Procrasti-Nation. We’ve all been there. Some of us for extended periods!
Dec
16
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 →
Jan
08
By Dr. Richard A. MacKinnon There has been lots of press attention on a major European corporation’s announcement that email access will be turned off at night, to improve employees’ work-life balance. On the face of it, this is a positive, employee-centric move by a major business. But as usual... read more →
Dec
17
A humorous perspective on home-working from Lifehacker. It’s true however that a move from being office-based to spending more, or all, of your working time at home can be difficult for the person you share your home with. When you start working from home you have to prepare those around you... read more →
Nov
27
I enjoyed this piece by Douglas LaBier in the Huffington Post. He looks at how dissatisfaction with work and an imbalance between work demands and our personal lives impacts both the individual employee, but also the wider organisation. He argues for a change in what organisations actually focus on and the need for sustainability... read more →