Remember that project where everything just clicked? When complex problems seemed to solve themselves, and your focus was unshakeable? That’s your brain operating at peak performance – and just like athletic training, you can enhance your cognitive fitness deliberately and systematically. Cognitive (brain function and mental processes) performance can make a real difference to your [Read more…]
Building a professional reputation in today’s hybrid workplace takes more than just a polished LinkedIn profile and occasional networking events. Research shows that nearly 40% of people secure job opportunities through networking, but success means mastering both online presence and face-to-face connections. Whether you’re establishing yourself in a new field or advancing in your current [Read more…]
January sees more people start new jobs than any other month of the year. If you’re among those making a fresh start this new year, you might be splitting your time between a home office and company HQ, or joining a fully remote team across different time zones. Either way, whether you’re splitting your week [Read more…]
Want to make a real difference to sustainability at work but not sure where to start? Recent research shows that while almost two-thirds of people prefer to work for companies with strong environmental policies, workplaces were not doing enough to tackle climate change. But here’s the encouraging news – employees at all levels are successfully [Read more…]
Looking for a career change in 2025? You’re not alone. New research shows that more than one in three UK workers (37%) are thinking about switching careers this year – up from 29% in 2023. Young professionals are leading this trend, with nearly half of workers aged 25-34 ready to explore new paths, according to [Read more…]
Does your heart race at the thought of public speaking? You’re in good company. In fact, when polling company Gallup investigated our biggest fears, they found that speaking in front of others ranked second – more terrifying than heights or spiders and only slightly less scary than snakes. While feeling nervous is completely natural, letting [Read more…]
Great managers are like gold dust. A study by the research and consultancy company Gallup found that only about one in ten workers have the right qualities – and 82% of the time, companies promote the wrong person. But Gallup also found that another one in five people have managerial talents and could become high [Read more…]
Returning to education can be daunting, as you wonder whether you’ll be able to juggle your time and finances, and whether you’ll be able to fit in or keep up with a bunch of teenagers and twentysomethings on your course. The good news is that educational experts and mature students who’ve been down this road [Read more…]
We’ve all been there—staring at a screen full of faces, wondering why this hour-long meeting exists. Maybe someone’s explaining something that could have been a quick message. Perhaps key decision-makers are missing. Or half the participants are multitasking, cameras off. As teams spread across locations and time zones, running effective meetings has become more challenging [Read more…]
The way we work has fundamentally shifted. Many of us juggle video calls with in-person meetings, collaborate across time zones, and navigate team relationships through screens and chat messages. It’s a mix that can turn minor misunderstandings into bigger problems – a terse Slack message can be misread, or a colleague’s camera-off moment can be [Read more…]