William and Catherine celebrate their wedding anniversary today, 29th April, and my husband (also William) and I (Catherine) celebrate ours tomorrow. I don’t know how the Cambridges will be celebrating theirs, but we like to….
Continue readingWe rightly value perseverance and determination. But sometimes it can be counter-productive……
Continue readingWe’ve all seen people in groups looking at their phones rather than talking to each other. Now there’s a name for it – “phubbing”, short for “phone snubbing”, giving your phone precedence over the….
Continue readingIn a recent edition of the CIPD’s magazine “Work”, I was struck by two pieces of research about women as leaders. Both highlighted the tricky path women have to negotiate in how they use their “voice”, if they want to be seen as having leadership
Continue readingAccording to Tim Urban, being connected 24/7 feeds our “instant gratification monkey” (see his TED talk), or what Steve Peters would call our “inner chimp” – we react to events too quickly, making snap decisions…
Continue readingThe Easter holidays are upon us and for parents, especially for working parents, school holidays can be a tricky time. Sometimes we feel our children should be busy, their lives filled with activities, and if we are working too, then holiday play schemes are a godsend. But holidays are also….
Continue readingThe clocks have at last gone forward, the days are getting longer, the sun is warmer and the birds are singing. Spring is an optimistic time of year, with the promise of the summer ahead. The change of seasons is a good time to make
Continue readingHow do preferences for introversion or extraversion impact how teens and pre-teens use social media and video games? Parents often worry that their children spend too much time
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