Essential Reading
How to: Developing resilience strategically
Resilience should be high on the leadership agenda as more and more people fall victim to the pressures of stress and change at work. Read our guide on why and how to do it.
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Long Spoons, culture and change
The allegory of the long spoons is a parable that shows the difference between heaven and hell. Read how it might just apply to the modern workplace for many of us.
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Action Plan: now it’s your turn!
On average it takes around 66 days before a new behaviour becomes automatic.
It’s not easy and it if we don’t continue to develop our self-awareness we can fall back into our old patterns of thinking and behaviours, especially when we feel pressured and stressed.
Leadership
Underlying philosophies of management
Your management philosophy is the reason behind your management style and taking time to work out your philosophy helps you and the people around you understand where you are coming from. Knowing where you are coming from, evening in tough times is a big enabler of resilience
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Most positive changes happen because you get involved.
A large part of our personal resilience is based on our ability to problem solve, strengthened by our ability to formulate goals and achieve them. That’s because setting goals is about intention and taking control of more of the things that shape our lives, rather than letting events dictate and determine the outcome for us.
Mental health
Men’s health week: How our values & beliefs impact our health
“Men must never show emotion” and “failure is a sign of weakness”. These types of unhelpful beliefs can get in the way of our relationships and taking action when it comes to our health. It can cause us to take a few more risks with our health that in hindsight may seem unwise!
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Connecting with people – look to climb down the ladder, not up
In today’s world we are constantly asked to make quick decisions, think on our feet and act fast. Too often we confuse “my truth” with “THE truth” and it’s this that can cause tension, stress and disconnection between people. Follow the steps in this guide and instantly make a difference.
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We all get stuck
We all get stuck at some point in our lives and it often happens when we’ve stopped listening to ourselves and what we need. The routine hum drum of modern life; waking up and going to work only to get home, go to bed and do it all again the next day can often leave us feeling uninspired and unmotivated. Feeling the pressures to perform, be at our best and succeed can also make us feel stuck. Hearing yourself saying “I should” or “I have to” are great sign of a need to direct our energy yet feeling a little stuck on the actual direction we are taking.
Mental health
Mental Health Awareness Week: Stress and Resilience
In today’s ever-changing world where we are expected to do more with less and be everything to everyone, we need to put proactive measures in place to prevent poor mental health and promote wellbeing by giving people the skills and resources to better manage their own mental health and thrive.
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Recognise your strengths and unleash your inner confidence
Focusing on our strengths promotes confidence and the desire to keep improving. We perceive more control over our lives and feel much more capable of identifying situations that would previously have worried us. It even makes us feel excited about the future, all because we can focus on and use our strengths.
