This blog will explore the difference that ‘perspective’ can have on situations in the workplace. I once read a story about two people driving along in a car; the passenger had a terrible journey- all she could see on her side was all the dirt and rubbish that littered the road. She was consumed with […]
For those of us who work in busy, hectic environments, the sound of stressed out people is everywhere!
This blog will inspire you to work around, rather than be limited by situations.
As happens in work environments where people are not only busy, but also passionate about what they do, disagreements can occur. And this is healthy. There would be something wrong if we agreed with each other all the time. Conflicts are likely to occur when people are not just busy, but overloaded and on top of […]
The Work Stress Buster has been featured in both The Guardian UK, and The Guardian, Lagos in 2012. See both entries below: The Guardian UK: Winning new business: The Work Stress Buster “‘The Work Stress Buster’ is a business designed to help busy workers maximise their productivity while minimising their pain” Lagos Guardian: Awele Odeh: Busting […]
Organisations are like systems and each part of the system is essential to the harmonious working of the whole. Another essential part of any system is feedback. There’s Internal and External Feedback; the former is within ourselves in the form of tiredness, guilt, dizziness, joy- dependent on our activity and how well we’ve been taking […]
The simple message of this blog is: let go… to grow! In the work environment, one key to successful workload and therefore stress management is knowing when to delegate and to whom. Without this skill (and it is an art form), you could be holding yourself back by creating a situation where you’re sinking under […]
This blog will help you if you at times find it hard to say ‘no’ to people when you really need to say ‘no’. After reading this blog, you’ll be freer to work smarter; as you’ll know the real value of saying ‘no’ and the impact it can make to your daily working practices. In […]
Consider this: You are rowing a boat and you keep being given more and more to carry. Now what are you going to do if you want to stay afloat? We can look at this from the following vantage points: 1. The person rowing the boat, 2. The person loading the boat, 3. The load […]
‘Stress’ is a common word used in our society, especially in the workplace! Forget “fight or flight” as the only duo of responses in the face of stress. For women, there’s a third response: “befriend.” A landmark UCLA study turned five decades of stress research on its head with the revelation that a cascade of […]