Blog - WorkLifePsych

Jun 11

When leadership development goes wrong

Leadership development can play a critical role in supporting leaders' effectiveness and the resulting success of organisations. Leaders face a multitude of organisational and personal challenges on an almost daily basis. So enabling them to keep sharp, acquire new skills and build their self-awareness is critical. However, not everything labelled... read more →

Apr 10

Sustainable leadership: leading on purpose.

In this post in our 'Sustainable Leadership' series, Dr. Wayne Mullen reflects on the power of being intentional and leading 'on purpose'. I remember sitting at a meeting table of a CEO. He was making and taking calls on two mobile phones and a desk phone, speaking and walking around... read more →

Apr 04

What is ‘Sustainable leadership’?

Leaders have it tough. We expect a lot of them. And while they navigate their ever-growing todo lists, they're under pressure to fulfil employees' expectations. And be a positive role-model and add value. And the rest! It's no wonder that leaders frequently report feeling overwhelmed and lonely. It's also no... read more →

Mar 28

Self-care in uncertain times

The world right now can seem like a chaotic and frightening place. Especially if we allow thoughts about what's going on to permeate our waking hours and take us away from what's truly important to us. In this post, I want to explore how deliberate self-care activities can make a... read more →

Feb 14

Resilience: prevention is better than cure

In my last post, I outlined some of the risks in over-relying on employee resilience, including unwelcome interpersonal behaviour, erosion of the organisational reputation, and eventual burnout. If this left you wondering what you can do in your own organisation instead of just beating the 'resilience drum', this post may... read more →

Feb 06

Resilience: when all you have is a hammer…

Introduction Resilience often features on the syllabus for management and leadership development programmes. Organisations generally view as a positive attribute in the workplace - for good reason. Resilient responses to the inevitable hassles and difficulties of work can support performance and productivity and can have a buffering effect, protecting employee... read more →

Oct 11

Self-care: an intentional approach

In the first two posts in this series, I explained what self-care actually is, and flagged some common self-care pitfalls to avoid. In this final post, I want to share a framework you can use to structure or plan your self-care activities, so you can be more intentional. The PERMA... read more →

Oct 04

Self-care: 5 mistakes to avoid

This is the second post in a series focusing on self-care and its role in our wellbeing at work. For a reminder of why self-care is so important, you can check out the first post in the series here. This time round, we're going to look at some of the... read more →

Sep 26

Self-care: what is it and why does it matter?

When you imagine self-care, you may well visualise someone easing themselves into a hot bubble bath, a glass of wine in their hand, and a big smile on their face. You may also imagine someone settling down on the sofa with their favourite snacks, ready to watch another few episodes... read more →

Sep 19

Workplace wellbeing: it’s about getting the essentials right

When exploring ways to boost your employees' wellbeing at work, it can be tempting to scan the horizon for new solutions and products; that one thing that will make all the difference! When you think about promoting wellbeing, it's easy to easy to visualise events and themed weeks, in an... read more →