Thinking
We pride ourselves on providing our clients with new knowledge from research. We use our articles, media coverage and newsletters to lead the wellbeing conversation in New Zealand.
Why are some people more “difficult” than others?
All of us can be difficult sometimes. We have “off” days and times in our lives when things are trickier, and this may on occasion lead us to be less than lovely to people in [...]
Books we like – The Organized Mind
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. Daniel J. Levitin. New York: Random House. “Our brains are busier than ever before. We’re assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all [...]
Research we like – Positive mental health at work
We support organisations that are implementing strategies to reduce mental illness at work and to support employees who suffer from mental ill-health. In our view, however, such initiatives are simply the starting point. Rather than [...]
Building resilient teams – sustaining resilience over time. Part 3 of 3
How do organisations best provide targeted training, appropriate nudges and effective frameworks to strengthen resilience in teams? And ensure that resilience habits and skills are integrated into business-as-usual activities? In part 1 of this series, [...]
Manage energy not time
The idea of managing energy rather than time isn’t a new one. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz highlighted the importance of energy management in their seminal paper, “The Making of a Corporate Athlete”. More recently [...]
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