Do you know what your work habits, rituals and day to day choices imply for you ability to achieve sustainable high performance? Do you think about performance as a capacity to […]
Eat Well, Lead Well
How does eating well promote and sustain cognitive functions such as focus, decision-making, creativity for problem solving and emotional intelligence? How can eating well help mitigate these potential detrimental impact […]
Is the way you see the problem, the problem?
Problem solving in its simplest terms is about closing the gap from where you are now to where you want to be. Stated like this, it sounds simple. However in reality […]
Change Your Mindset
The term ground hog’s day is used to describe a situation in which we feel frustrated or stuck. It implies we are doing the same thing, getting the same result, but are not content with […]
Improve thinking
You would likely know staying active is good for your health. Did you know staying active is also important to protecting and improving the quality of your thinking? Specifically: The quality of your […]
Jake Bailey, Leadership and The Man in the Arena
Leadership. Articles, books, discussions abound discussing how you define it, its importance, what are good examples of it, and what may happen when leadership goes awry. Refresher on Leadership Today […]
Diet to fuel performance
I am often asked what is diet that will fuel optimal performance? In more recent times, I have received lots of questions on the Paleo diet. It has included a questions around carbs, specifically whether the avoiding […]
Live longer, use a standing desk
Did you know research suggests employees spend as much as 70% of their time sitting. Did you know prolonged sitting-sedentary behaviour is associated with increased mortality, i.e. a shortened life span? […]
Energy to Perform
What are the performance standards that shape your expectations of how you will deliver on the responsibilities of your role. What do assume about the behaviors and actions you will need to take to get […]
Master your work habits
To remain motivated in your work you need to find the right balance between challenge, skill level and capability. If challenge is too low you likely get bored and switch off, if challenge is too […]