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11 Min.
Heart intelligence is a crucial aspect of workplace resilience
In today’s rapidly evolving working landscape, leaders and their employees find themselves navigating a whirlwind of challenges. An accelerating rate of change. The necessity for constant business transformation. The advent of artificial intelligence, to name but a few. All are reshaping traditional leadership and employee roles, as well as the way in which teams work.…
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11 Min.
Heart intelligence is a crucial aspect of workplace resilience
In today’s rapidly evolving working landscape, leaders and their employees find themselves navigating a whirlwind of challenges. An accelerating rate of change. The necessity for constant business transformation. The advent of artificial intelligence, to name but a few. All are reshaping traditional leadership and employee roles, as well as the way in which teams work.…
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39 Min.
All business transformations need resilience
This article is laid out in three sections. In the first section we share insights on the current state of transformation fatigue which is impacting people in most businesses. In the second section we lay out a new understanding of resilience and resilience skills and how this can help unlock a new way of addressing…
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15 Min.
Shifting Paradigms: The Transition from Wellbeing Programmes to Resilience Skills
A skills-first shift in learning and development “The term ‘skills-first’ is increasingly used by a wide range of organisations across the private and public sector to describe a new approach to talent management that emphasizes a person’s skills and competencies – rather than degrees, job histories, or job titles – with regard to attracting, hiring,…
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6 Min.
Expert Chat with Eivind Slaaen
Hilti as a company has long emphasised a culture of care and performance, putting people first and investing in the development of this culture. This comes very strongly from the founders and has been continually emphasised by the board of directors and the management teams. This is not just something that is spoken about, but is…
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3 Min.
Attention@DB
Over 9,000 Deutsche Bahn train drivers are on duty every day to transport 4 million people safely. However, the job involves special challenges such as automation and isolation, which can affect concentration. This is where the innovative “Aufmerksamkeit@DB” program comes in to close potential safety gaps and improve the train drivers’ attention.
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11 Min.
Busting four myths around leadership and performance management
Leadership is becoming increasingly complex and multifaceted and has been the subject of extensive study and discussion throughout history. As society evolves and organizations adapt to ever-changing dynamics, so too do the expectations and myths surrounding leadership performance. In the realm of leadership, myths often emerge, perpetuating misconceptions about what it takes to be an…
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17 Min.
Busting five myths about individual workplace performance
Many businesses are once again focusing narrowly on profit and efficiency. As we highlighted in our previous blog post, the increased focus on workplace wellbeing and care during the pandemic has been sadly short lived. Once again, we’re seeing a shift towards a performance culture, at the expense of care for employees, as bosses force their…
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19 Min.
Performance and Care: CAREFORMANCE
Can businesses focus on performance and care, for staff wellbeing, at the same time? The business world has become addicted to performance. Over the last 30 years, thought leaders, authors, researchers, and organisations have emphasized the role of a performance-oriented culture as a vital factor for business success. Leading management thinkers such as Peter Drucker,…
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18 Min.
Resilience Competence Clusters
This article was first published 5th June 23 on the global media site Make a Difference. Which resilience competencies do you have? Three resilience clusters to know about We all experience challenges at work. Your work is criticised in front of others. Your initiative is thwarted. You’ve made a mistake and a customer points it…
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17 Min.
Mindfulness and resilience
Using Mindfulness to Build Resilience The building blocks of WE-silience In our previous blog post, we outlined some of the key steps needed to move from individual resilience to organisation-wide resilience, or WE-silience as we call it. It’s worth restating them here, before looking at the role mindfulness can play in building resilience. Clearly, there’s…