Dec 19, 2016 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Would you rather be happy at work or enjoy fair pay, reasonable hours and be valued by those you work with and for? Or can you have both? Is workplace happiness achieveable? I read with great interest the article “The Cult of Compulsory Happiness is Ruining our...
Dec 19, 2016 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
HERE’S THE RESEARCH ON WHY YOUR DOWNTIME IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT Resilience is the way you manage adversity and are able to bounce back from setbacks and failures. Some people find even a simple reversal difficult to recover from, whereas others overcome negative...
Dec 19, 2016 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
PSYCH YOURSELF UP FOR “PEAK PERFORMANCE” 6 PEAK PERFORMANCE TIPS FROM HIGH PERFORMING ATHLETES We all experience key situations in our day where we need to be operating at peak performance to ensure the best possible outcome. This could be a meeting, a presentation or...
Dec 19, 2016 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Feeling Frazzled? The Solution Is As Easy As A Walk In The Park When you are feeling frazzled, your brain has reached information overload and is filled with thoughts, decisions to make, deadlines and pressure, pressure, pressure, it may be that finding the solution...
Dec 19, 2016 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
SUCCESSFUL RECRUITERS ARE MENTALLY TOUGH Have you noticed that often it is not the most talented recruiters that are the most successful recruiters, but more those with the resilience and confidence to consistently overcome challenges and issues? Their positive...
Dec 13, 2016 | Doug Strycharczyk, Education
A picture is worth a thousand words. The second in a series of visual posts. The fastest growing area of our work globally lies in the world of Education. To the point we have appointed Steve Oakes as Director of Education to lead our work in this area. This growth is...
Dec 9, 2016 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
Today I would like to encourage you to become comfortable in feeling uncomfortable. This is a trait that most successful people have as it helps, in their personal development, drive to be the best they can be. Becoming attuned to new situations and surroundings...
Dec 9, 2016 | ASEAN, Coaching, Leadership, Mental Toughness
A recent UK study into depression and occupations has found that being a bus driver is the job with the highest depression rates. Real estate agents (surprisingly) and social workers make up the top three. The study’s authors explain that the stress of emotional...
Dec 9, 2016 | Coaching, Mental Toughness
Cognitive Gridlock It’s all too familiar, with a seemingly endless ‘To do’ list it’s hard to focus on the task at hand. The overwhelming phenomenon of cognitive gridlock, feeling stressed at work pushes us to plough on when we should be taking a break. Greenspace...
