by Jenny Watson | Aug 20, 2020 | HR, Leadership
Somebody asked me a question this week. Not unusual of course, except it was a question which I used to get asked with tedious repetitiveness and it wasn’t until she said it, I realized nobody had asked me this question for at least 2 years. “Do you...
by Andy Habermacher | Jul 22, 2020 | Behaviour, HR, Leadership, Neuroscience, Personality
I don’t want to say “I told you so” because the circumstances are so tragic. But on reading of the ineffectiveness of standardised unconscious bias training programmes given to police forces in the US, I couldn’t help thinking of that phrase. When these were announced...
by Jenny Watson | Jun 17, 2020 | HR, Personality
While it may, understandably, be a sticky subject for some at the moment, today I’m talking recruitment. It’s a subject always on the whispering lips of LinkedIn, most likely because we all experience it from one side of the desk (or both) at some point. More than...
by Andy Habermacher | May 13, 2020 | Behaviour, COVID19, crises, Leadership
The pandemic is still ravaging parts of the world, with the worst to come in some countries, while others like Switzerland, where we are based, is coming out of lockdown. What is striking in the news and with prominent proponents is that some are saying we are doing...
by Jenny Watson | May 11, 2020 | Behaviour, COVID19
As we move into the next phase of easing our lockdown (at least here in Switzerland), I’ve been reflecting on some of the things I’ve learned during this period of enforced isolation. Mostly, I’ve learned that I quite like having a watertight excuse not to go out and...
by Jenny Watson | May 4, 2020 | Behaviour, Education
I seem to have fallen into a homeworking/quarantine trap. While I fully support the declarations making their way around social media just now that it is absolutely OK not to feel like you should be self-improving during lockdown, I was genuinely bored and ready to do...
by Jenny Watson | Apr 29, 2020 | Behaviour, Leadership, Team
Since we are nearing the end of our competition for ‘team horror stories’ (you can share yours with us here) I thought I would encourage any last-minute entrants with a couple of my own over the next few days. The reason it has taken me so long to write these short...
by Andy Habermacher | Apr 21, 2020 | Behaviour, COVID19, crises, Leadership
Resiliency is a word being thrown around a lot in this particular crisis for personal and organisational development. There are many interpretations but let’s focus on the real fundamentals: how does nature makes organisms resilient? As many of you know we follow the...
by Jenny Watson | Apr 14, 2020 | Behaviour, Leadership, Team
As you may have noticed (and if not, why not?!), we have just opened up a competition to win one of 3 fabulous Leading Brains HBF Team profiles. To win this magnificent prize, all you have to do is tell us your most entertaining team ‘horror story’ (link). It could be...
by Jenny Watson | Apr 9, 2020 | Behaviour, COVID19, Personality
I know there are a lot of posts out there just now about working from home – I myself have written at least one – but this morning, on my daily downward spiral through various internet rabbit holes, I came across something so delightful I really had to share it with...
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