Psychology@Work

Today’s podcast is a next chapter in a conversation that started about 8 months ago on the topic of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. That conversation was the most downloaded of all the conversations I’ve had to date with some amazing guests and it was called ‘the future of DEI in organisations…courageous inclusion’ with today’s guest, Alison Pacifico-France. Welcome once again Alison.

How often do you hear the term leadership group?  Rarely, and when you do, it will be when describing a cohort of leaders on a development programme or some kind of discussion forum or committee. So, if you’re part of, or you know of, a leadership team actually running a function, department or whole organisation that right now is more group than team, then this episode is for you because my focus...

There’s a lot of churn out there right now. Lots of people moving roles, moving organisations and moving teams. And that means a lot of change for individuals and for teams too. So in today’s podcast I want to make a point, and I’ll give you some practical tips too on how to get new team joiners off to the best possible start when they’re joining a new team.

Today’s podcast relates to a topic that is not talked about enough, not understood well enough and, as a result, is not provided for by organisations well enough at this point. But that’s all about to change. I am delighted to welcome to the podcast today someone who is at the forefront of thought leadership and practice in the area of menopause – menopause at work and menopause coaching – Amantha...

How best to navigate hybrid team working in a post-pandemic world? How can you get the most from the teams you work in and who work for you? I have four areas to discuss and for each I’ll take you through the ups and downs as I see them and how you can get the best from all worlds…virtual and in person.

Today we’re going to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of supporting parents in the workplace. The hidden challenges that parents face and how organisations can do better to manage, motivate, retain and return parents well to organisational life. Char’s also going to be describing how she’s integrated being a pro/entrepreneur, being a human as well as being a parent and how that all works...

This episode is about team development essentials, starting from a position of strength but moving into the development of positive team habits, to support a team through change and challenge.

Today’s episode is on assessing the culture you have right now, to get a sense of where your organisation is, so that you can get a sense of where you’ll need to prioritise actions in order to get closer to your envisaged future state. So let’s get to it.

The strengths-based approach offers a compliment and an antidote to the deficit approach. And strengths-based learning and development helps us focus on developing and stretching our strengths, rather than spending all of our time on hammering out our weaknesses and shortcomings.

A recent Towers Watson survey reported that half of managers don't set effective employee expectations or goals. And if, therefore, 50% of employees haven’t received a clear message on what is expected of them, they will figure out their own expectations, they won’t know how close or far away they are to what their manager had in mind and no one will know when or if the expectation has been achiev...

In this episode, I discuss: Coaching - what it is Why strengths are so vital in coaching The STRONG model Killer strengths-based coaching questions

Today’s episode relates not necessarily to the assessment of your organisational culture right now, I’ll come back to that in a future piece. No, this blog is about mapping out your future culture and how best to do that. 

I want to talk about psychological safety – what it is, why it’s important and how you can develop greater psychological safety in your organisation and within your teams.

In this week's episode: What is Insights? What are the benefits of Insights? What about any downsides? Does Strengthscope and Insights work together? Transitioning the conversation from Insights types to unique strengths How to choose Strengthscope vs Insights or Strengthscope + Insights 

This episode is all about getting the career you want, being prepared to make your move when the market conditions are right, or, quite frankly, when your conditions are right…that is, when you’ve decided that a career or role change is right for you. To help you navigate these decisions, I have some reflections about what not to do if you want to get the career you want, need and deserve. I then...

Why is goal setting important? It’s important because repeated research has shown that setting goals can make a difference to motivation and performance in many areas of life. In this podcast, discover the 4 steps you'll need which will help you to goal set in the year ahead, or any time of year, the strengths way…

In this weeks episode, discover: The psychological contract The employee psychological contract How has the psychological contract time and again over the past 50 years? If the pandemic changed things again? And how how the employee psychological contract changed post-pandemic?

The Hogan suite of psychometrics is very widely used in organisations across the world. The best known tools in the Hogan portfolio are what Hogan call their ‘bright side’ profiler (Hogan Personality Indicator or HPI) and their ‘dark side’ profiler (Hogan Development Survey or HDS). In this podcast, discover: What is Hogan & Why it's so popular? It's pros & cons Comparison of Hogan & S...

Myers Briggs or the Myers Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI, call it what you will, but the language and concepts of Myers Briggs are still the most widely recognised across the world when it comes to psychometric profiling and people getting a toehold in understanding their personality and preferences. In this podcast, find out: What is Myers-Briggs good for? And what are its shortcomings? How can St...

In today’s podversation, I discuss with Sian Walters what challenges she’s facing as a people professional at Fleishman Hillard right now, and how the business is responding. Then get more into the meat of how Sian and the people team have set about deploying the strengths approach at Fleishman, how that’s helped in generally and how it’s helping right now, plus discussing more about the challenge...

In this episode, I discuss: Positive psychology and its attraction of criticism Research findings Links to ‘happiness’ and ‘toxic positivity’ The risks of Western-centrism Links to religion, ethics and evangelism The value of positive psychology?

In this podcast, I want to get into flow with you by diving deeper into this idea, how it relates to stress and stress management, how you can use that knowledge to get more from your daily work as well as giving give you my Top 3 tips for getting into a flow state.

Why do we need a model of well-being and why is this one good? I'll take you through the PERMA model, explain each element, and give you a sense of practically-speaking, how you can use it to up your own well-being. Seligman describes PERMA as a five factor model, which others have added to over the years but today I’m just going to cover the fab five of: P – Positive emotions E – Engagement R – R...