The PERMA pillars offer potentially powerful tools to L&D professionals if they can be successfully integrated into L&D initiatives within the workplace:
https://creativityasia.com/improve-training-with-positive-psych/
Here’s an interesting article for coaches and managers responsible for holding people to a certain set of behavioural standards / values. Feedback might make things worse, especially in cases where people are ‘acting out’. Mindful awareness is better.
We all know that too much of a good thing is bad for you. But is it true for resilience. Well, the answer is yes. It seems that any strength overplayed eventually becomes a derailer. What are your overplayed strengths and how have they started to work against you?
Alibaba’s Jack Ma on Artificial Intelligence. He says machines will be smarter than humans, but not wiser.
I’m concerned that we still focus on smarts when we develop people – kids and adults – and not on wisdom (or vertical development). Think of people as smartphones: You can keep adding Apps to make your phone smarter, but you’ve also got to upgrade the operating system to keep your phone smart.
At school, university and work we’re obsessed with adding competencies and tools… things machines can do. Wisdom is about updating or changing mindset and mental models so people aren’t ‘in over their heads’.
We’re not wild about developing wisdom because:
If you’d like to know more, chat to me. I can help you develop smarts, but I’m also wild about wisdom.
Has the world gone mad? Are you afraid of what might happen? Understanding how our brains work will help us create a less polarised, more inclusive world where we ALL feel safer.
It’s not that hard, just start with these things:
#Neuroscience #TaraSwart #BusinessResultsGroup #Inclusivity #LoveSitsWayAboveTheBottomLine #BigotryIsOut
A report worth reading. Then ask, “What can I do to change this?” And then just do that.
While 40% of today’s global workforce is female, women hold only 5% of global CE positions. The numbers sre similar in Africa where only 5% of CEs are women, which falls far short of the desired target of 50% to achieve greater gender.
http://www.iol.co.za/business-report/pwc-report-only-1-female-ceo-in-top-40-jse-companies-10173397
Embracing a learning lifestyle means that every time we do something, we get better at doing that thing. Mindfully focusing on learning un-automates our behaviours so we can keep improving them rather than plateauing. Every event is an opportunity to improve. By focusing on learning as a lifestyle, we get so much more done over the long term.
https://www.inc.com/empact/why-constant-learners-all-embrace-the-5-hour-rule.html
Trust is a big word. In this talk Brené Brown gives us a way of breaking it down with her acronym B.R.A.V.I.N.G. For us, trust is the foundation of both intra- and interpersonal relationships. We all need to be BRAVING connection to be successful at home and at work. Get better at trusting and being trustworthy. These are high standards. I think we all fail at achieving them sometimes; it’s what we do next that matters though.
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