Best Practice for Better Working Lives

Best Practice for Better Working Lives

I wrote Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Leading Your Team to share best practice on how we can create workplaces where people can meet their core needs for freedom, competence and belonging. The importance of this cannot be over-stated: “a prerequisite for a healthy...
Interpreting Behaviour

Interpreting Behaviour

Making Assumptions We judge people by their behaviour – what they do and say – and we often don’t realise what is motivating their behaviour. We make assumptions about them and these are sometimes wrong and cause misunderstandings. We can get on better with people if...
Results Anxiety

Results Anxiety

I sympathise with parents and their children who are anxious about imminent exam results. Not getting the results you hoped for can seem devastating for teenagers, and parents naturally want to protect their children from disappointment. But the old adage “every cloud...