August 2, 2022
Find Your Calm and Get Stuff Done – #MTtalk Roundup
Calm people tend not to display worry or anxiety in difficult situations, and they're often reliable decision-makers or confident, strong leaders
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July 25, 2022
Managing Presentation Nerves – Your Top Tips!
Check out our brand new video with Mind Tools' Content Editor/Writer, Jonathan Hancock, who shares his handy hints for putting on a great presentation – in spite of any nerves
July 14, 2022
Living to 100 – Career Choices and Challenges in the “New Long Life”
Longer lifespans and improved technology: both of these bring choices that my grandfathers never had – along with some significant new challenges
March 24, 2022
Rethinking Health at Work: My Expert Interview With Sir Cary Cooper
Cary Cooper talks to Mind Tools about how a "healthy" workplace might look a little different from the way you imagine it
March 16, 2022
The 10 Most Difficult People (and the 5 Best Ways to Deal With Them!)
"It's not that you have to love everybody else in the organization. But you do need to understand a few simple things. What are they trying to get done? What obstacles do they see? What skills do they bring?" – Amy Edmondson
March 10, 2022
Why Indecision Is Worth Thinking About
"Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance." – Daniel Kahneman
February 16, 2022
How Authentic Should You Be at Work?
There are infinite ways to be authentic. And organizations need to make us all feel safe to be ourselves. But we should also take an honest look at the impact of our authenticity
February 10, 2022
Human Nature: Not as Bad as We Think We Are
"People collaborated to survive. Groups appointed leaders because they had useful skills, not because they were dominant." - Simon Bell
January 18, 2022
Ctrl+Alt+Del: Rebooting for 2022 – #MTtalk Roundup
One evening in mid December, I got a reality check. I was too tired to climb one flight of stairs to my bedroom. I realized I needed a reboot. But where was I supposed to find the energy to completely change my life?
December 22, 2021
“Mr Creativity”: My Friend Tony Buzan
For me, Tony Buzan was the embodiment of creativity. With a twinkling smile, bright eyes, and flamboyant, fast-moving hands, he shone with creative energy
November 18, 2021
5 Negotiation Lessons From My Lockdown Puppy
He's our first dog, and I knew we had plenty to learn. But it never occurred to me that negotiation would be so high on the skill list
November 4, 2021
Flexible Working: Unraveling 35 Years of 9-to-5 Conditioning
I can work at times that match my physical and mental energy or take appropriate timeouts when I need a bit of headspace. As for working in the evening or at the crack of dawn to make up my hours, well, that's no chore when it's a personal choice.