Did you know today is the International Day of Happiness? Or that there even was an International Day of Happiness? When you think about it, it makes sense. There should be at least one day a year where we stop and ask: “How happy are we...
I left a colleague in the office the other night, working on an assignment for her management diploma. As I went home she looked grimly determined and when I came in the next day the project was finished. The result of a good work ethic? Except...
MEME thinking Recently we were presented with a little challenge - making a short animation for a client in 4 days. We decided that, due to the time constraint and the visual concept, graphic facilitation could be a good solution for the project. To our delight, the...
While listening to an old HBR podcast, I was reminded why I do what I do - help people put more into and get more out of their work. The podcast was an interview with Patrick Lencioni, discussing the three root causes of misery in a job: Anonymity - employees...
I'm currently reading a fantastic book, 'The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that fuel success at work' by Shawn Achor. Only a few chapters in, I found myself wanting to be like the happy people he describes, and reaping the benefits: a higher...
In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about employee disengagement. In Australia alone, according to past research by consulting firm Gallup, just 20% of people in the workforce were engaged, while 63% were not engaged and 17% were actively disengaged. We here at...