Our world seems to be full of the woes of businesses closing or operating under hard times. It erodes our belief that there is any chance of promotion or for to make a successful pay raise request, as our business can’t afford it. It stands to reason that not only does the economic environment make [...] Read more »
Leadership Development – Managing Emotions at work- stay smart under pressure
Our last Leadership development blog explored the evolutionary and biological basis for our ‘panic’ or ‘regrettable’ actions when in a crisis. This blogs looks at how you can begin to recognise, and then ultimately how you can manage, this pattern of behaviours to allow us to manage our emotions at work to remain effective under pressure. Read more »
Hit a Business Crisis? Do You Act Competently or Try to Survive?
As part of our Leadership Development Series, this post considers the basis of our actions under pressure, investigating how our survival instincts impact our actions and reduce our ability to navigate problems in a logical and constructive way. We have all been in work situations where the pressure of the circumstances or attitudes of others [...] Read more »
STMS Specialists – Leadership Development Series
As coaches and development practitioners we promote the idea of self management and conscious action (i.e. choosing a course of action or behaviour rather than just instinctively reacting on all occasions). The sheer number of models of leadership generated and promoted within the business world demonstrates the value that is placed on this idea. As [...] Read more »