Health and Happiness

Health and Happiness for You, Me and Us

Health and Happiness for You, Me and Us The World Health Day 2022 theme of “Our Planet, Our Health” summarises the last 2 years of our lives pretty well. The pandemic has caused a major setback for humankind and has been traumatic for a lot of people in many different…
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Professional Development

Breaking the Bias in the Workplace & Beyond

Breaking the Bias in the Workplace & Beyond Whether you’d like to admit it or not, we’ve all been a little biased at times. While some biases are harmless, certain biases are ingrained into our society and have hurt groups of marginalised people over the years. This year, the theme…
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Lead by Listening

Facing an Unhappy Team? Lead by Listening

Facing an Unhappy Team? Lead by Listening When we talk about the qualities of a leader, we often refer to managerial, planning, and oratory skills. While these abilities are indispensable, we often forget the secret magic ingredient — listening. Leaders are constantly engaging with their team and when clear communication…
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Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence: A Necessity in the New World

Emotional Intelligence: A Necessity in the New World With our evolving society and ideologies, organisations have had to change their visions to a more personal one so that their employees can gain a sense of purpose in our confusing world. Today, emotional intelligence has become just as important as technical…
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Leading from the Heart

Leading from the Heart: A Journey of Self-Love

Leading from the Heart: A Journey of Self-Love Is it possible to achieve a healthy well-being while also being successful in your professional life? ‘Hustle culture’ has made us think that success and self-care can’t be mutually exclusive; we can only choose one and sacrifice the other. As a leader,…
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Passion v Purpose

Passion v Purpose – My True North

Passion v Purpose – My True North Getting to optimal performance can be challenging if you don’t know if you are hanging on to- passion or purpose. Passion and purpose have been often misinterpreted as one. While passion is about feeling good, enjoying what you do, purpose is finding the…
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Influence Quotient

Charging your Influence Quotient

Charging your Influence Quotient An idea is resilient. Once planted in someone’s head, it can’t be gotten rid of easily. If you have watched Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece, Inception, you might have heard the line – ‘An idea is like a virus. It can grow to define or destroy you’. Although…
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Webp

Well-being, a multidimensional concept

Well-being, a multidimensional concept If you search for the definition of well-being in the Oxford dictionary, you will come across the terms “comfortable”, “healthy”, “happy”. Well-being is defined as the state of being healthy and happy. Would this definition suffice when you ask yourself – “Am I doing well”? Is…
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Michael Afonso

High Performing Teams 101: Getting the Basics Right

High Performing Teams 101: Getting the Basics Right A team is a group of people with defined skills committed to achieving set goals. In any context, the compatibility of its team members is the differentiating factor between an average or low performing team and a high performing team. It is…
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Emotional Intelligence

Empathy, Leadership, and the Communication that binds them

Empathy, Leadership, and the communication that binds them Intelligence is a trait valued dearly in our professional lives. The ability to quickly grasp and implement new skills comes in handy, whatever your profession might be. A sharp mind can help you gain ground. You can always rely on your wit…
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