Individual & Organisational Development

17/05/2021

In Western individualistic cultures, the idea of doing study or work that fits our passion is very important. However it is worth considering that this maybe a cultural construct, and that for other collectivistic cultures, people are are more likely to see themselves as part of an interdependent network, often fulfilling obligations to others rather than focusing on their own interests, making personal passion not a great motivator. This has implications for coaching, and selection.

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By Emily Reynolds. Idea that passion is key to academic achievement may reflect a “distinctly Western model of motivation”.

17/05/2021

Struggling to forgive and forget after being hurt! It seems that emotional forgiveness, which involves gettering rid of negative emotions towards someone who has deeply offended, harmed or hurt them and left them feeling angry or resentful and replacing them with positive ones is more effective that 'decisional' forgiveness or intentional forgetting.

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By Emma Young. “Emotional” forgiveness can help people forget unpleasant incident better than “decisional” forgiveness.

17/05/2021

For the all the dog owners who know that their dog gets jealous whenever they interact with other dogs. Science has confirmed that dogs do experience responses that can be interpreted as jealousy! This insight is important for several reasons, not only confirming previous research on jealousy in dogs but suggesting that dogs may have more complex cognitive abilities than we might assume. This may indicate the ability to conjure other mental representations in different situations — and a much richer inner life than we currently understand. Except of course every dog owner already knows this about their particular pooch!! https://lnkd.in/gAFWede

By Emily Reynolds. Dogs are able to mentally represent the threatening social interactions that give rise to jealousy, study finds.

17/05/2021

Do you see yourself as INdependent from others or INTERdependent with others? This orientation seems to make quite a difference in how prosocial you will become after a particular type of mindful instruction. An interesting and potentially negative consequence of some types of mindful activities.

By Emily Reynolds. Study adds to evidence that effects of mindfulness depend on people’s traits and beliefs.

17/05/2021

In an individualised, or personal, idea of leadership — our “best possible leader self”, focus and reflect on this best possible self every morning can help us behave more like a leader in the here and now. Within limits, it is possible that a period of envisioning and reflecting on one's best possible leader self could make people more helpful and more confident in their leadership abilities.

By Emily Reynolds. People who reflected on their “best possible self” as a leader showed more leadership behaviours at work

17/05/2021

There are many ways of addressing complex workplace challenges. Avoiding them is not a strategy I recommend. Rather sensitive investigations that create understanding of the culture in which the problem arose will take you a long way toward identifying useful responses. You need enquires that are defensible, and leave your organisation a in a stronger position than before.

You have a complex people problem in your workplace that you do not know what to do about. You are sure you do not have all the facts. You just know that unacceptable behaviours are occurring beyond the measurement of your existing systems checks and balances. You decide to get in an organisational....

17/05/2021

The social determinants sitting behind any people problem usually do not get the consideration they deserve. congratulations for work in drawing more attention to this often inadequately considered contributor to problems.

Dr Zen Yap wins the 2021 Ramazzini Prize Social determinants of health and surgical outcomes for chronic lower back pain: a systematic review. We are so happy for Dr Zen Yap for winning the 2021 Ramazzini Prize for the best national scientific paper related to Occupational and Environmental Medicine...

23/03/2021

Keeping secrets from a partner damages a relationship, research finds, perhaps because it's hard to be authentic while keeping secrets and the people closest to us can tell.

... and the things partners most commonly hide.

16/02/2021

Michael Plowright who is a Workplace Bullying Specialist wrote this amazing article which is definitely worth the read!

"Have you ever been in a workplace and there appears to be a mass of bullies or their supporters? How is it that there can be so many at the one time?

What are your thoughts on negative advocates and their role in workplace bullying"

https://workingwelltogether.com.au/when-good-employees-become-workplace-bully-negative-advocates/

Have you ever been in a workplace and there appears to be a mass of bullies or their supporters? Good employees can be recruited and become workplace bully supporters, otherwise called, negative advocates.

16/02/2021

The Women in Water Breakfast with fabulous speakers , , ably lead by . Great to meet so many wonderful people supporting women in the water industry. Great presentations on the impacts of the pandemic on women, women's employment and that resource so precious in South Australia - water. And as ever, the importance of having a workplace culture that matches your values and goals.