Are you one of the 40% of leaders who report that their workdays always or often feel like a race against the clock? This question in the Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey is consistently endorsed as one of the biggest threats to leaders’ wellbeing. The good news is that it also presents the biggest opportunities for… Continue reading On your mark … get set … start the week
Walking is awesome. In fact, it’s so old-school epically awesome in helping thinkers think that our ancient friends even had a Latin phrase to capture its power: Solvitur ambulando. “It is solved by walking.” Nietzsche would agree. He said: “All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” Kierkegaard would also agree. He put it this way: “I have walked… Continue reading Another good reason to do Steptember
The Kiwi boss who trialled giving his staff a full salary for four days’ work says it was a success and that he wants it to become permanent at his Auckland company. Andrew Barnes, the chief executive at Perpetual Guardian, says he’s already made a recommendation to his board to take the policy beyond the… Continue reading Four-day working week trial at Perpetual Guardian a Success
Remember the headlines last month about the company operating on a 4-day week with record productivity? It seems to have really got people talking. HR folks, bosses and line managers alike have had their imaginations captured – and conversations are bubbling away in cities and boardrooms. Could there be something sweet in the air, besides… Continue reading How might we be with an extra day up our sleeve each week?
People like getting thank you notes. So why do so few of us send them? According to Amit Kumar, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin who studies well-being, it’s because people underestimate the appeal of receiving an appreciative email. In a study conducted by Kumar and Professor Nicholas Epley of the University… Continue reading Yes, Send That Thank You Note
A recent meta-analysis in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin analyzed 26 studies on work and friendship, concluding that teams made up of friends tended to perform better than teams made up of strangers. That said, workplace friendships can be tricky to navigate. Jessica Methot, associate professor of human resource management at Rutgers University, has… Continue reading Office Friendships
