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Category: Research

  • Understanding the Economy

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    Whole working on strategic thinking I came across this excellent video by Ray Dalio. In the video he does a very good job of explaining the economy. A useful thing to understand at present. Enjoy.

  • Can you learn Empathy?

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    Empathy is a very important skill and a big part of emotional intelligence. It is something we can all work on but can you gain empathy over time. I think you can as I believe I have managed this over the years. I don’t think I was naturally a very empathetic person. The article below…

  • Get your Brain in Order

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    As trainers and consultants we need to keep up to date with all of the advances in Neuroscience and how they affect us and our clients. There is a great free webinar conference coming up (22 April) that provides over a week of streaming videos from world experts. Check it out and enrol. Enrol here.

  • Why aren’t you motivated?

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    I am talking a lot about motivation this week. I always find the topic interesting and am always surprised by the general lack of understanding of what is a key management issue. I generally come into the topic from the angle of what is motivation and what motivated people. In future I am going to…

  • You’re in the Right Job!

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    How long will people need your job? Not a bad question of you have another 20 to 30 years to go before you retire. Jobs are changing and as the article below explains almost 80 percent of the Australian workforce is in the service industry. So your a trainer, educator, coach. How does your job…

  • Negative Emotions

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    I am currently completing a program on edX titled Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work. Good course with plenty of very interesting information and current research. You can still enrol and it is free. I am just going to link you to one article that is part of the program which I really liked. It…

  • Psychological Safety

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    I have talked a lot about the concept of psychological safety in my training for years, especially as I now deliver a fair amount of training to NSW Health employees who have a value called openness which to me is the same as psychological safety. I always thought that this concept came from studies that…

  • Learned Helplessness

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    I often ask people if they have heard the term learned helplessness and yes, I am overwhelmingly surprised by the answer “No”. The video below explains one way of looking at this but it is also applicable to management/leadership. Managers’ egos like being asked questions about how to do things. You feel good when you…

  • National HR Summit

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    Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash I would be lucky if I go to one conference every couple of years. I generally don’t have the time. I have booked in for the National HR Summit in Sydney next year though. It is on the 26th and 27th of March. Check out the program. Looks very good. Hope I…

  • Brain Myths

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    Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash Occasionally I send out a post on brain myths because, well it is just irritating, that some organisations and trainers just don’t keep up with some of the new information on the brain due to advances in research. It’s not difficult. You just need to read occassionally. I recently delivered a program…