Obsession with devices leaves us tangled and in pain! Tech neck. Mouse shoulder. Gamer’s thumb. Computer vision. Smartphone zombies – Smombies. For millennia, human beings walked upright and were attuned to their environments. Today an increasing number have heads down, necks bent, marching across busy streets, wearing earbuds, checking media, sending messages and paying no heed as […]
10 communication skills to improve workplace relationships
Workplaces are like families – there’ll always be those whose communication style you love and others who rub you up the wrong way. How do you feel coming in to work? Happy to see your colleagues, looking forward to communicating with everyone? Or do some people at work feel tedious and an effort? Open plan […]
8 ways to make a positive start for 2018
The year is moving fast – we were looking back at our achievements and winding down in December and heading up to new year. Then suddenly the weeks flew by and now it is time to wind back up. So make a few guiding principles for yourself to start the year on a great note. […]
Abuse of power at work, and how to stop it
What makes some men, and even some women, start to abuse others when in power? Not all powerful people turn nasty or look for sexual opportunities at work, but we are seeing a wave of “victims coming out” and the repercussions for senior executives and boards having to respond with actions not turning a blind […]
7 optimum conditions for happiness at work
Are you happy at work? Do you look forward to Mondays? How do you feel returning from vacation — refreshed and ready to get back into work, or disappointed you had to come back. It’s important that work and our workplace gives us contentment. But what are the optimum conditions and indicators of genuine contentment […]
Signs of mental health issues at work: Yours and others
Do you share an office with a person who’s dug themselves into a bad place over months or years – maybe hoarding archival paperwork, folders and books in an obsessive sulky way, or subjecting you to constant rants about hatred of the job, hatred of the people, hatred of life in general, or maybe just […]
Fresh financial year — looking back, looking forwards
It’s the new financial year (yay!) but let’s face it, making EOFY (end of financial year) resolutions is not much different to those you promise you’ll do over a champagne on New Year’s Eve. Yes, you will be better, yes, you’ll lose weight, yes, you’ll make more time for things that matter…. Well, assuming that […]
Does your team suffer from PMT — project management tension?
Too many teams suffer from project management tension. Some project managers (PMs) are absolute experts in creating workplace hell and the awful thing is, they were designated to be in charge when they couldn’t organise a kindergarten picnic. Seven undesirable project manager characteristics? The list of what makes a PM bad is almost endless. Generally s/he […]
The strategy you should use when faced with angry bullies at work
Wounds from aggression and bullying can heal with time and absence from the source of the problem, but this won’t cause the issue to disappear of its own accord. Aggression in all its manifestations is exhausting. Some of you may feel “battle fatigue” and just want your lives back. Let’s try and understand what is going […]