Protecting Mental Health in Uncertainty
These are uncertain times. There are many unknowns. When we face times of great uncertainty, as individuals, teams and organisations, we are increasingly susceptible to mental ill-health and less likely…
5 Ways to Cut Screen Time
Most of us need to spend many hours a day looking at a screen due to work or education requirements. We then spend a lot of our free time looking…
6 Essential Tips for Leading Remote Teams
Remote leadership can feel like a totally different challenge than leading people you work with - side by side. How you interact with your team in an office does not…
Setting up your home office for success
Working from home has become the norm for many people. Whether you use your home office for five days a week or one, there are some basic things that are…
Top Tips for Managing a Remote Team
The Australian Industry Group recently reported that “TIME magazine believes that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) may just have triggered the biggest ‘work from home experiment’ that the world has ever seen.”…
Leading Your Team Through a Crisis
If you are in any sort of managerial role during the era of the global coronavirus pandemic, you know that your daily “to do” list just expanded to include activities…
Connecting with Co-workers from Home
There is that old-fashioned saying that warns us that we don’t know what we’ve got until it is gone, and though millions of us might have periodically complained about coworkers,…
Deep Work and How to Do More of It
You may read the title above and wonder just what “deep work” means. The term comes from a best-selling book by writer Cal Newport (Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success…
Talking About Mental Health
The expression “PC” or “politically correct,” has entered the common vernacular around the globe, but can mean many different things. In some areas, it can mean the avoidance of potentially…
Tips for Working From Home
A well setup work environment in the home is important to help separate your work and home life and increase comfort and productivity. Designate a dedicated workspace and establish boundaries,…