Tag: Performance

Employee recognition is not just a courtesy; it’s a necessity

Written on 20th December 2023. Posted in News.

In the modern workplace, the importance of employee recognition cannot be overstressed. In a world marked by continual change and evolving workplace dynamics, acknowledging and appreciating your team’s efforts is not just a courtesy; it’s a strategic necessity. Unleashing Potential Through Recognition Recognition is about highlighting and reinforcing the genuinely positive behaviours...

Our 5 Pillars For Perpetuating Organisational Success

Written on 29th November 2023. Posted in News.

As Business Psychologists, our 5 pillars for perpetuating organisational success provide a foundation for us to leverage our expertise in and experience of behavioural science to deliver evidence-based solutions for key challenges facing organisations, enabling positive and high-performing working environments. Our 5 pillars are: Performance Without high-level performance, success will remain a...

Playing to Our Strengths

Written on 27th September 2023. Posted in News.

Strengths are defined as things that we are good at, but that we also enjoy doing. People who use their strengths report higher levels of wellbeing, motivation, career success and self-confidence and lower levels of stress. Crucially for organisations, research has shown that using strengths-based approaches brings commercial success, higher customer engagement, higher staff engagement and retention. Strengths...

Building Positive Workplace Habits

Written on 26th July 2023. Posted in News.

Building positive habits at work can help us to progress towards our goals and achieve our potential at work. Knowing where to start when building these positive habits is difficult, but with the right knowledge and support, we can begin to promote positive habits and reduce negative ones. What are habits? Very simply, habits are behaviours that we engage in frequently and repeatedly. From a psychological...

Maximising Employee Performance Through Compassionate Leadership

Written on 23rd February 2023. Posted in News.

Compassion can be defined as “sensitivity to suffering/distress in self and others with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it” Cole-King and Gilbert, 2011. Compassionate leadership creates the right environment for individuals to enable them to reach their full potential and feel respected and valued at work [1]. It is about building close relationship thus giving us a sense of belonging...

Benefits of a Strength-Based Approach

Written on 26th January 2023. Posted in News.

The strength-based approach refers to a ‘work practice theory’ that focuses on individuals self-determination and strength. This approach brings awareness to individuals of the value that they can offer by being their authentic self through encouraging them to maximise their strengths rather than focusing on their weaknesses and development needs [1,2,3]. In this article, we will be exploring, the...

Strengthening Trust in The Workplace

Written on 15th December 2022. Posted in News.

Trust is an essential factor for human affairs and is strongly linked to workplace success and job satisfaction [1]. However, the shift towards hybrid and remote working, which has led to a lack of physical proximity between colleagues, has had a negative impact on relationship building and the process of building and strengthening trust between individuals. This has created new challenges for organisations...

Supporting Neurodivergent People to Perform Their Best at Work

Written on 28th September 2022. Posted in News.

Recruiting neurodivergent people and including them as part of the workforce has improved in recent years. This movement has been propelled by well-known companies such as SAP, Virgin and Microsoft offering neurodivergent inclusion programs, which highlights the significance of employing neurodivergent people [1]. In this article we will be exploring the advantages of having a neurodiverse workforce...

Hybrid Working: Benefits and Challenges

Written on 30th June 2022. Posted in News.

Prior to the pandemic, remote working was a concept that many organisations were hesitant to introduce. However, its prevalence and popularity have significantly amplified since then. As the Covid-19 restrictions are now lifted, the vast majority of workers are hesitant to return to the office on a full-time basis and prefer the flexibility of combining both remote and office working – a concept...