A lovely piece from the great Gina Trapani. The founder of Lifehacker.com discusses procrastination at work and one tactic for addressing it: eating a frog! Do your worst task first. By “worst”... read more →
Some very mixed messages in this article I came across yesterday. On the one hand, giving employees more control over how they use their holiday allowance, including purchasing additional days,... read more →
Worth remembering when indulging, especially over the next week or so… Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., psychologytoday.com Coffee and energy drinks may make you feel more awake when you’ve drunk too... read more →
Focus@Will Says Its Streaming Music Will Make You More Productive By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com The new music service claims to have the formula for aural Adderall. The founder explains... read more →
Researchers from the US have highlighted the importance of the non-work domain (i.e. home life) in an employee’s experience of the work domain - and their career decisions. In their... read more →
I’m very much looking forward to next month’s Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference in Chester. Aside from running a workshop on the Dimensions personality questionnaire, I’m going to be participating... read more →
I spotted a nice post on the Harvard Business Review blog last night - the author compares his constant “coming out” about his sexuality to the awkward conversations that need... read more →
Procrasti-Nation. We’ve all been there. Some of us for extended periods!
https://youtu.be/1qJvS8v0TTI A great little video introducing Positive Psychology - what it is and more importantly, what it’s not. I particularly like the reference to the need for hard work, despite... read more →
What if you don’t want to be a manager? A question I’m hearing more and more. Anne Kreamer, hbr.org Imagine that you’ve invested years of blood, sweat and tears at... read more →