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The strange dichotomy in organisations: their dependency on people while generally failing to take any account of the intrinsic drivers of human behaviour, can largely be attributed to an ingrained management attitude of considering people as job-fil

All week I have been thinking about the “Paradox of Work” that I described last week. It seems remarkable, as well as rather ridiculous, that – according to research – people generally run counter to their own experience and seek more leisure time wh

Our friends over at People Management have compiled a list citing gender pay reporting, in-work poverty and work-related stress as some of the important issues that could impact your work this year.

From pay to pressure, the most important trends tha

With the recent surge of interest in mindfulness and e-learning, I have combined the two into a short class - Mindful Decision Making - that is available on Skillshare.  This is part of a series of classes on emotional intelligence that can be access

Let’s consider Jeremy Corbyn as a newly appointed leader of an organisation. OK, a political party is not a typical organisation and the way he was appointed is unlike the recruitment process of most organisations. However, he finds himself as a new

One of the most influential figures in British sport, performance psychologist, business coach and author Jamil Qureshi was the keynote speaker at LEARNING LIVE 2015 last week. The keynote was streamed live as it happened on the DPG Community courtes

Ever wondered why some organizations succeed with flying colours, whilst others plummet like an unwound toy bird with its beak getting stuck in the hard floorboards? It is really fairly simple (or in some cases also a real challenge!) since it is all

I recently attended a workshop entitled “Getting the most from your Apprentice” hosted by the Apprentice Academy. It was an interesting session that I wanted to play back, as it looked at starting work through the eyes of 16-18 yr old. Without showin

On Wednesday I attended Mike Collins’ talk on Social Leaders. This was a really  inspiring session so when I returned to work on Thursday I felt it would be useful to share this with my colleagues

Mike gave a brief overview of how Social tools can hel

This question has been around forever but as the environment in which managers o