The Financial Review has wonderful articles and opinion pieces. A recent story by Anthony Mitchell on how to ‘accelerate your career’ suggested people should focus on their thinking in order to move more effectively into senior leadership roles. He covered the following key aspects: How you think is the key A progression to senior leadership […]
Feedback is a skill worth mastering
This TED Talk by Sheila Heen is an interesting insight on feedback. In it she talks about feedback being our relationship with the world, and the worlds relationship with us. The challenge with this is that feedback falls at the junction of 2 basic human needs. The first being the need to learn and grow […]
Self-improvement : is it always good for you?
This TED Talk by Suzanne Eder sheds an interesting light on self-improvement. We generally think self-improvement is always good. That continually trying to improve ourselves is the way forward. But Suzanne shares that there is in fact a dark side to self-improvement. And that is when it comes from a place of feeling as though […]
Understanding ‘self-deception’ is a key to growth and a fulfilling life
In this TED Talk, Cortney Warren shares how understanding ‘self-deception’ is a key to achieving a fulfilling life. Opportunities for change don’t come about without self-awareness. There are so many ways in which we lie to ourselves. These are shared in an enlightening and light-hearted way throughout this talk. There’s: Cognitive distortions Emotional reasoning Over […]
Great leadership and what it takes
In this TED Talk on leadership, Matt Beeton shares both what it’s not, and what it is, based on years of research. Firstly, what great leadership is not: Your IQ – some of the most brilliant minds are poor leaders Privilege – be it money or educational privilege, they are not determinants of good leaders. […]
Look internally when dealing with difficult people
In this TED Talk, Jay Johnson encourages us to look ‘internally’ when dealing with difficult people. But why should we do this when we perceive that the issue is with the other person? It’s them that’s the difficult one we’ll tell ourselves! Jay continually reminds us throughout his talk, it’s our heart attack that’s on […]
Simple life lessons that can impact your world
In this TED Talk, Brad Jenkins shares 3 simple life lessons learned from his father when he was 9 years old. Using examples from his childhood and later working in the Oval Office during President Obama’s presidency, Brad highlights how these simple ideas can have such a big impact. These life lessons can be an […]
Creating the happiness advantage through positivity in the present
In this entertaining TED Talk, Shawn Achor brings positive psychology to life. He shows that by changing the lens through which we look at life, it enables happiness to flow more easily. The standard formula for happiness and success is often seen as: work harder equals more success equals becoming happier as a result. But […]
A different perspective on multi-tasking for creativity
Multi-tasking conjures up many images in one’s mind. Generally, it’s one of somebody having five arms doing all these different activities at one time. Rather than being a conscious action, it often happens through the necessity to be all things to all people in this fast-paced world we live in. Research suggests that there is […]
Achievement through doing less, is that possible?
This TED Talk by Bethany Butzer shares her background of becoming an “achievement addict”. Her reflections and subsequent research led her to the question, “can we achieve more by doing less?” Bethany distinguishes between 2 types of effort when working for success: Upstream effort – where you are expending a whole lot of energy and […]
