10 easy ways to improve your hearing and prevent hearing loss: 1. Get your hearing checked regularly: Schedule an appointment with an audiologist to get your hearing checked. This is the best way to identify any hearing loss early on and find out what may be causing it. 2. Use hearing protection: If you are…
What are Social Skills? Social skills are a set of behaviors and interpersonal abilities that allow us to interact effectively with others in a variety of situations (i.e. socially skilled person). These skills can include things like communicating clearly, building relationships with others, resolving conflicts, and managing emotions in healthy ways. Why social skills are…
An Overview of The benefits of meditating Meditation is an ancient practice that has been used for centuries to promote inner peace and well-being. There are many different types of meditation, but the basic premise is to focus your attention on your breath and allow your thoughts to flow in and out without judgment or…
Mindfulness in Leadership: Mindfulness is a way of being — paying attention on purpose, with curiosity, and an open mind. It means living in the moment and awakening to experience. Mindfulness has been around for thousands of years but only recently was it fully embraced by the business community as a leadership practice. The concept…
Positive Psychology: Overview Positive Psychology (PP) is the scientific study of optimal human functioning . The major objective is to understand what ‘good’ is, how it can be achieved or nurtured and how individuals may cope with challenges that risk their flourishing. Many psychologists argue that while some form of happiness is possible for all…
The Future of Work: The Benefits of a Flexible Work Environment With the world running on remote work, the pandemic thrust almost everyone into a new way of life. As things open back up and employers rethink their policies with absenteeism as an issue again, employees would like to continue working remotely. It turns out…
Sustainability & Sustainable Development The world is facing a cultural and economic transformation from the Industrial Age to Sustainable development. It is an exciting time, a crossroads of human history. There’s never been anything like it before on our planet: billions of people adopting sustainable development in their personal lives and societies around the globe;…
THE CHALLENGE OF ANXIETY AT WORK: Anxiously attached workers, or those who worry about losing their jobs and having difficulty in the workplace, are more likely to report stress and job dissatisfaction. They also seem to be less satisfied with their job, which leads them to turn to social media outside of work. They may…
Most of us have found ourselves in a situation that prevents us from achieving our best at work. We fail to meet targets, we experience stress and anxiety, and we can’t seem to get on with our colleagues or boss. While many of us delegate the responsibility for understanding these problems to individual employees, you…
Building Resilience in the Workplace ‘We know that we can influence our own resilience, and build on it to achieve more in life. This training will give you the tools and techniques you need to successfully navigate your way through today’s work world.’ Resilience has been defined as the capacity of an individual (or system)…