How Employers Can Foster a Happy WFH Setup
There’s little doubt that the work from home (WFH) boom has been a welcome one for many employees around the world. In abandoning lengthy commutes and workplace formalities, workers have responded favourably to the comfort of getting their daily tasks done in makeshift home offices. However, this isn’t to say that the process has been […]
The state of the professional landscape for trans people in 2022
How is the transgender community faring in terms of support and inclusion in 2022?
Educating your workforce about microaggressions
Stuart Affleck unpacks what microaggressions actually are, as well as discussing how to tackle this discriminatory behaviour in the workplace.
What’s Right With Humanity?
From the devastating blow of The Supreme Court in the US rolling back the settled law of Roe v. Wade, to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the creeping sense of global recession, there is a lot of sad news about it. Add in our pandemic exhaustion and climate emergency and this all […]
Healthy, happy staff are the key to hybrid working success
Cristina Artico provides tips and advice on how to make hybrid working a success and ensure high levels of employee wellbeing across the workforce.
5 Misconceptions that Block People from Learning
Have you ever felt frustrated when you shared a book with someone only for them to dismiss it? Or recommended an online course or explained a concept only to have it ignored? It’s a puzzle when there are answers available that can solve people’s problems only for them to reject these ideas because of misconceptions. […]
Pride 2022: Above all, do no harm
Pride 2022: Raf Uzar explores how we must follow the Hippocratic Oath in doing no harm to protect employees and allow everyone to be their true selves at work.
Why Work Isn’t As Meaningful As You Thought
The journey of work is an odyssey of self-knowledge and self-development that consumes most of your time as an adult human – which is perhaps why 36% of adults admit to being unhappy with their experience of employment – this stat coming from Indeed’s most recent Work Happiness Score – which measures data for […]
It’s Pride, but are we proud?
“We have Pride, but where is the LGBT+ representation the rest of the year?” asks DEI leader and trans activist Leng Montgomery.
Is Your Star Rising In The Wrong Field?
I often meet clients at the crossroads in life. It is an exciting and sometimes frightening place. As a coach, I like to welcome clients to the crossroads, encourage them to look not only at the view down multiple paths but within, so that they might notice who they are becoming. As human […]
The power of reflection time
Reflection can be a very empowering process, if you implement it in the right way.
Why the Goldilocks principle of stress is no fairy tale for learners
Stress can have a huge impact on learning so why not harness it to the benefit of learners?
How to avoid leadership burnout amid talent shortages
Leaders are people, not superhumans. It’s time for organisations to rethink how they support the wellbeing of their managers.
Why I Sit: Lessons From Silence
There seems to be almost a Universal push/pull between human beings and silence. Whenever I talk about my silent retreat experiences it is often met by a really interesting combination of energies. There is a mix of desire, excitement and anxiety accompanied by a laundry list of reasons why it would of course be […]
Four crucial attitudes of conscious, connected and compassionate leaders
Those at the helm must become radically compassionate with themselves before kindness can spread far and wide.
Human-centred leadership
The End of War
As another war commences, led by a petulant prideful man who has failed himself, his nation and the world, it is time for us all to take this travesty as another cue to collectively raise our game. For a war such as this will echo trauma and fear through the consciousness of generations for […]
Shake Off Those Taboos – And Talk!
“You know he’s one of those…” She looks around, before she leans close to her friend, heaves her bosom and, her tongue thick with discomfort, whispers with exaggerated mouth movements, “homothexual”. I’ve spent a very happy half hour trawling through old clips on YouTube searching but I can find no evidence that Les Dawson’s wonderful […]
It’s time to develop ‘radically mindful’ leaders
As we settle into a ‘Living with Covid’ era of work, it’s time for a radical rethink of leadership that embraces a mindful approach.
The Consciousness of The Great Resignation
In this powerful little piece, Neil Seligman, The Conscious Professional speaks to the deeper streams of awareness that may be inspiring The Great Resignation. Seems like a lot of people decided to quit their job in the last 12 months. Put down to factors ranging from covid-related health concerns, the struggle of parenting and […]