The importance of defining and maintaining a solid company culture
Whether you like it or not, your company has a culture. Culture takes place wherever more than one person is present in a business. As your business grows, the culture is set by the way the entire group does things rather than the way an individual does things. When did you last stop to think about the importance of your company culture? This learning covers the importance of defining and maintaining a solid company culture.
Four keys to wellbeing that may help you live longer
A new study suggests that optimism, happiness, social support, and purpose in life could increase longevity in older adults.
Perfecting the art of transparent communication and collaboration
You will never be accused of over communicating. Rest assured, nobody will resign from your organisation because they felt you told them too much! The danger in only telling half the story though, is that employees will fill in the gaps and create their own scenario in their head. That’s a downward spiral in the making and will often result in the wrong people exiting the business. Check out our hellomonday post on perfecting the art of transparent communication and collaboration.
The 6 hats of critical thinking and how to use them
The critical thinking process can be complex and may be confusing. One of the proven successful methods to organize both group and individual thinking is the six thinking hats, also known as De Bono’s six thinking hats. The method has been first introduced in 1985 by Edward De Bono in a book with the same name.
SMART Goals: How to make your goals achievable
Most goals fail because they are too vague. Learn how SMART goals give your team actionable steps and a clear direction.
Set SMART Goals
Setting SMART goals is an effective way to stay focused and achieve your desired outcomes.
Why it’s important to create a values-based workplace culture
What are your company values? Perhaps as an organisation you place an emphasis on honesty, trust, respect, independence, customer orientation, and accountability? Regardless of the values you identify as being unique for your business, you need to be able to clearly articulate what the values really mean in practice.
7 personal brand statement examples for leaders
As a leader, part of your job is to build trust among consumers and in the workplace. A great way to do it today is to establish a personal brand.
The future of leadership is kindness
Listen-up companies big and small: move over command and control, there’s a new leadership style in town – Kindness!
Conscious Leadership – Understanding your brain
Most of us can be great leaders when things are going smoothly, but under stress we can slip unconsciously into behaviours which are not ideal. Amuscle we want to help you build is Conscious Leadership through understanding how our brain works.