Tag: management

Walking in another’s moccasins

Here’s a guest post from Toby Buckle ………….. I spent four days on my own over the previous weekend looking after my two girls Olivia age one and Georgia aged …

British Stress Management

A lot of stress management techniques come from the USA, and while they have there uses many have an exuberantly optimistic flavour that like cheap instant coffee leaves a bad …

Conflict Management Tips

Working with Conflict  – Conflict Resolution Tips Working skilfully with conflict requires application of emotional intelligence, embodied intelligence, communication skills and leadership. If this sounds daunting, here are a few …

Jedi Stress Management

Not a lot of people know that the Jedi were actually stress management training consultants from a galaxy far far away. OK, I made that up but what is true …

Stress Management and Acceptance

Here’s a guest blog by Stephanie Goddard on stress management and acceptance. ……….. You’re stressed.  I know without you even saying it.  How?  Because that is everyone’s answer to, “How …

Top Gun Confidence Training

Here’s a guest post on confidence training from my friend  and fellow Brighton trainer Viv Craske: ……. “What would Tom Cruise do?” Think you’re good at business? Confidence trainer Viv …

How to Send an Employee Crazy

I’ve recently been redesigning some materials for the business stress management training courses I lead and have been using the UK HSE “management standards” and the CIPD’s framework for line …

Using Improvisation in Organisations

‘making it up as you go along’ can be good for business Julia E. Knight & Harry Puckering Introduction Julia E. Knight is a Work & Organisational Psychologist and Harry …

Call-Centre Stress Management

An article I wrote for Charities Management magazine: ………………… – Being Human at Work Contact/ call-centres have a reputation as ghastly places to work full of stress and misery. They …

Managing Stress

Managing Stress by understanding our innate knowledge patterns and emotional needs Caveman instincts As is well recognised, the fight/flight response or stress response is an emotional and physical way of …