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Personal values conflicts can occur when we work or interact with others who hold values that are not aligned to our own. Experiencing a values clash can feel jarring and visceral. Being aware of them…
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Your Personal Values – Where Conflicts can Occur
Personal values conflicts can occur when we work or interact with others who hold values that are not aligned to our own. Experiencing a values clash can feel jarring and visceral. Being aware of them…
The Career Life-Line Activity: A Reflective Career Development Tool
The “career life-line” is a reflective activity that involves thinking through your career and drawing a line mapping how engaged you were in work (or another factor) against the time in your career. Career Life-lines…
MORE PIES – Active Listening Skills from Andrew B Brown
MORE PIES is an acronym to remember some active listening best practice as shared by our good friend, Andrew B Brown. It stands for: Minimal encouragers, Open-ended questions, Reflecting / mirroring, Emotional Labeling and Paraphrasing,…
Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions – A Simple Summary
Robert Plutchik’s wheel of emotions visualises the mapping and relationships between emotions, showing them as a range of colours might like a colour palette for paint. Plutchik’s Wheel Robert Plutchik identified eight primary emotions (joy,…
Feeling Understood – A Starting Point for Connection
The sense of feeling understood by other people can be very powerful, and can be a key starting point for improving our mental health and thriving in what we do. Being Understood We were very…
Humble Inquiry – Meaningful Connection Through Genuine Interest
Humble Inquiry is a description and phrase brought to life by Edgar Schein. At its core it means adopting a humble approach and asking genuine questions of others in an effort to learn, connect and…
WOOPing – An Effective Approach for Behaviour Change
WOOPing is a four step process for effective behaviour change developed by psychologist Gabriele Oettingen. The four steps spell WOOP. The are: Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan. WOOPing Most people recognise the benefits of personal growth…
Play Personalities – What is your style of play at work?
Play and playfulness yield great benefits for individuals, teams and organizations, but not everyone plays in the same way. There are thought to be eight distinct play personalities. Understanding them can help improve your own…