Emotions are data: A smarter way to handle emotions
Emotions are not good or bad - they are data. We explore the science behind feeling, how emotions show up in the body, and how naming them with clarity can help us respond with intention.
Emotions are not good or bad - they are data. We explore the science behind feeling, how emotions show up in the body, and how naming them with clarity can help us respond with intention.
Emotions can feel overwhelming in the moment, but understanding how the brain and body work together helps create space to respond with clarity and control. Naming what you feel is a powerful first step.
Emotions are not good or bad - they are data. We explore the science behind feeling, how emotions show up in the body, and how naming them with clarity can help us respond with intention.
Discover how the intelligent use of emotions helps individuals and organisations thrive. From improving leadership to building positive workplace cultures, emotional intelligence delivers results that last.
Psychological safety is essential for thriving teams. One powerful ingredient is often overlooked. Discover how optimism can transform the way we lead and collaborate.
Our words carry invisible impact, impact that has a direct impact on our relationships and performance. As leaders, it pays to be far more deliberate about the words we use, and research has found direct correlations between our communication, our performance and the climate we create.
With research increasingly finding that creating thriving cultures is becoming more of a ‘must have’ than a ‘nice to have’ for leaders and their organisations, it can be invaluable for leaders to understand the simple switch that they can make themselves to shift to a positive climate.
‘Employees don’t quit their jobs, they quit their bosses’ is a headline we often see in leadership literature, along with statistics such as ‘seven in 10 U.S. workers say they would leave a job if they had a bad manager,’ (LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence survey.) Leaders are often under increasing pressure to perform in challenging circumstances whilst instigating high engagement and productivity across their teams, and what can help is if we flip the script.
Now that we are well and truly into 2025, many of us will be planning for the year, setting goals, committing to projects, and productivity will be front of mind. We will all hopefully be feeling refreshed, revitalised and with a renewed focus for the upcoming months. To sustain this, we need to ensure that amongst our long list of actions we include and prioritise the key ingredient that is flourishing.
At the end of May, I was fortunate to be invited to be part of the Wellbeing Symposium at British School Jakarta (BSJ). The symposium was a fabulous week and an absolute highlight of my year so far!The symposium was organised by the fabulous Andrea Downie, BSJ's Wellbeing Director, and the incredible David Butcher, BSJ's Principal, and a fantastic team behind them. David, who I adore, has a real vision of what education could look like, and I love their tagline of "We shape the School, and the School shapes Us."