BLOGS AND Stories
BLOGS
A collection of our own articles and other blogs of interest in the BETTER WORKPLACE theme.
Understanding the Strength of Humility
Humility means accurately evaluating your accomplishments.
Truly humble people think well of themselves and have a good sense of who they are, but they also are aware of their mistakes, gaps in their knowledge, and imperfections. Most importantly, they are content without being a center of attention or getting praised for their accomplishments.
Views on the Strength of Bravery
To be brave is to face your challenges, threats, or difficulties. It involves valuing a goal or conviction and acting upon it, whether popular or not. A central element involves facing – rather than avoiding – fears.
Why tiny is mighty
Blogs and Stories Are you one of those people who makes big New Year's resolutions and then struggles to make them work? If you are, don't worry - you are far from own your own and there are good reasons why these big resolutions fail to materialise in changed...
Thinking about the Strength of Gratitude
Blogs and StoriesGratitude is one of the five character strengths that comprise the Virtue of Transcendence. Transcendence describes strengths that help you connect to the larger universe and provide meaning. What is gratitude? The character strength of gratitude...
Reviewing the Strength of Forgiveness
Blogs and StoriesForgiveness is one of the four character strengths that comprise the Virtue of Temperance. Temperance describes strengths that help you manage habits and protect against excess. What is forgiveness? Forgiveness means to extend understanding towards...
The Business Case for Strengths
Blogs and Stories I have recently been exploring research on why it is worthwhile for people to understand and use their character strengths. In the process, I came across an excellent publication by The Strengths Lab, a Michelle McQuaid Program which sets out a...
How work can be a haven from everyday worries
Blogs and Stories I recently watched a video on Linkedin which featured expert employment and WHS lawyer, Andrew Douglas, talking about psychological safety in the workplace. In that, he spoke about the role that work plays as a haven from everyday personal stresses...
Why you need an EVP
Blogs and Stories We hear employers everywhere telling us that they need more and better people which is no surprise given that we have been having very low unemployment rates and there are chronic skills shortages in so many sectors for lots of reasons. So what can...
Is forgiveness divine?
Blogs and Stories "To err is human, to forgive divine". That famous quotation from celebrated English poet, Alexander Pope Did you know that having an attitude of forgiveness has many positive effects on our mental health and wellbeing? Let's explore those. Emotional...
It starts with why
Blogs and Stories We love Simon Sinek's Golden Circle and use it as the starting point for developing a strategy on pretty much anything from an overall business plan to program design and workshops and communications and social media etc. We start with "WHY" and then...
A Better Change Process
Blogs and Stories We chose the Appreciative Inquiry process as our change management methodology because we believe (and the evidence shows) that it delivers much more positive results and a much more positive, inclusive and collaborative experience for participants...
Be kind to yourself
Blogs and Stories We have been through tough times in recent years and science tells us that our resilience is very much linked to our ability to maintain a positive mindset so that, as the crew at the Michelle McQuaid Group put it, we can still "live well with...
VIDEOS
Our videos are a mix of explainers on various elements of making BETTER WORKPLACES and stories on good practices that we have come across or been involved in.
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