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Burnout is more than disengagement

http://www.hrdive.com/news/study-burnout-is-a-major-threat-to-employee-engagement/433822/ While this headline is accurate, and it’s good to see burnout recognised as a serious workplace concern, it feels important to acknowledge that burnout is so much more than a threat to employee engagement. Burnout disrupts job performance and engagement, but also people’s lives. Burnout can wreak havoc [...]

2020-02-24T14:21:53+13:00April 3rd, 2017|

Let’s start making sense of our emotions

How many emotional responses have you noticed so far today? Gratitude and love saying good bye to your family as you leave for work, or frustration as you are stuck in wet weather traffic?  Maybe anticipation for an enjoyable meal with friends this evening or anxiety that you have [...]

2020-02-24T14:02:03+13:00March 30th, 2017|

Reducing digital overload

Commentary around the perils of technology has never been stronger.  Harvard Business Review has described this overload as possibly “the defining problem of today's workplace”: All day and night, on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, we’re bombarded with so many messages and alerts that even when we want to focus, [...]

2017-03-27T13:47:28+13:00March 27th, 2017|

Happiness and meaning in life

Is one of your goals in life to be happy? What does a happy life look like to you? If I shared with you what I believed to be a happy life for myself, would that satisfy you? Or if you’re questioning the goal of happiness at this point, you’re [...]

2017-03-27T13:46:34+13:00March 27th, 2017|