratitude. The benefits of gratitude have been written about in almost every religious and philosophical tradition throughout the ages, and now positive psychology research is contributing a wealth of science to help us understand how […]
Thinking of Quitting?
Fear not, I’m not launching an anti-smoking campaign! I’m working with a number of people who are currently job seeking, and one thing stands out – finding a new job, especially if you’re unemployed or really unhappy in your current role, takes enormous stamina. Of course there are all sorts of external factors at play […]
Integrity: Walking The Talk In Today’s World, 5th March
Archived Event No-one would dispute the importance of integrity, but sometimes we only speak about integrity in the context of a serious public breach. This one day conference at Adelaide’s newest venue – the Adelaide Oval Function Centre – is a great opportunity to walk the integrity talk. The conference looks at the ethical dilemmas being […]
Discovery Channel
We all start out as explorers. From the day we enter the world, our mission is to learn what we can about our environment and the people who inhabit it. Our very survival depends on it. When our quest for discovery is thwarted by our lack of ability, we get ourselves onto learning a new […]
The Meaning of Life!
Funny as it was, Monty Python fans with a bit of a spiritual hankering would have been disappointed to discover that the 80s film The Meaning of Life did nothing at all to illuminate the actual meaning of life. And Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was even more perplexing, as we were left trying to figure out […]