Gaynor Parkin

Check in on your digital wellbeing

Do you fill small gaps in your day with technology use? Check your phone at traffic lights, while waiting for a lift, or your morning coffee?  Do you feel anxious when you are without your phone or irritable when you can’t read and respond to emails? As a potential mental health [...]

2020-02-24T14:19:01+13:00August 31st, 2018|

Take charge of your technology

The technology available to us is truly amazing, we can work or play on devices at anytime, anywhere. One of the delights of this technology however also presents a challenge to us – it is designed to be attention-grabbing and attention-holding. As a result, it primes our brains to always [...]

2020-01-29T10:18:38+13:00August 31st, 2018|

Are you giving your people the right support?

Most managers and people leaders set out with the best intentions, and genuinely want to support their people as well as they can. However, we don’t always get it right, and our potential biases towards the type of support we personally prefer, or which types of support we are more [...]

2020-02-24T14:05:27+13:00August 31st, 2018|

Trust and mental health

High rates of stress and mental illness in New Zealand workplaces mean there is increasing recognition of the need to protect wellbeing and foster mental health at work. Otherwise, we lose talented staff through stigma, stress and distress, and see team resilience and innovation suffer. Having more skilful conversations, between [...]

2020-02-24T14:27:19+13:00July 27th, 2018|