Why You Need Love at Work

The idea was novel.  It had promise. It was exciting. Yet part of me still baulked. “People won’t take me seriously.” “I will be ridiculed.” … Read more

Good Leadership and Organisational Well-Being

Continuing with the last week’s theme and pursuing the subject of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, another … Read more

Pursuing Good Business Leadership

Imagine, right now, that you are attached to a lie-detector and you are asked, “Are you a good business leader?” How would you answer?    If … Read more

Mastering “The Paradox of Being Human”

The whole conundrum around the struggle between selfishness and selflessness, with its biological roots – or what Simon Sinek calls “The Paradox of Being Human” … Read more

Love at Work

You might see the unpunctuated phrase love at work as a simple statement. Or as a question.  Or you might perhaps see it as an … Read more

Here and Wow!

The other day I had an epiphany!  I was watching a Matthieu Ricard TED Talk on “The Habits of Happiness” and was struck by his … Read more

Why do you do?

“How do you do?” That statement was an integral part of my upbringing.  My parents taught us to say that whenever we met someone new.  … Read more

Employee Engagement & the Holy Grail

What do happiness and employee engagement have in common? Actually it may be more than you think. In fact it is quite possible that they … Read more

The Joy of Satisfaction and its Power

Would you dispute the power of appreciation? No, me neither. But something that must come pretty close to it is the joy of satisfaction. You … Read more