Psychology@Work

In this podcast, you'll discover what positive psychology is, some key concepts and how it can help you in your day to day life.

How do organisations and the people within them, build their capacity to cope with change, shocks and uncertainty at the same time as dealing with increasing competitive and regulatory pressures that require a higher level of output to even stay in the game? Evidence is becoming increasingly compelling that building and leading organisations where people are psychologically safe, where they are va...

It’s an overly connected and busy world, and we place our efforts on reacting rather than pausing. How much time are we really giving to problem solving and decision making?  So we feel disconnected and distanced from leaders who aren’t aware of their impact on others. What does conscious leadership look like? Someone who is committed to personal growth and mastery, to building their self-awarenes...

Feel like you've lost your mojo? Maybe you're stuck in a rut at work, meaning your interest in is starting to wane? Or could it be that you're moving to a more senior leadership role or moving into a different business area which will take you outside of their comfort zone? So how can you  keep  your mojo if it’s on a high, and how can you get your mojo back if it’s ebbing away. In this podcast, I...

In this podcast, I want to give you five top tips for navigating your career whether you choose the ladder or the squiggle. They are: 1. Build a language around your strengths 2. Work your network…beyond the obvious 3. Keep learning and make it personal 4. Keep exploring your career possibilities 5. Own your career story Listen to find out more.

There’s a lot of old ways of thinking about careers still kicking about in what you might have assumed would be a more enlightened time. So this podcast is designed to help debunk some of those career myths and help you build a career that’s more you-shaped, based on your strengths.  My five myths are: Work is meant to be tough, choosing a strengths-based career seems indulgent All careers and rol...

I want to introduce you to a practical model that does just that. It will help you work out whether you’d prefer to be a manager, an expert, an entrepreneur or a whether you’d prefer to go it alone, or dedicate yourself to a cause, as well as several other things besides. I’ve been helping people make better career choices using this model for over 20 years and I am happy to tell you that it’s goo...

Picture the moment: you’ve seen a great role with a great organisation (or even a great internal project or assignment at work), and you just know that it’s a perfect fit for you and exactly what you want to be doing next in your career.  But how do you make sure you get the opportunity to convince others and, more importantly,  smash  that all-important interview? This podcast will help you smash...

In this podversation, Dr Paul Brewerton (aka The Strengths Guy) sits down with Steph Tranter. Steph knows all about taking the strengths approach into various different types of organisations and making it work and that’s something we wanted to share with the wider Strengthscope community. In this episode, we'll cover: How you position strengths How you sell it Where it works and where it doesn’t...

“Finding time for strategic leadership means finding ways to be less occupied with management activities.” ― Paul A. Sacco, Strategy Quest: The Executive Guide to Finding Business Opportunities In this podcast, discover: That it’s not about what you know, it’s about what you think Why you need to think w i d e when you’re at the top How it is possible to do less and still contribute more

In this podcast, discover: why chilling out can bring you better results; what got you to  where you are  may not get you to  where you want to be;  and how to be not only authentic but also attuned!

As we sit here today, Pride month in the UK is in full swing and many brands have switched up their logos to reflect that, in support of the LGBTQ+ community. But there is a risk that we lose the message in there that Pride is a protest. So today’s podcast is about Pride, where it came from and why it is still for a whole bunch of reasons very much a protest. It’s also about the link to strengths....

“Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.” – Sylvia Earle In this podcast, discover 4 things to think about if you are a purpose-seeker, (and 3 other things if you’re not!); 10 great questions to keep asking yourself through life; the wheel of life and how to control it...

“As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.” ― Amit Ray,  Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management In this podcast, discover: What humans can do that machines cannot! (OR What is a bot and what is not?!) How to become a Marvel hero (or move closer to being one anyway!) How to develop yo...

Today I will be talking to Rebecca Christianson about the experience of being a Millennial senior leader and Executive – both the opportunities and the challenges. This podversation is focused on those Millennial leaders themselves, but will be interesting for P&C professionals and other interested senior leaders wanting to better understand their peers. Some key takeaways you will discover: W...

When it comes to being authentic, with skill, there are few better approaches than by using the strengths approach. So in this podcast, I would like to focus on how to be more you, the strengths way. I have 5 steps to share with you: 1. know your values and purpose; 2. understand what energises you; 3. build a brand around that; 4. keep stretching, keep learning; 5. avoid overdrive. I hope you enj...

Today’s podcast brings us a truly tremendous human, doing a whole range of positive work in the community both in the UK and in DRC in Central Africa, Christian Bless. We discuss Chris's story: setting up Solola Bien, a TV show in DRC, the community group Boys 2 Men in London and most recently, Greaterself – a consultancy that aims to help African businesses bring transformation in workplaces thro...

I’m delighted to be having a conversation today with our Strengthscope intern, Abbigail Leeson. In her time with us, Abbigail has been focusing on building the Strengthscope practitioner community and has provided a lot of creative and research input to help us with that. Abbi is studying for her Psychology degree at Cardiff University and has been spending her placement year with us, in a slightl...

It’s important for leaders to be clear on the purpose of their team, of their department and their organisation and the function of each in the world. This boils down to having a vision and sharing that vision of something beyond just a job or a project for each person working for you, but instead to help each employee feel part of something bigger which is making a positive difference in your con...

In this podversation, I talk with Dr. Rebecca Newton, organisational psychologist and executive coach and author of Authentic Gravitas - Who Stands Out and Why . We discuss her career journey and how she got to where she is now how she uses the strengths approach her recent activities in the world of gravitas, its importance in leadership development and how to get it the biggest challenges faced...

In my coaching and development work with senior execs, there is one activity that I can guarantee will always form part of our conversations, almost certainly more than once. And that’s stakeholder engagement. From forming a stakeholder engagement map to a stakeholder engagement plan or strategy, these discussions are almost always central to the success of our work together. The reason? Everyone...

Firstly, why build your leadership brand and is it worth doing? The answer is an emphatic "yes". Like all great brands, having a strong leadership brand produces strong results in terms of improved demand, perceived value, reputation and results.. More specifically, a leadership brand helps • To differentiate yourself in competitive internal and external marketplaces • To increase your visibility...

This week, Dr Paul Brewerton (aka The Strengths Guy) sits down with Derek Appau; founder of Limitless Personal Excellence, a certified coach, personal effectiveness trainer and facilitator. They’ll be talking about the strengths approach and the use of psychometrics in the context of creating more inclusive, equitable, fair and diverse workplaces. Derek has some interesting experiences and views h...