November 17, 2022
Why Is Returning From Maternity Leave So Hard?
How can managers and leaders make returning from maternity leave easier for working mothers? I spoke to some parents at Mind Tools to find out.
Posts tagged with 'confidence'
August 25, 2022
My Expert Interview About Risk, With Angie Morgan
Love it or hate it, risk is unavoidable, but Rachel Salaman hears how we can harness its power responsibly and successfully
March 30, 2022
What It’s Like to Be a Published Author – Q&A
Hear from two of our in-house writers about what it's like to become a published author, and the life lessons they picked up on the way
July 7, 2021
How to Turn Negative Thoughts Into Positive Actions
What can we learn from the recently deceased "Father of CBT" Dr Aaron Beck? Identifying 10 types of distorted thinking.
June 3, 2021
You’re Never Too Old: My Midlife Career Change
Until only recently, I believed that once you reach your 50s, you become almost unemployable. No one wants to invest in someone with such limited working life left, I thought
February 2, 2021
How to Build Mental Muscle – #MTtalk Roundup
"I see ‘mental muscle’ as a bridge over the troubled waters of the mind to connect subconscious to the superconscious"
April 16, 2020
The Catalyst Effect: Lighting a Spark of Self-Belief
At 45, I decided to give up my teaching job and enroll in a journalism course. My first pitch landed me a short documentary for national radio. My producer Alexis had believed in my ability to succeed
February 6, 2020
Giving Feedback to Managers – Your Top Tips
We all know the value of feedback in the workplace. It can help you to improve your performance, to reassure you that you are on the right track, and to stop you from making serious errors. But can you give feedback to managers?
October 2, 2019
Self-Improvement in 106,078 Steps – Hard-Won Lessons From My 100K Race
I'd set myself the daunting self-improvement challenge of running 100 km in a day. Here are the lessons-for-life I learned – the hard way!
September 18, 2019
Turning Fear Into Fuel: Countdown to a Challenge
I’m full of fear, and I only have myself to blame. Six months ago, I signed a form to say that I would run…
May 23, 2019
Why Incompetent Leaders Get Ahead: Our Expert Interview With Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic
In his provocatively titled new book, “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?”, Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic boldly presents the case for a causal…
June 12, 2018
#MTtalk Review: Unleashing Potential In Ourselves and Others
“When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.” – Zig Ziglar, American author and motivational speaker There’s a story I…