Not Sure If You Can Calm An Angry Colleague?  You can.
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Not Sure If You Can Calm An Angry Colleague? You can.

We all come across someone who is angry from time to time, especially at work.  However, you can help to calm an angry colleague.  It helps you for them to be calmer, but importantly, it helps them to cope better with not only the current situation, but also future situations too…

Re-framing is a Powerful Tool Anyone Can Use.
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Re-framing is a Powerful Tool Anyone Can Use.

Do you know what reframing is and how to use it?  Reframing is often used by psychologists as a powerful tool to help people see a different perspective to an obstruction allowing them to take a different route to get around a cognitive roadblock.  However, it has utility outside the therapeutic office, you can, and…

Feeling Stressed But Staying Calm… Until You’re Not
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Feeling Stressed But Staying Calm… Until You’re Not

Most people are able to tolerate a certain about of stress.  This is normal and desirable.  However, if, as often happens, you don’t acknowledge the stress you are experiencing, a threshold can be crossed with only a minor incident and create what seems like an over reaction to a trivial event.  This explains why…

Why Is It So Hard To Deal With Idiots?
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Why Is It So Hard To Deal With Idiots?

Sometimes, it can be so frustrating working with and dealing with people who just don’t seem to get it.  In these situations it is common for people to complain that the people are ‘idiots’.  This is not the correct term – it is very derogatory – but there is often something going on, and it…

What Is the Significance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workforce?
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What Is the Significance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workforce?

Emotional intelligence is a concept that is normally applied to individuals and it implies that individuals have a more sophisticated emotional approach to life and the problems that come with it.  However, emotional intelligence has a role in organisations.  Quite simply, organisations that focus on EI perform better and bring greater rewards for all involved.

Executive Searching – A Headhunter’s Perspective

Executive Searching – A Headhunter’s Perspective

Executive search is a type of headhunting that focuses on filling very senior positions within a business. Typical roles appointed by executive search are Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Human Resources Director (HRD). So what are the key approaches to executive search, and…

Re-Hiring Your Previous Staff and What this Means for Your Business

Re-Hiring Your Previous Staff and What this Means for Your Business

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a serious effect on most businesses, particularly those engaged in the retail, travel and hospitality industries. Many of them have had to furlough a significant number of employees — putting them on unpaid leave, often with government financial support. As the situation starts to ease and the economy is coming…