ccording to research from HR tech company Namely, high performers take five more paid days off than average performers. Alas, people are working much more than their bodies and minds can afford. And that takes a huge toll on our health, but also on job performance and output. You might need time off more than you think!… Continue reading Are You A Workaholic? Well.. Time Off Is Essential To Boost Your Performance
I’ve spent the past few years working closely with leaders on incorporating self-care into their work lives — as a key component of their overall performance — so that an expansion in their role or responsibilities doesn’t come at the expense of their health and well-being. One CEO I worked with summed it up best when he said: “Self-care… Continue reading 6 Ways to Weave Self-Care into Your Workday | Harvard Business Review
Stress and burnout are on the rise, as leaders and employees alike struggle to keep up with the relentless pace of business. But there’s another way. Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, has turned to tackle work-life issues with Thrive Global, a media platform that seeks to improve both well-being and performance. In this interview with… Continue reading Arianna Huffington on the link between leadership and well-being | McKinsey & Company
As the tiny nerve filaments that innervate the neighboring cells join with one another, they form nerves, which are bundles of axons, extensions of the neurons that live in the gut. Amazingly, if you were to isolate these neurons and clump them all together, they would form a mass of neurons larger than the ones… Continue reading MEET YOUR SECOND BRAIN: THE GUT (DEPRESSED?)
The Performance Management King I recently picked up the very brilliant The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a colourful investigation into the origins of our favourite Disney characters. Written by two of the nine animators who made Walt Disney into a household name, it very… Continue reading Walt Disney and the 4 Performance Management Tools | Cognology
MOST companies worry about discriminating against their employees on the basis of race, gender or sexual preference. But they give little thought to their shabby treatment of introverts. Carl Jung spotted the distinction between introverts and extroverts in 1921. Psychometric tests such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator consistently show that introverts make up between a… Continue reading Shhhh! | The Economist
