Oct
10
In my last post, I outlined why the phrase ‘work-life balance’ can be unhelpful and even misleading. If you’re short on time, I propose that it’s not about work versus life, the challenge never ends and there’s really no such thing as ‘balance’. In case you found the piece a...
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Oct
09
It’s once again ‘National Work-life Week’, when we shine a light on all things ‘work-life balance’, so maybe the title of this post isn’t what you were expecting to read right now! But I’m serious. ‘Work-life balance’ is, in my opinion, an unhelpful term. And words matter, so I encourage...
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Sep
26
Anyone who knows me will probably be surprised that I’m writing about getting things done without a digital device. But as our most recent episode of ‘My Pocket Psych’ illustrated, there’s more than one way to be productive and many people still prefer to use pen and paper. After quite...
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Sep
19
Regardless of size, business growth is sure to be on the minds of organisational leaders on a fairly consistent basis. For the small, young organisation it's often about rapid growth. More established and larger businesses may seek to continue their growth, but at a sustainable rate and trajectory. Or is...
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Sep
05
This week marks five years (give or take a few days) since I started WorkLifePsych. Though the idea had been embryonic for some time, I started to work in earnest in September 2014 - which sometimes feels like yesterday! Other days, it’s hard to remember a time before I worked...
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Aug
28
Has this ever happened to you? You sit down with your task list on a Friday morning and realise that an item from Monday is still there. Or you look at your priorities for the day, realising that the same ‘high priority’ item has reappeared on screen for several weeks....
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Jul
09
I was delighted to be a guest on the 'Stories of Success' podcast recently, where I and Volker Ballueder discussed a range of topics, including coaching, people development and the nature of success. The latter was most interesting to me, as I frequently see the pursuit of 'success' coming up...
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Jul
01
Can you believe it? We’re half-way through 2019! Yes, already. Time flies when you're having fun, right? And I do hope you're having a good year. That said, this also represents a good time to reflect on how your development journey for 2019 is going. Oh yeah. Those promises you made...
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Jun
16
Thursday saw me at the CIPD’s Festival of Work, participating in a session on the future skills required in an ‘age of automation’. Each of the five speakers in my session had five minutes to make their key points, after which we participated in an open Q&A session. I focused...
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Jun
01
Think for a moment about the last time you felt a uncomfortable. Not the physical kind, but the psychological kind. What kind of discomfort was it? Was it embarrassment at something you’d said or done in front of others? Was it anxiety about a meeting you were due to have....
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