How being selfish, prejudiced and narrow-minded improves emotional intelligence
Combining thinking with feelings to make quality decisions and build authentic relationships underpins your emotional intelligence. And self-awareness is a key component of this. Beyond the obvious awareness of your strengths and liabilities (along with how they play out and the impact that they have) is an awareness of how your attitude can impact upon […]
Even feminists show bias against female leaders
Consider this and notice the images in your mind’s eye. The visit to my doctor from earlier that morning was still on my mind when I found myself slamming the brakes of my car to avoid a collision. A driver was pulling out onto the roundabout just in front of me. Still shaking I carried […]
Attachment in the workplace: do you understand how it works?
“Children are born with a range of innate behaviours to maximise their survival. Among these is attachment behaviour, which allows the child to draw their primary caregivers towards them at moments of need or distress.” Attachment difficulties include insecure attachment patterns and disorganised attachments that often develop into coercive controlling or compulsive caregiving. This theory […]
How to adopt the mindset of a great leader
Our experiences shape us and the kind of person we become. No less so than on the journey to becoming a leader. After all, despite what many think, leaders aren’t born, they are formed over many years. There might be those we class as “natural leaders”, but in reality there is nothing natural about them. […]
Why the most effective leaders enjoy lunch
It seems that stressed, goal-oriented leaders who multi-task are no longer where it’s at. No longer does Gordon Gekko’s motto ‘lunch is for wimps’ sit at the heart of corporate culture – and as someone who defines how good their day has been by the pleasure derived from their lunch, thank goodness for that! The […]
Are you an inspirational leader?
Today’s workplace is complex and constantly changing. Demands on our time are higher than ever before and our attention is constantly being dragged in all sorts of directions. We all work flat out but never seem to get to the bottom of our to-do list. Leaders are expected to do even more: to deliver their […]
How leaders can make their dark side brighter
There can’t be many of us who haven’t at some point in our working lives come across leaders who have a ‘dark’ side. Maybe you work for a manager who’s a bit of a narcissist – someone who truly believes they are head and shoulders above everyone else, is arrogant in the extreme and only […]
Why leaders need to be positive thinkers
It takes a lot of work to create a world-class organization. It’s hard to develop a successful team. It’s not easy to build a great culture. It’s challenging to work toward a vision and create a positive future. It’s difficult to change the world. As a leader, you will face all kinds of challenges, adversity, […]
Internalised sexism: an unconscious bias that is kept out of the spotlight
There’s been much discussion of late about the ways in which women have been insulted or marginalised by their male counterparts in the working world due to biases around gender. The most recent example hitting the headlines is over the now infamous Google memo, in which a senior employee at the company claimed that women […]
Do the best leaders have big mouths?
While selecting good leaders is a focus for all businesses, there is growing concern that not many firms are actually good at it. The failure rate of senior executives remains alarmingly high, with estimates varying between 30% and 60% within 18 months of appointment. These failures are associated with large costs, too, with conservative estimates […]
Unconscious bias in action: four of the most common bias-related issues in people decisions
A while ago, I spoke to an investment banker who believed that he was far too clever to have unconscious biases. His argument was that he was so intelligent, everything passed through his conscious mind in order to get into his unconscious mind. He therefore believed it was impossible for him to have any unconscious […]
Book review: The Resilience Pocketbook
HRZone has a range of books available for review. If you would like to receive one of our business books, free of charge, please contact the editor on editor at hrzone dot com and we can send you a list of what’s available. In return, we ask for a 400-700 word review of the book, […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: I feel like I’ve been harshly judged in my appraisal
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: I don’t know which job offer to take!
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: helping a nayser deal with their new tendencies
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. […]
Book review: Will it make the boat go faster?
HRZone has a range of books available for review. If you would like to receive one of our business books, free of charge, please contact the editor on editor at hrzone dot com and we can send you a list of what’s available. In return, we ask for a 400-700 word review of the book, […]
How to conserve mental energy during the day
We all have good days and bad days at work: days when perhaps we are writing a document and the words are flowing, clear, concise and convincing. But, equally we all have days when we feel overwhelmed and frazzled and can’t think straight; and we have those days where we have deadlines, but nothing too […]
True Colours: is personality testing at work useful, or even desirable?
From the court of Henry VIII to the Reagan administration, the cast of someone’s horoscope has, throughout history, played a significant role in whether they have been perceived as viable, valuable talent. Are modern day psychometric tests any different – or any more robust? We love to play amateur psychologist, don’t we? It’s what keeps us […]
Do you have a false growth mindset?
Carol Dweck’s work on fixed and growth mindset has been eagerly taken up by companies. But new research suggests many people are misusing the research. This leads to what has been called a false growth mindset. Read on and as you do you might like to assess if this is an issue in your organisations. […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: I’m the only woman in leadership meetings after promotion and I’m having a crisis of confidence
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. Question […]
