It’s not a race We do not want to suggest that we should all race back to the office. Still, it seems the lockdown is being relaxed and workers are encouraged to go back to work if they are able to. Jan de Jonge, the founder of People Busines Psychology Ltd., was very recently featured in a useful article that advises how workers can best prepare for a return to their work in the office. Could this be a way back, to some extent, to how things were as they knew it before the lockdown? Following up specialist advice may help. Useful checklist To make a return to work a little easier, it is handy ..read more

Page from “Terra-Filius” by Nicholas Amhurst (writing in March 1725): “There is not (…) a more uncommon thing in the world than common sense (…)”. How much “Common Sense” have you got? Appeals are made by both government and people closer to home to “use your common sense”. The country seems to be divided as to whether the British public has or has not got any. Let alone the government that is in charge. Noble Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman wrote his international bestseller about it. His book “Thinking Fast and Slow” is an interesting read about rationality and irrationality behind the decis ..read more

Image by stokpic from PixabayYour personality has a lot to do with how you individually respond to the Coronavirus pandemic. “It’s all about people” – a claim we have all heard and many agree with. The way we cope with a development like Coronavirus that is sweeping the globe depends on many things. First of all, the pandemic may be seriously affecting your own health or the lives and health of your loved ones and friends. Other factors that are relevant are our age, underlying health, where we live, our financial circumstances (then and now…), our religion even, and, not in the least, how we ..read more

Practise these three things to improve your impact as leader   In our daily lives, we constancy assess how our bosses and our leaders come across to us. Their impact and persuasiveness have a great bearing on whether we listen to them and follow up on their ideas and expectations. When looking at leaders to be selected for new job roles or for the purpose of developing and improving their leadership skills, we consider the requirements of the coveted new role. It steers our assessment programme. One of the first steps in any talent measurement, whether for selection purposes or with a view to ..read more

Our working environment will inevitably harbour some employees who have their own self-interests at heart more than they should and those who consider altruism as their guiding principle. The same may well apply to those who lead these employees. The interests of others and our self-interest: it’s a balancing act, after all – for leaders, too. The role of any leader, including a ‘compassionate leader’ is, surely, to create an environment where all individuals can, and will, flourish, thereby increasing productivity and reducing, for instance, absence. Research (- a lot of research) suggests ..read more