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Bridget Jelley
Winter Wellbeing 101

Keeping our minds resilient and strong is important no matter the time of year, but in the winter months, especially as our days grow shorter and the sun slants lower in the sky, we need to put in more effort.

Blogs
Bridget Jelley
Did you say 'feedback'?

I asked a group of individuals in a performance session recently, what comes to mind when they think about feedback.

Research

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IS THIS IT FOR GRIT and RESILIENCE?

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IS THIS IT FOR GRIT and RESILIENCE?

I love survival stories. Whilst often harrowing, they demonstrate the incredible power of the human mind and spirit in the most inhospitable conditions.

Laura Dekker, New-Zealand born Dutch sailor, pursuing her dream to be the youngest person to sail single-handedly around the world in the face of repeated opposition from Dutch authorities - grit.

Getting up and continuing to sail after being whacked on the head by a flying fish - resilience.

Yet, resilience and grit are perhaps now more readily associated with corporate wellness schemes, positive psychology, and psychometric testing in recruitment.

And yet, I began to wonder, is developing the ability to withstand trauma really what we want at work?

Wouldn’t it be preferable to create an environment where the capacity to avoid PTSD wasn’t a necessary quality?

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Psychological Safety: What is it, Why does it matter, and how can you create it for your team?

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Psychological Safety: What is it, Why does it matter, and how can you create it for your team?

Feeling able to seek help, to admit mistakes, to speak up when something is wrong in the workplace, is less a reflection of the person doing the speaking and more of a reflection of whether their working environment enables them to feel safe to speak.

This is what we call Psychological Safety.

Ask yourself this - if one of your team members screwed up, would they feel confident that they could let you know, without fear of repercussions? Now dial-up the magnitude of the screw-up.

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Should I stay or should I go now? The science of quitting, and when to do it.

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Should I stay or should I go now? The science of quitting, and when to do it.

We are celebrating Platty Jubes this weekend in the UK – the Queen’s Platinum Jublilee.

Seventy years of reign on the throne.

Whatever your thoughts on the monarchy, I think we can all agree that’s a long-ass time to be in the same job. Not to mention a long time to be working at all. Lizzy is 96 and still at it.

It raises an important question. How do you know when to play it like Elizabeth II and stick it out for the long haul, or make like Meghan and Harry and get the hell out of Dodge?

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2020 New-Zealand Mental Health Overview

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It is clear that while progress is being made toward addressing mental health in New-Zealand, there is still a long way to go. Mental health exists on a continuum - we are not either mentally healthy, or mentally ill, yet the words mental health still hold connotations to mental illness for many. The reality is that most of us at some stage in our lives will experience depression or severe psychological distress.