“RICHEST MAP” – MOTIVATIONAL DRIVERS OF THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIOURS Recognition, being energised by external Recognition from others. Wanting Status, Influence, or Power. Wanting to Lead, to “box at the right level”, or to have “Intellectual Belonging.” Often a key driver, fuelling hard work and striving. Intimacy, Psychological and ...
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Email is a fantastic communication tool, but we have not yet learnt to use it properly. Here are twenty practical steps for taming email and bringing it back under control.
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The most important graph you’ve never seen… Use a great video if you want people’s attention, they tell me, and whatever you do, don’t show data or graphs. Use a kitten if you can, that’ll help. Yes, but this is one graph you really want to get your head ...
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Israeli Parole Judges are considered somber, consistent paragons of consistent decision taking. However, parole rates varied from around 65% at the start of a session to an average of 5% before each break. On average 1 in 3 prisoners were released, but these odds could double or more-or-less vanish entirely depending on how tired and hungry the Judges happened to be.
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Our Inner Voice comments on everything we do and it can often be astonishingly vicious. “Don’t choke”, “You’re stupid”, “You going to get found out in a minute”, etc.. But it is important to realise that your Inner Voice is not the same as you. It is just a thought which forces its way on to the stage of your consciousness
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Wheel of Anything. Wheel of Anything If you use a Wheel of Anything to think things through either for yourself or with a coachee, then please find attached a spreadsheet with different wheels drawn out for you. I hope this is helpful! Also known as the Wheel of Life, the ...
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Positive Psychology is all about playing to your strengths and finding ways to do what you do in the most meaningful and exciting way possible. This is a really important part of understanding and motivating both yourself and your team; however, it does not mean that you should ignore gaps in your skill set. Positive Psychology is about getting the best results possible and enjoying work today. Investing time in self development and persevering with difficult tasks gives you more flexibility and more skills to make the most of tomorrow. Be careful not to use Positive Psychology as a mask for Fixed Mindset and balance Strengths with Development.
Read MoreThe Seven Pillars of Talent Management
In the long run, there is simply nothing more important to the success of your organisation that the quality and motivation of your staff. Most companies recognise this and trot out the phrase “Staff are our most important asset”, but just saying it, doesn’t count for much. The Best companies give Talent Management top priority from the board right down throughout the entire organisation.
Read MoreThe Key Steps to Managing Internal Coaching
There are a few key reasons why Internal Coaching tends to break down Good intentions simply get overtaken by the day to day busy-ness most of us face these days Coaching skills drain away over time without proper use and practice It can be difficult to be coached by someone internal to your organisation, opening up to someone who may well know the situation or the individuals concerned. As an internal Coach it is very hard to distance yourself from the problem and be impartial…
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“Do you really need a new person?” This question is deceptively simple. Firstly, it requires a calculation of what the marginal benefit (profitability) of a new person could and should be. In order to do this, we need to look at the existing team / operation as a whole and question how it all fits together. For larger units, it might be unrealistic to think this through with every piece of recruitment, but in today’s service driven economy, most teams are relatively small and if it has been more than six months since last doing so, then it is worth doing again.
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