Difficult conversations, challenging conversations, tricky communications—however you frame them, they are an important part of leadership. Successfully managing these conversations can be both time consuming and energy depleting. We have developed and refined a new training programme designed to assist managers to have more effective conversations. Our goal is [...]
“Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love.” – Thomas Lewis, A General Theory of Love. Feeling connected to others is an absolute human need. Social psychologists call this connection “embeddedness”. Holding a strong sense of embeddedness with people who are important to [...]
Thank you to everyone who contacted us after our last post, It’s that time of year - boost your motivation. Building on that theme, what do we know from behaviour change research that can help us strengthen the behaviours that enhance our wellbeing? Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, aim for [...]
In March this year we explained some of the current psychological thinking behind why some people can be “tricky” to work with, and to manage. Read the article here: http://umbrella.org.nz/why-are-some-people-more-difficult-than-others/ This is an area we are increasingly assisting our clients with. How do we help? We provide both individual psychological [...]