How much do you enjoy your work relationships?… If you answered ‘a lot’ to this question you’re likely to be significantly more resilient than people who answered ‘not at all’… We invest a lot of our time and energy at work, it can be miserable when...
Job, Career or Calling? Most people spend a large part of their life at work. How can this significant investment of our endeavor contribute to our happiness? Seligman (2002) suggested that individuals can see their work as a job, a career or a calling and that which...
In the midst of belief, when you are the only one in the knowing, it can feel like you are wondering in darkness, as everyone you meet doesn’t know your clarity. It is not a form of realisation for everyone to see. It is just a thought, a feeling, a deep sense of...
Part 1. Woman in Business More and more companies are focusing on empowering woman in the work place and this is a subject close to my heart. The positive outcomes through doing this are amazing and beneficial to all involved and are the inspiration of my upcoming...
As the business world becomes more accepting of positive psychology and the need to understand and support employees performance from both a work and home perspective it draws an interesting issue around implementation and uptake from the workforce themselves....
With advancements within the field of Neuroplasticity, the topic of leadership becomes far more holistic than it once was. Gone are the days where it is acceptable for the corporate monster to come bearing down on you with his fists raised angrily screaming, “just...
Well-Being – more than a passing fad? Polly Vernon recently wrote an upbeat article about 2015 fads she has openly embraced – Pilates, Uber, summer cocktails, sobriety, Instagram and Almond milk to name a few! As a style journalist, trends are kind of her bread...
Happy?: confessions of a Chief Happiness Officer (CHO) Question: Is being happy the same as doing happy? I would argue that it is not. Doing happy is what I do at the office. As a CHO I focus on other people’s happiness at work and how to improve it to...
Question of my working life 25 years in and probably 25 years to go I am still not sure what the title of my working life should be. Do you know? Do we need a title to answer the introductory question so often used to put us in one box or another…”so what do you...
Hope Theory and goals at work If you’re a Team Manager, Director or Executive with an increasing number of conflicting objectives, projects and tasks landing on your desk then you need the theory of hope in your kit bag. In positive psychology, Hope theory can help us...