The 30th March 2017 didn’t really start out all that great for me. I had eaten something the night before that had made me sick and I had consequently spent half the night awake regretting my poor choice. But there was no real opportunity to feel sorry for myself, I took a couple of quick pills and kept my Hydralyte supply close, as I jumped on the mini bus hoping I could make the two-hour trip without having to ask the bus driver to pull over. At this point it would be fair to say that the day showed absolutely no signs that it would be one of the most remarkable, life altering days of my
EQ – I second that Emotion
One of my favourite quotes would have to be by Maya Angelou: “I’ve learnt that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Not only will people never forget how you make them feel, the science of emotions tells us how you make people feel has a direct impact on how they think, make decisions, how people behave and how they perform. One of the most robust, well established theories in the social sciences is that there’s a direct link between the way we feel and the way we perform. And you probably don’t need a
The one thing all “strong” mangers do daily
“Managing and leading my team just takes up so much of my time!” I’m willing to bet if you’re a manager, this thought resonates with you. It also probably comes as no surprise when I tell you it’s the most common grievance I hear from business owners. Now I don’t have a silver bullet solution that can fix this all too common complaint but there has just been some Australian research released around how you can spend that time with your people in a way that will drive business results. The HR Coach Research Institute has been analysing the feedback from more than 26,000 employees (that’s
