Stop attending training courses that don’t produce any results. The kind of courses where you spend the whole day sitting at a U-shaped table, with the trainer overwhelming you with his knowledge and insights, accompanied by stunning graphics, wonderful films and spicy one-liners, and where you take down notes on the deluxe … Read full story
Seeing a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon, a man decides to lend it a hand. He takes a pair of scissors and very carefully he cuts the cocoon open. Now the butterfly can move freely and fly away – he thinks. But that’s not what happens at all! The butterfly … Read full story
In my previous article, I outlined a number of insights about happiness that feature in Sonja Lyubomirski’s book ‘The How of Happiness’. Today’s article expands on this topic, describing 12 strategies she has derived from scientific research that, when implemented correctly, will make us feel happier. You will notice that what they … Read full story
How do you become genuinely and enduringly happy? Sonja Lyubomirsky, a highly respected researcher in the field of Positive Psychology, has analysed numerous hypotheses proposed by researchers of happiness, and her new book ‘The How of Happiness’ includes all the theories that have been scientifically tested. ‘The scientific world isn’t perfect, but … Read full story
As part of training sessions and/or coaching trajectories, there are many options available to help your students to implement their newly acquired knowledge in practice. One of those options is to work with a Role Play actor. This gives students “in-the-moment” experience of the impact of existing and/or effective behaviour. And it … Read full story
Are you feeling a little down or depressed? Would you describe your child as being lively or is he/she suffering from AHDH? At what point does feeling sad become a disease that has to be treated? And does that treatment consist of medicine or cognitive therapy? Is a psychological disorder genetically determined … Read full story
An essential skill possessed by today’s leaders is the ability to show empathy, which is why many training and coaching trajectories devote a lot of attention to developing this capacity. This sounds logical, but which form of empathy do we actually need to develop? According to Paul Ekman, an expert in the … Read full story
Stephen M.R. Covey (yes, the son of the Stephen Covey) has written a book called the Speed of Trust in which he propagates trust as being the key to success in every business and personal relationship; and that trust is a core competence for managers to have if they want to succeed … Read full story
In her book My Stroke of Insight (2006), Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a 37-year-old neuroanatomist, describes how her life changed completely in the space of just four hours as a result of a stroke. It rendered the logical and clear-thinking left hemisphere of her brain useless. This half of the brain controls … Read full story
Last summer vacation I travelled around Norway with my family, moving from holiday address to holiday address, always cleaning the house before leaving. Every time we asked the owner to check if the house was clean enough, the answer was always something like: ‘Oh no, that’s not necessary, we’re sure you’ll leave … Read full story
