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Welcome to our HR News, Views & Advice.
Self-Awareness is the key that opens the door to effective leadership
Joanne Hobbins discusses the importance of building self-awareness to improve your working life.
Insights into Stress and Resilience
Joanne Hobbins reflects on how Insights Discovery has helped her manage her own stress, build resilience, and be more understanding of how stress affects the people around her.
Banish your Imposter Syndrome to the path less travelled
Joanne Hobbins is choosing to challenge her inner critical voice and rewrite her internal script.
Are Time Management Tools a Waste of Time?
Joanne Hobbins, our co-founder and in-house psychology expert, wonders if any time management tool or technique can be effective if we don’t get to the root of the problem.
Everybody’s Talking About Neurodiversity
Joanne Hobbins, our co-founder and in-house psychology expert, considers the challenges faced in the workplace by the neurodiverse, and what an organisation might need to consider to enable everyone to shine.
The Power of Colour in the Workplace
Joanne Hobbins, our co-founder, Director, in-house Occupational Psychologist and Insights Disovery licensed practitioner explores the power of colour in the workplace.
How often do you step out of your comfort zone?
In her latest article, Jo Hobbins, our co-founder, Director, and in-house Occupational Psychologist explores how stepping out of your comfort zone can be a great way to learn and grow.
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Is now the time to finally work smarter, not harder?
’Work smarter, not harder’ is a well coined phrase and the term was first used by Allen F. Morgenstern, an industrial engineer, who created a work simplification program to increase productivity using less effort.
The Power of Colour in the Workplace
Joanne Hobbins, our co-founder, Director, in-house Occupational Psychologist and Insights Disovery licensed practitioner explores the power of colour in the workplace.
‘Tis the season to be resilient
We all have those ‘Now What?’ times when every day seems to bring with it some new unplanned challenge to deal with, along with rapidly diminishing time, money, and energy. Nowhere more so for many than in the run up to the festive season! Joanne Hobbins, our in-house Psychology expert, shares her thoughts on resilience at this time of year.
The power of being different
How often do you give yourself the gift of time to think about you, your journey, how you like to communicate and how you may achieve more by adapting your communication style to suit the needs of others?
Why do we continue to say yes when we should say no?
Many people work find themselves working long hours, but never say no to more work! We explore ways to manage your time.
Is it time to focus on developing the leaders of the future?
Leadership development is a key focus to ensure that flexible and remote working models can be lead and managed effectively.
Management Development Programme Launched
The world of work has changed.....Our Management Development Programme allows you or your managers to thrive in this new world.
Just how agile are you within your business?
How flexible is your leadership style, and is it enabling you to lead your people appropriately & successfully in any situation?
HR trends for 2022 that business leaders should not ignore
For higher retention & a competitive edge when recruiting, HR focus needs to recognise employee needs arising from the global pandemic.
Adding tangible value to the leadership development arena
As the world starts to emerge into a new way of working for many organisations, leadership development is being seen as a key area of focus.
When are they going to find out I don’t belong here?
An overview of Imposter Syndrome and how it can affect anyone no matter their social status, work background, skill level, or degree of expertise.
Managing Performance
2020 and the pandemic has caused much confusion, turmoil and change. Not least in the manner in which performance management can and should be conducted.