Articles: Personality
Zig Ziglar’s Seven Steps of Goal Setting: Create Better Goals
Zig Ziglar, an American motivational speaker, pulled together a list of seven steps associated with goal setting (or goal [...]
Your Personal Values: A Simple Introduction and Activity
An individual’s personal values encompass their needs, desires, sense of what is to be aspired towards and how they [...]
What Research Can Teach Us About Successful Hybrid Team Management
To thrive as Hybrid teams we need to ensure clear communication, make great use of technology, be [...]
What Makes An Effective Organizational Development Program?
Organizations are complex with unique histories and unique strategies. The best way to develop them is through an effective [...]
What Makes A Good Huddle Or Stand Up Meeting?
Good huddles can add huge value to teams but poor huddles can hinder and demotivate teams. To ensure your [...]
What Is Organizational Change? A Simple Overview
It's common for people to ask, "what is Organizational Change?" Put simply, it is the process through which large [...]
Wellbeing: What it is and how to Improve it
Wellbeing is defined as the state of feeling healthy, happy and free of negative physical or emotional factors. Wellbeing [...]
Wellbeing and National Success: A World of Work View
Most countries currently measure performance and growth through their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While useful, GDP provides limited insight [...]
Ways To Improve Resilience: Simple Ways To Help Others
As individuals we shouldn't just be focused on improving our own resilience. Instead, we should also think of ways [...]
Vulnerability In The Workplace: A Leadership Skill
Often mistaken for weakness or fragility, vulnerability in the workplace is the root of authentic leadership and meaningful connection. [...]
Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of Motivation: Valence, Instrumentality and Expectancy
Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation says that individuals are motivated to do something by three things. They are motivated [...]
Vision Statements: A Helpful Introduction
Vision statements are brief, vivid, inspiring and forward looking summaries of what an organization or person wants the world [...]
Values in Action Strengths – A Positive View of Core Strengths
Martin Seligman and Christopher Peterson propose that there are 24 human character strengths that we all have in some [...]
Value Based Management In Work
Value Based Management is an approach to organizational leadership in work. It says that organizations should define what they [...]
Types of Goals: A Basic Introduction
There are several different types of goals that individuals or organizations can work towards. These include process related goals [...]
Type A and Type B Personalities
Type A & B personalities refers to a somewhat discredited theory that people fall into two categories. These are [...]
Trust and Social Threats in Teams (SCARF Model)
In our opinion, there is a link between trust and social threats in teams. Trust plays a large role [...]
Tom Wolff’s Power of Collaborative Solutions
Tom Wolff's Power of Collaborative Solutions is a six step process that helps bring disparate groups together in civil [...]
Time Blocking To Boost Your Personal Effectiveness
Time blocking (AKA diary blocking) involves scheduling your day in advance so that you know exactly what you're working [...]
The VMOSA Strategic Analysis Framework: A Simple Summary
The VMOSA strategic analysis framework is a simple, five step strategic process. It says organizations should start by defining [...]
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 goals for humanity to work towards between the years 2015 and 2030. [...]
The Trust Equation: A Simple Summary
The trust equation says an individual’s trustworthiness is equal to their credibility, reliability and intimacy, all divided by their [...]
The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change: A Simple Summary
The Transtheoretical model of behavior change is a behavior change model strongly associated with health related changes. It contains [...]
The Tall Poppy Syndrome and Crabs in Buckets
Tall poppy syndrome describes a cultural trait where successful individuals are resented, undermined or attacked to bring them back [...]