On overwhelm, the skills we already have for managing it and why changing location doesn’t always change the pattern. Is it us or have you noticed that holidays have a way of never quite living up to the long-awaited break you needed? You’ve done all the right things like make sure that the out-of-office is on, the diary is genuinely clear and yet, your tiredness hasn’t lifted the way it was supposed to. We have seriously looked forward to this period of switching off! But

This is part of a series of ten posts exploring the questions behind the Sticky Change Sense Check, a free tool for leaders navigating organisational change. If you haven't read our introduction: When change energy goes unmanaged: the human cost, that's a good place to start. Think about the last time you walked into a room and immediately sensed the mood before a word had been spoken. Even without you consciously knowing this, you read the room, almost instantly and you adju

On imposter feelings, what we actually call them and why the language is doing more work than most people realise. Hands up if you’ve sat in a room and felt that painful sense of not quite belonging, of it not being your place, your tribe or not being good enough. It might be a new role, a more senior meeting or just a conversation with someone who seems to know exactly what they’re talking about. Whatever the trigger, your inner critic tends to say roughly the same things: O

Three words. Nine letters. And until fairly recently, a question nobody actually expected an answer to. Think about how many times a day you say it. In the corridor, at the start of a call, as someone passes your desk. How are you? Fine, thanks. Fine, thanks. Fine, thanks. A ritual exchange, a social reflex – not really a question at all. And then something changed. For many of us, it changed during the pandemic, when suddenly the question meant something different. Managers

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Carol Dweck’s classic research into the importance of praising effort put in, rather than talent.

This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and

A fascinating talk by Amy cuddy about how to feel and look more confident in the moment, when you most need it.