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, can only be a good thing. In that it can support flexible working arrangements and ensures that holidays can be... read more →
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Dec
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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 much, but that’s merely an illusion—your judgment and driving are both impaired.read more Coffee can’t magically sober you up after... read more →
Dec
23
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 his company’s vision for the future of music as a tool to optimize your concentration while working, reading, or coding.... read more →
Dec
22
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
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 →