Mindfulness is the process of understanding our own minds to help us focus on the present, improve our awareness of the world around us and ultimately, to develop methods to ensure our continued mental wellbeing. Studies on subjects ranging from students to US Marines have shown that mindfulness reduces stress and improves overall [...]
We’ve talked in the past about how you change your organisational culture, but we haven’t talked about in depth about how you recognise the need for change, and what those reasons for change may be. Sometimes, the small signs can be there before many people spot them, but sometimes there are major changes [...]
The famous phrase, "be the change you want to see in the world" originated with Gandhi, a legendary man who was the master of social change. Gandhi created a world he wanted to be living in through years of sacrifice and modelling his ideas and there is a lot to be learned from [...]
Banter - just a bit of fun right? Bit of bants between mates? Perhaps you consider yourself to be the Archbishop of Banterbury? Well we're going to have to stop your banter bus right there and ask you a question - do you know when banter becomes bullying? The difference between banter [...]
We have been having a read through a recent report published on the behalf of the UK government looking at mental health in the workplace and how employers can better support the mental health of all employees. The report has raised some interesting and perhaps alarming statistics, but has also laid some very [...]
When you think of a change management consultancy, you wouldn't necessarily think of mindfulness programmes. Organisational change and mindfulness are two different worlds altogether and cater to different sorts of people, right!? Nope! Increasingly, mindfulness methods are being utilised within organisational change and performance management programmes to help employees build resilience. We've talked [...]
The gender pay gap has hit news headlines again recently, since it was revealed that the Bank of England still have a 24.2% gender pay gap. This is huge compared with a national average of 9.1%, but is actually a lot better than the Financial Sector average of 35.6%. When we talk about [...]
We live in challenging times, facing the unknowns of economic uncertainty, improving technology and a general hunger for immediacy. With widespread government cuts, we are facing tough economic conditions which has created job uncertainty, financial stress and family crises. Employers tend to demand higher productivity from fewer employees in order to save costs. [...]
The 'CEO Challenge 2015' was a survey produced by The Conference Board, conducted across 943 business leaders in 2015. The survey was looking to provide insight into the strategic and tactical priorities of CEO's worldwide, and the results show that they are putting their people and high-performance cultures at the top of their [...]
Culture change within an organisation is one of the most difficult and complex tasks that management may be required to complete. Culture change requires the breaking and re-modelling of deeply embedded behaviours, a task management must be prepared to lead by example, requiring them to change their own behaviour more quickly than their [...]
