I’m exploring the skills and habits of values-based decision-making in collaboration with Dr. Rob Archer, a leading psychologist who specialises in stress and resilience. This
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Interview with Consulting Success
I have never taken a traditional approach to consulting, and never will. Listen to my podcast interview with Michael Zipursky of Consulting Success here
Blamestorming in Sunday Times
Blamestorming was mentioned in the Sunday Times by Patrick Waldron, CEO of €1bn company Fintrax, as his current reading choice. You can see the full
What You Can Do to Combat Stress
The statistics on stress don’t make for happy reading. It’s been called the ‘health epidemic of the 21st century’ by the World Health Organization, costing American businesses up to $300 billion a year. In the UK, 39% of people who are signed off work for health reasons are suffering from stress. Our foraging ancestors honed their ability to react almost
Read more >How to Find Happiness Where You Least Expect It
Many years ago, I worked with a remarkable man who’d spent 20 years as a monk before getting married, starting a family and becoming a brilliant educator. He was making a brief stop in the UK and I had the afternoon free, so I took him to Hampton Court Palace near London. I imagined that we’d go round the palace,
Read more >How to Manage Your Emotions
The life lesson we should have been taught at school. We all suffer from emotional overreactions. In the heat of the moment we say something to a person we love without stopping to consider the shockwaves. Or we blast off an email and wonder why we didn’t sleep on it before pressing ‘Send’. Our emotions spill over and, by the
Read more >How to Prevent Arguments
5 Warning Lights That Tell You a Conversation’s Going Wrong In the late 1960’s, a series of catastrophic plane crashes occurred without any apparent awareness of danger on the part of the pilots. In response, the aviation industry introduced an enhanced warning system to alert pilots to danger. For example, if terrain rises significantly within 2,000 feet of the
Read more >Why People May Not Want Your Advice
A riddle asks: “What do we love to give but hate to take?” The answer is advice. And yet many of us are addicted to offering our solutions and pearls of wisdom at the slightest opportunity. Over time this can cause friends, family, and colleagues to pull up the drawbridge on communicating with us. Our advice may be well-intended but
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