Are You Demonstrating Age Prejudice? Unconscious bias has come into our consciousness in the last few years and it’s good that we’re encouraged to think about how we might be sub-consciously drawn to particular people because of the connections we can make with them. It’s important in recruitment particularly, that we don’t give a more […]
Are You Putting a Brave Face On Things? I met a lovely lady this week who is struggling with her personal confidence. Would you know it if you met her? No, on the surface she looks to be bubbly and outgoing but in truth she’s not those things, she’s putting a brave face on life […]
If You Don’t Let People Get To Know You, They’ll Make Assumptions As a more introverted person I don’t like people making assumptions about me but if I don’t let them get to know me then they will make assumptions, they will fill in the gaps. It’s quite the quandary! Introverts give less away than […]
We Need to Unlearn Some Behaviours To Deliver Great Wellbeing Cultures Wellbeing is very much in the news at the moment which is fabulous. We all nod along and agree with the principles don’t we but are we changing our behaviours as a result of what we see and hear? We know what good wellbeing […]
Inspiration Could Be Right Beside You! It’s good for your resilience to think about people who inspire you. People who have shown great strength, determination and tenacity to achieve, who have amazing creativity or who have overcome great difficulties in their lives. The people who are inspire us are often in the public eye but […]
Good Day and Bad Day Behaviours What does a good day look like for you? What behaviours do we see you demonstrate on a good day? Do you glide seamlessly into the office, looking beautifully calm and relaxed, smiling and greeting your colleagues? Or do you grump in, slump down and get on with it? […]
Can You Ask for Help? In these times of emotional intelligence, we should all be able to ask for help really easily shouldn’t we? But I don’t think we are doing it and there might be a number of reasons for that. You might be ticking along quite nicely thank you and don’t feel that […]
Looking Beyond That Outer Layer Can Reap Rewards Does yours or someone else’s introversion baffle you? As extroversion can be seen as more socially ‘normal’ (whatever that means!), sometimes more introverted behaviours can confuse people who don’t think in the same way. If you’re used to wearing your heart on your sleeve and expressing your […]
Should I Pretend It’s Easy? I delivered a presentation last week and I don’t think it went down very well ☹ It was about wellbeing at Christmas and I talked about assertive communication, not having long conversations about how to cook sprouts and calling out bad behaviour. It’s not the stuff of a very merry […]
Your Resolutions Can Build Resilience! The post-Christmas lull can be a wonderful time can’t it? The bigger social commitments are probably done, the bigger meals have probably been cooked and cleared away, and the wine is still flowing. Hoorah! ? You look towards your New Year plans and an element of self reflection comes into […]
