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 recent article in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Marla Baskerville Watkins and colleagues demonstrated how an employee’s “significant... read more →
Dec
22
Dec
21
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 in a professional forum on Work-Life Balance, organised by Prof. Gail Kinman and Dr. Almuth McDowall and featuring Prof. Ellen... read more →
Dec
20
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 to happen in organisations. Standing up, speaking out. People have the misconception that a gay person comes out once. It’s... read more →
Dec
16
Procrasti-Nation. We’ve all been there. Some of us for extended periods!
Dec
15
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 what many “self-help gurus” might say. (Hat tip to Prof. Stephen Palmer)
Dec
15
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 work, and have successfully climbed the corporate ladder, only to wake up one day and realize that you sort of... read more →
Dec
15
What do you regret most about your career? I had just finished a guest lecture on business and innovation at Parson’s School for Design, and a particularly attentive front-row audience member kicked off question time with the curliest one… Some thought-provoking points here, though I wonder how much of this... read more →
Dec
15
Telecommuting May Equal More Work, Compromised Work-Life Balance. An interesting - but unsurprising - conclusion. For me, the key quote here is: “Careful monitoring of this blurred boundary between work and home time and the erosion of ‘normal working hours’ in many professions can help us understand the expansion of work... read more →
Dec
14
This article outlines some recent work I did at Talent Q, exploring the personality differences between HR practitioners in Financial Services organisations and their internal clients. In a study of the personality profiles of 5,000 financial services employees, Talent Q found that the ‘typical’ professional in the sector is a... read more →
Oct
03
I came across this interesting piece from Fast Company this morning, which includes an interview with an extremely successful business executive. The reason I found it so interesting was her reference to how firstly, she doesn’t believe in the concept of work-life balance and secondly, how she describes her own technique for establishing boundaries... read more →