by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Positive, Recognise, I = ? So far, we have used the first two letters of the word ‘PRIDE’ as a way to turn demotivation into motivation. How well were you able to create a positive work environment and then recognise and/or reward your team’s...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Can you put the spring back into non-performer’s steps? Yes, you can! One of the biggest challenges we all face when putting an employee on performance management is preventing them from becoming demotivated. The idea behind performance management is to help...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
P=Positive, R=…? Last week we looked at the first letter of the word ‘PRIDE’ as a tool to turn demotivation into motivation. The ‘P’ stands for POSITIVE environment. How did you do in that area this past week? Were you able to create a more positive environment...
by Dr Sharon | Sep 15, 2016 | Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Lessons from Beirut I had the pleasure of going to Lebanon last week to facilitate emotional intelligence training for i-engineering’s country heads. I was so impressed by them. In nine years, they have grown from two people who started up a business in their garage...
by Dr Sharon | Jul 25, 2016 | Emotional Intelligence, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Is empathy genetic or learnt? Many years ago, a New Zealand search and rescue team heading to Japan (to help after a magnitude 9 earthquake and devastating tsunami) said they were pleased to be returning the favour because Japan had sent teams there in the aftermath...
by Dr Sharon | Jul 18, 2016 | Emotional Intelligence, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Beat the back to reality blues On Saturday, I landed back from the most AMAZING holiday with my family. We planned it for over a year and my husband and I went small on our honeymoon (we got married on 11 March) so we could go big when the kids were with us. Our...
