Psychology@Work

Mentoring seems to be on the rise in the self-help circles. There’s an increasing number of businesses also introducing mentoring schemes most often for managers and leaders. And some particularly forward-looking organisations are introducing more inclusive mentoring schemes such as reverse mentoring. So what is mentoring and how does it differ from other personal development approaches? How do you pick a mentor? And, who needs a mentor anyway? Check it out...

Gravitas is a word that is rarely well-defined, and which is therefore very hard to measure objectively, and it seems to be used as an umbrella term for ‘not having enough of an impact, or enough credibility, which is limiting career-wise’. And up it comes again and again and again with leaders and managers. What I want to do in today’s podcast is to try and define gravitas, and how it can best be developed, so that you can be more impactful and more credible to whoever it is you’re working with. Check it out...

This week's podcast is all about hidden strengths - those things you didn’t even realise you were good at, or could be good at but that you do naturally - and how to out them and why it's important you do. Check it out...

We live in a time where everything is quantified, measured, assessed in terms of likes, followers, shares, retweets, relative value of this activity over that, size of cake baked, complexity of dish cooked, number of steps taken, distance run, side hustles started, exoticism of holiday destinations booked. Exhausting, right? Happy with that? No? Ok, then check this week's podcast out and discover how to reduce stress by doing nothing.

So we’re all striving for a better work-life balance right? Or is balance even the right word? Today’s podcast gives you some tips to keep in mind when managing those two aspects of your world. Check it out.

Welcome to my Top 4 tips for staying positive. These are finding things to be grateful for, recording and recalling one positive thing that happens every day, meditating and lastly, being kind. Why? Because science tells us these things work! Check it out - How to stay positive

Feeling overstretched, even burned out because you have too much to do? Or maybe you feel that your time management needs work? It might be time to look at how well (or not so well,) you're delegating. Here are my five steps to delegate well. Check it out - How to delegate effectively

With the kind of work we do at Strengthscope, we are deeply conscious of the importance of trust. So how do you do that, how do you become the ‘trusted adviser’, how do you become trusted – as an individual or as an organisation? Check it out - How to build trust

None of this new year new me talk which usually gets forgotten about mid-Jan, here's how to get you going in 2019, for the whole of 2019:

Be clear on what matters most to you Make your goals SMARTER Build new habits now Go easy on yourself

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This week's podcast is a direct challenge to our very human behaviour of comparing with others in order to make judgements about ourselves. So I want to see how we can get the best from this natural behaviour and maybe build some new habits in the process. Let's go!

Comparison is the thief of happiness