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Leading well despite the uncertainty and discomfort
As a leader of a team, and someone who works with leaders to help them stay emotionally well, I’ve witnessed…
How to be resilient
Life is unpredictable. Brace yourself with a suite of coping mechanisms, internal and external…
Things you should know before you start a wellbeing initiative at the workplace
Many employees suffer from poor mental health and wellbeing. According to a recent report published in 2019, two out of every five employees in the UK…
How to build and maintain habits
Creating healthy and desired habits can lead one to live a better life. However, forming and maintaining them can be quite challenging…
Emotional flexibility is the key to wellbeing
One of the best gifts that you can give yourself is learning emotional flexibility skills…
How to cultivate meaning in life
We are all faced with challenging, yet essential questions that help us understand meaning and purpose in life. Do I feel that…
How you perceive the time can influence your life
We mentally time travel almost every day. We visit our past, stay in the present moment, and think about the future. Some of us spend a lot of time…
Optimism is good for us as long as it’s realistic
When I was younger, I used to be a little annoyed by the phrase ‘optimism’. I think it was because I believed that a certain amount of…
Prosocial: an innovative method to create collaborative and productive groups
People are inherently helpful, cooperative, and friendly. For thousands of years, they found ways to work together in small groups and communities for…
The compassionate leader
Bad things happen. An employee might have lost a loved one, be having an important health problem, going through a divorce, experiencing bullying at…
Stop trying to motivate people
While motivation is an important aspect of leadership, it is deeply misunderstood. Many leaders fall into the trap of believing that we can “motivate people”…
On planning and taking action
I love planning. I have no clue how many plans I have made so far in my life, whether small or big, short-term or long-term. I used to believe that my plans…
What to say and what not to say to those going through a difficult time
Pain and suffering are unavoidable aspects of life. Yet most of us struggle with what we should say to someone at a time of suffering and pain due to…
Making diversity trainings work
The demand for diversity trainings has increased markedly over the last decade, at least partly because top-level executives fear that employees may…
The balance between judgment and non-judgment
We all need the ability to judge. Good judgment enables us to make moral decisions and informed choices, and to better calculate the outcomes of…
The misguided quest for happiness
The Western notion that happiness must be achieved at all costs leaves people disappointed and even miserable when they can’t become happy. They feel guilty, thinking that they have…