Whether you’re starting a new job, or even if you have been in a position for a while, it helps to know what the parameters are. To have a good grasp of the expectations you need to meet in order to justify your current position, or to take it further by surpassing them. However, you […]
The “Peter Principle”, named after the book of the same name by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, starts with the premise that “we are all promoted one step beyond our competency”. The society we live in creates lots of expectations and one of them is if you are very good at your job, then you should […]
When you gather a team together to tackle a project, it’s usually tempting to bring together people you have an affinity with or who are similar to yourself. And that makes sense. Harmony within a group of people is much easier to maintain when you have people who share common interests However, when you’re providing […]
What is Wellness in Employment? There are a number of factors that affect our work strengths and it is crucial to look for more effective and important elements of wellness employment. We also need to examine what it takes to help in making a healthy workforce for an organisation. When or how can we work […]
When a worker leaves an organisation, they take away with them a wealth of knowledge. Not only their expertise, but their awareness of the workplace environment, their know-how of the tools and equipment, their grasp of Health and Safety procedures, their insight into the culture of the organisation, and most importantly… which cupboard has the […]
Aeons ago, when we lived in caves and were hunter/gatherers, we fed on a steady diet of protein that came in the form of animal meat. The process of gaining this was for the hunters an extremely stressful time fraught with danger. First you would track the animals, then the long period of stalking, waiting […]
Habits are coping mechanisms we use in our everyday lives. When we carry out actions without conscious thought, we interact with the world through conscious actions, thinking about it, unconscious actions where we don’t think about it because we formed habit. So why do we form habits? We create habits through repeating task or action […]
Your eyes may be telling you lies as in lying by omission. While your eyes see images in the visual cortex, if your brain has no knowledge or experience of the image you are looking at, you do not see or comprehend it. This is what magicians use to create an illusion. However, once you […]
Recently I was asked to give a speech at a tertiary education provider that offered courses in business. I was in a list of other speakers who were faculty, academics, past students and other business leaders. The purpose of the presentation was to welcome new students to the school. I asked to speak last as […]
Performance Appraisals. Do those two words give you a shudder down your spine? Do you get knots in your stomach waiting to see what someone thought of your job performance over the last period? Appraisals are meant to give you an assessment of the work you have done since you were last assessed. A clear […]