An interview with Ian Pettigrew on the Theme Addicts podcast
Ian Pettigrew appeared on the Theme Addicts podcast, talking about his own journey with strengths and sharing some of the ways in which he applies StrengthsFinder.
#cipdnap15 – Building and sustaining personal resilience
I spoke at the CIPD Northern Area Partnership in York on building and sustaining personal resilience, on how we are all different and that people will develop true strength in different ways. I was go ...
#cipdnap15 – Mindfulness in the workplace: what is all the fuss about?
Sally Roberts, Mindfulness Instructor, Northern Centre for Mindfulness & Compassion What is mindfulness in the mainstream? There is significant evidence of the positive benefits of mindfulness ...
Wellbeing – the power of perspective
There are many aspects to wellbeing, and many things that organisations can do to help employees. One component is helping people to think well, and I want to explore just one element of that – the po ...
Enhancing business outcomes by developing coaching skills in Leaders
A session at the CIPD L&D Show 2015 by Sean Kent (Freebridge) @SeanMKent , David Young (BT), chaired by Gill White (CIPD) @gillwhite4
Celebrate who you are (Dawn Smedley – True Strength)
Examining some of the themes from the True Strength interview with Dawn Smedley, starting with celebrating who we are: "Sometimes I should just look back and celebrate who I am fundamentally. We all s ...
True Strength? Only one person has your success secrets – you
How do you find success secrets? Well, you can't as success depends on who you are and what you want. However, we can find inspiration in real stories of success and I'm working on a project - True St ...
Mental Health First Aid
Some reflections on attending the MHFA England Standard course, training in Mental Health First Aid.
Be grateful – Real stories of gratitude in Britain
This 30-minute documentary from The Jubilee Centre for Characters and Virtues is well worth watching, and contains a great mix of real stories of gratitude interspersed with an academic reflection on ...
HREvent15 – Staff engagement and wellbeing – is it core business?
My blog post on a session at #hrevent15 where Dame Carol Black (Expert adviser on Health & Work, Department of Health and Public Health) talked about the importance of wellbeing and what we can do to ...
Performance Management role-play
Performance Management is really important but no amount of process will make the right conversations happen. Managers need to be equipped to have great conversations with people. These role-plays pre ...
We didn’t see it coming? Talking about wellbeing
One of the really simple, but powerful, things we can do to help people's wellbeing and resilience is to make sure that they have a great support network, giving them the opportunity to have quality c ...