“Think less, Do more” These words on the cover of a colleague’s notebook made us both stop to think. So we played around with them. What if we changed them to: “Think more, Do less” Hmm, the thinking element felt right, but not the doing. So how about: “Focus your thinking, Do the right thing” Yes, we both liked… Read More Do it right . . .
“Sometimes it takes falling apart to see exactly how or what loosened the mortar. Sometimes we find we are responsible for the how & the what. As unpleasant as it is when it happens, one cannot help but appreciate these times for what you learn serves as a beacon. Of course this is only half… Read More It’s good to share . . .
Psychologist Dr Martin Seligman suggests that approximately 40% of your subjective wellbeing (how happy you feel) is influenced by what you do daily. (And if you were wondering, 50% is down to your genes, and 10% down to circumstances – neither of which you can do much about.) So, how can we raise our happiness levels?… Read More Happiness awaits . . .
The impact of change can feel relentless, especially when the change affects team dynamics. Psychology Professor Bruce Tuckman identified four stages of team development – Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing – that any team can go through, whether they’ve been together for a while or are affected by the comings and goings of team members during… Read More I’m storming Norm . . .
Oh, the joys of starting a new job. The finding out, the fitting in, the euphoria that serves to blind in those first few heady weeks, lulling you perhaps into a conscious incompetence as you take baby steps daily to establish your position and to learn how it all works: just what is the way… Read More Getting to know you . . .
Marc Brackett, a psychologist at Yale University, has devised the Ruler programme for teaching emotional intelligence. In the UK, it’s being piloted at a number of nursery and primary schools in London. Ruler stands for “Recognising your emotions; Understanding them; Labelling them and Expressing them in a Regulated way.” Participants are encouraged to plot… Read More How are you feeling?
I recently chose to leave a job I’d had for 11 years. I was happy there, it was a huge part of my life, and I am still in love with that organisation, its values and its people. But choose to leave I did . . . because a great opportunity came my… Read More Be careful what you wish for . . .
This is real victim territory. Not victim of course in the sense of someone doing something to you that you don’t deserve or which is so unspeakably cruel it effects a serious, significant impact on your wellbeing. But the victim mentality that encourages you to believe it’s always someone else’s fault, or that the change… Read More We each have a choice . . .
ChristineWilkinsonCoaching 