This is an excerpt from Lauren Parsons’ book “Pitfalls and Positives of Remote Work: How to maintain a thriving connected team even when you’re spread apart.”
Practical Ways to Build a Connected Team Culture
Creating and sustaining a close-knit team is a challenge especially if some of your team work remotely all or part of the time. It’s also more difficult to know how your colleagues are really doing when you’re not meeting in person. You miss a lot of the body language cues.
How to Disconnect Digitally to Truly Connect with People
Technology is a double-edged sword, with serious negative impacts for our wellbeing, relationships and productivity when not wielded correctly.
THRIVE TV 084 -Bouncing Forward No Matter What
Discover a self-leadership principle that has shaped Ian’s life, the resilience / mind-set mastery tool to reframe any situation, and the lessons learnt on the type2 diabetic recovery journey.
3 Keys to Address Stress & Prevent Burnout in Your Organisation
Workplace stress is on the rise.
Leaders can make a big difference for their team by understanding what drives stress at work and how to deal with it.
Not only will team members benefit personally, they’ll also achieve more, be more engaged and stick with you for longer. Win-win-win!
Ways To Improve Employee Experience
To cultivate a phenomenal employee experience, it’s important to create rituals at each step of the journey, which will influence how people feel when they first join, in their day-to-day, right through to when they leave.
THRIVE TV 083 – How to be Intelligently Lazy in the Kitchen with The Two Raw Sisters
Discover how to save yourself time, how to save on your grocery bill, and how to feel great by creating recipes that use good, seasonal, minimally processed ingredients that are cost – effective and readily available.
The Journey to Becoming an Accredited Speaker
If you’re like me, you might have some BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) that inspire you. One of mine was to become an Accredited Speaker – a prestigious designation awarded by Toastmasters International, a world leader in communication and leadership development, which recognises outstanding Professional Speakers who perform at the highest level.
I’m thrilled to say that after beginning this process in 2021, I am now officially the first Accredited Speaker in New Zealand (and one of only 95 in the world!)
Why Great Workplaces Need a Culture of Recognition
Psychology shows us people perform at their best when they feel valued, acknowledged, appreciated, and respected. Staff who receive regular appreciation are happier, more loyal, spend less time worrying and are quicker to clarify instructions when they need to.
THRIVE TV 082 – A World of Possibility with Minnie Baragwanath
In this episode, discover what is the Possibility world view, why is ‘with’ such an important concept in todays world, and why design is critical for an accessible future.