Empathy – A Business Case
Empathy, one of the characteristics or we might say building blocks of emotional intelligence, is an essential aspect of effective leadership. Amid the hurried lives we live today and the demands from employers, family members, government and ourselves for many and varied reasons, often means we are rushing here and there and consequently might say […]
Who or What is the Heartbeat of Your Orginisation?
Usually we talk about the heart in relation to our health or the health of someone else. The heart can be physically sick, such as a heart attack, angina, arrhythmia or heart failure. We also talk about a “broken heart” referring to emotional trauma of some kind. In the English language this means that someone […]
An Attitude of Gratitude
Today is International Women’s Day. This is a day where women all over the world are celebrated for the many roles they play – mother, daughter, wife, aunt, chef, general director, receptionist and so on. Women are everywhere, you could argue the same for men and I would agree. My question is why are women […]
Ignoring Bad Leadership is Damaging your Business
We have all had at least one experience of poor or bad leadership. I could add “unfortunately” at the end of that sentence? In most cases it is a learning lesson for the employee to avoid such leaders and their behaviour in the future. In other words, it teaches a very good lesson and makes […]
Leaders are Like Gardeners
We think about and refer to leaders in many ways – good, bad, poor indifferent, charismatic, dynamic, legendary, but have you ever thought that leaders are like gardeners? Let me explain. What or who is a gardener – someone who prepares the earth, plants seeds, nurtures those seeds as they grow to become young tender […]
Mrs M – A very capable lady
This case study encompasses both my professional roles as an alternative healthcare practitioner and corporate wellbeing training provider. The aim of the case study is to encourage you to assess the impact of executing a decision on the health of those who are involved, perhaps through no fault of their own and therefore what could […]
Do You Become Ill the Moment your Holiday Starts? 7 Tips to avoiding Holiday Overwhelm Stress and Anxiety
Working hard, trying to keep up with life and so looking forward to that well-earned holiday. The destination is planned and booked, flights and hotel await, all that is left is to count the days before leaving. “Oh and of course” do everything before you go so that you don’t have a mountain of work […]
Authentic Leadership – how important is It?
“The authentic self is the soul made visible.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach. Yesterday I attended the Engage Customer Summit at the Brewery in London. Another very good day laid on by Engage Media. It was my attendance at a round table to discuss “Cultivating Loyalty and Engagement through Authentic Leadership” hosted by Jamie McKenzie, CMO […]
5 Step to Drive Employee Engagement
We might ask the question who is responsible for engagement of employees and their development? On the one hand that responsibility can be given to line managers and on the other to employees themselves. Or you might take the other tack of putting the responsibility firmly on the shoulders of Human Resources or Learning and […]
Fears and Phobias – 7 Tips to Overcome them
The NHS defines a phobia “as an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal. Phobias are more pronounced than fears.” On the other hand, the Merriam Webster dictionary defines fear as “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.” From these two definitions we can see […]