'Emotional Intelligence' has, over many decades, been subject to extensive scientific research and debate. Just like 'AI', it is very...

Organizational agility has been very closely associated with 'Agile'. As a way of working, Agile, can be extremely prescriptive, even...

Some organizations I work with set out to attract and retain "the best people". However, in the real world we can't all recruit the "best...

The need to transform businesses to be able to keep pace with market and technology trends, and opportunities, has never been more...

Organizational research suggests that coaching culture supports both wellbeing and performance in organizations. External coaching and...

"Can you sell"? This was a question that a senior partner in a global consulting firm once told me was the most important question to ask...

How much should we 'centralize' or 'decentralize'? Should we focus on maximizing our profits or do what is consistent with our stated...

As a young manager in multinational businesses in the first decade of my own career, I witnessed many senior leadership presentations...

For some decades there has been a common idea that 'culture eats strategy for breakfast', a quote often attributed to Peter Drucker. The...

In the last twenty five years, I have seen businesses invest huge amounts of time on the development and articulation of corporate...

‘To thine own self be true’, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, was advice given by a character (Polonius) who was himself a hypocrite. By...

It is common for us to hear from clients that the people in their organization are 'family' or their business is like family - 'our XYZ...

‘Psychological procedures, whatever their form, alter the level and strength of self-efficacy…. expectations of personal efficacy...

There is a strong link between how well people set their own performance goals at work and how well the organisation manages goal setting...

Psychotherapist, and coaching psychologist, Michael Neenan[1] defines procrastination as ‘putting off until tomorrow what our better...

Perfectionism can be a double-edged sword in relation to defining and pursuing our aspirations and goals for the future. Psychological...

Perfectionists have been described in psychological literature as people ‘whose standards are high beyond reach or reason’[1]. Extreme...

Data on mental health amongst US doctors, even pre-COVID was very concerning. Research suggests that in 2020 there were rising levels of...

The start of a New Year is often a time to reflect on and recalibrate our goals in life and work. I will explore how psychologically...

Many or most people in my network are aware that I have pursued ‘organizational’ or ‘occupational’ psychology as a professional...