People Potential Ltd

30/03/2015

With it being National Workplace Wellbeing Day last Friday I've added a new video to my website with 5 tips for resilience. We all know about exercising and eating healthily, but not everyone pays as much attention to their 'Mind Fitness'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSl3L08xBhg

Dr. Jill Walker from People Potential Ltd gives 5 tips for resilience, wellbeing and making sure your mind is fit and healthy.

10/07/2014

Here's the link to the full Irish Independent article I feature in about doing nothing & unplugging from technology.

http://www.independent.ie/life/me-time-when-your-solitude-is-the-only-game-in-town-30405467.html

Last weekend, I got a phone call from a friend who was furious that her husband wanted her to meet up with his parents at short notice on a Saturday afternoon. "Have you something

04/07/2014

Today's Irish Independent - my piece about the importance of doing nothing for our wellbeing & effectiveness. Living & Leisure section "I Want To Be Alone"

22/04/2014

My interview by the Irish Examiner last Friday about the positive psychology of managing your time.

31/03/2014

Monday's coaching question: Where do YOU add stress in your life? What could you do to change this?

27/03/2014

Got this great email after my talk on 'Mindfulness in Organisations' for HR people yesterday: "You will be glad to hear I made a conscious decision to be mindful this morning. I noticed the beautiful river Nore that passes through Kilkenny this morning, which I speed over every morning and swear over the traffic that stalls on the bridge overlooking it. What a beautiful place to be mindful. It really does make a difference to slow down the planning and plotting that the brain operates on constantly."
HR Professional, Healthcare

24/03/2014

Coaching question: What is taking up your energy right now? Is this where you want your energy to be - is the balance right?

19/03/2014

Great to see more evidence for the success of Positive Psychology techniques in organisations.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism/

It's the secret to high-performing teams -- and strong marriages.

10/03/2014

Coaching question: As Spring finally feels like it's here-what do you need to spring clean in your work? Fewer meetings? More delegation? Less procrastination? A better work life balance? What one change could you make right NOW to make this happen?

05/02/2014

Getting great feedback on the new People Potential course 'Mindfulness at Work'. It's an introduction for teams and organisations to the concept of Mindfulness and how people can build it into their everyday work and life. Studies of Mindfulness in a business context have shown it is associated with increased creativity and focus, decreased stress and improved sleep.

03/02/2014

Coaching question: On this wet and miserable day it made me want to ask - what do you do on days when you aren't in a good mood or things aren't going well, so that you feel more positive and motivated? What strategies do you use? What works for you?

20/01/2014

Coaching reflection: Thinking of the year ahead, what theme would you like it to have? Fill in the blank "2014 will be the year of ... "

14/01/2014

"Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare." - Japanese proverb

As we pass the first flush of New Year enthusiasm, my coaching question for you is: What do you need to sort out or let go of (physical, mental or emotional) right now to be able to start this year the best way for you?

20/11/2013

I always love working on the Paddy Power Graduate Programme. This will give you an idea of why!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkc7jUy_Lj0

Showcase of Power Tower and current Graduates. To apply for our 2014 Graduate Programme, click here - http://www.workwithpaddy.com/index.php/graduates Closin...

04/11/2013

Monday's coaching reflection question: If you had 6 perfectly healthy months to live, what would you do now? What does this tell you about how you should be living your life now?

29/10/2013

A very welcome and more balanced view of the need for both Introverts and Extroverts. http://www.cshift.net/2012/03/16/why-the-world-needs-introverts/

Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality – the “north and south of temperament“, as the scientist JD Higley puts it – is where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum. Our place on this continuum influences our ch...

30/09/2013

Coaching question for today about taking action: What could you do right now that would have an immediate impact on your life or your work?