Psychology@Work

So last week, I recorded a podcast on the power of your reflection. It’s not 100% necessary that you listen to that podcast before this one, but it will add to it for sure – for easy reference, it’s at Season 4, episode 12 . On this podcast, I want to talk about how you can take your reflection to the next level by factoring your strengths into the equation. Supercharging your development with str...

No no no, this isn’t a podcast on how to take the best possible mirror selfies, that’s not what I mean by the power of your reflection , not on this podcast anyway; no, this is a podcast on the science behind reflecting on your experiences so that you can learn better and achieve lasting changes in your behaviour, and in your attitudes too.

In our work with students, graduates and apprentices, we have seen the central role the strengths approach can take in accelerating people’s early careers by building confidence, certainty in career direction and flexibility in managing careers. In this podcast I’d like to give you a bit more on each of these points to make sure you can build the best career for you and enjoy every day of it too.

Apart from the TV personalities who have made a career out of helping/bullying people to clear their homes and lives up so that we can all watch and say to ourselves ‘thank God I’m not as bad as that’, how many people do you know who are actually incredible at keeping their homes and workplaces and lives de-cluttered? Not many right? You may know one or two but one or two only and that’s because i...

In several of my podcasts, where I’m offering tips for getting more from life or work, I mention meditation as an option to try. Beating the winter blues, coping with interruptions, ways to stay positive and how to do the holiday transition – meditation gets a namecheck in all of them. So I want to focus this podcast on my own story with meditation – how I’ve found it’s helped me in ways I definit...

I am really excited to be joined today by Shetel Khimashia, Talent and Development Manager at Channel 4. Today’s podcast is about work and is also about strengths and how the two can work together to create real value for people.

In this podcast, I’d like to talk about some common challenges for people who become familiar with the strengths approach and who start to use it in their organisations, with their clients or in their lives. These are things that we all face in one way or another, they’re all completely normal, they all have value and there are practical steps you can take to make the most of each one.

Well, you are here, which means that you’re curious about being curious , let’s get curious now... Why be curious, is it worth it? particularly if being curious risks perceived weirdness. Today’s podcast relates to the whole of life, including work, and also relates to strengths and to spotting these in others.

In this podcast, I’m really excited to talk to about an important topic and it affects all of us – I want to talk about strengths fear and what to do about it.

In this podcast, I cover why knowing your values is important, how to find your values and how to use that knowledge.

Back from a mid season break. On this podcast I’m going to talk about how to prepare well for transitioning to holidays from work and from holidays to work, so that you get the very best from yourself and for yourself. Check it out.

This week's podcast focuses on how you can protect yourself and get the best from the situation when you feel attacked by criticism, negative feedback or a particularly aggressive or full-on person at work. Check it out.

Whether it’s relationships, personal goals (like weight loss or exercise) or projects at work, self sabotage seems to be something that many of us are drawn to. Today’s podcast explores self sabotage – what it is, why it happens and most importantly, what you can do about it. Check it out...

Feeling that you’re not as competent or worthy or valuable as other people and that you might get ‘found out’ at any minute? This podcast explores what imposter syndrome is, why it happens and how to deal with it.

There are a lot of reasons why people find it hard to turn up as their authentic, natural selves at work and in this week's podcast I'm going to explore this and offer some thoughts on why it’s important to be your authentic self at work and how to do it too. Check it out - Being your authentic self at work

Mentoring seems to be on the rise in the self-help circles. There’s an increasing number of businesses also introducing mentoring schemes most often for managers and leaders. And some particularly forward-looking organisations are introducing more inclusive mentoring schemes such as reverse mentoring. So what is mentoring and how does it differ from other personal development approaches? How do yo...

Gravitas is a word that is rarely well-defined, and which is therefore very hard to measure objectively, and it seems to be used as an umbrella term for ‘not having enough of an impact, or enough credibility, which is limiting career-wise’. And up it comes again and again and again with leaders and managers. What I want to do in today’s podcast is to try and define gravitas, and how it can best be...

This week's podcast is all about hidden strengths - those things you didn’t even realise you were good at, or could be good at but that you do naturally - and how to out them and why it's important you do. Check it out...

We live in a time where everything is quantified, measured, assessed in terms of likes, followers, shares, retweets, relative value of this activity over that, size of cake baked, complexity of dish cooked, number of steps taken, distance run, side hustles started, exoticism of holiday destinations booked. Exhausting, right? Happy with that? No? Ok, then check this week's podcast out and discover...

So we’re all striving for a better work-life balance right? Or is balance even the right word? Today’s podcast gives you some tips to keep in mind when managing those two aspects of your world. Check it out.

Welcome to my Top 4 tips for staying positive. These are finding things to be grateful for, recording and recalling one positive thing that happens every day, meditating and lastly, being kind. Why? Because science tells us these things work! Check it out - How to stay positive

Feeling overstretched, even burned out because you have too much to do? Or maybe you feel that your time management needs work? It might be time to look at how well (or not so well,) you're delegating. Here are my five steps to delegate well. Check it out - How to delegate effectively

With the kind of work we do at Strengthscope, we are deeply conscious of the importance of trust. So how do you do that, how do you become the ‘trusted adviser’, how do you become trusted – as an individual or as an organisation? Check it out - How to build trust

None of this new year new me talk which usually gets forgotten about mid-Jan, here's how to get you going in 2019, for the whole of 2019: Be clear on what matters most to you Make your goals SMARTER Build new habits now Go easy on yourself Check it out .

This week's podcast is a direct challenge to our very human behaviour of comparing with others in order to make judgements about ourselves. So I want to see how we can get the best from this natural behaviour and maybe build some new habits in the process. Let's go! Comparison is the thief of happiness