Coaching and Mentoring are two things that are close to my heart. And so I picked up the book “One Minute Mentoring” by Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz recently to enhance my own skillsets. It is a small book written in story form to illustrate certain important aspects of…
More than 18 million people worldwide have discovered their talents with the CliftonStrengths assessment. According to Gallup, knowing and using your talents makes you 6 times more likely to be engaged at work and 3 times more likely to have an excellent quality of life. As a manager, how…
ABOUT THE RELATOR TALENT THEME I remember taking the Gallup Strengthsfinder Test just a little over two years ago, where it reported my top five strengths being Deliberate, Analytical, Harmony, Restorative and Consistency. Gallup states that the chances of you finding someone else with the same top five strengths…
“All Animals Are Equal” The first half of a quote I have picked up in my Literature class while studying George Orwell’s Animal Farm. In the novella, two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon lead an animal rebellion against their human owners, coming up with the Seven Commandments of Animalism. The…
One of the reasons people set goals is because there’s an underlying assumption that we gain greater happiness when we achieve our goals. That can sometimes lead to entering into a never-ending chase of material things. And as we begin 2018, I’m sure many of us are setting new…
How often have you set a goal, something happens and then you fail to achieve your goals? What if I told you that there’s a model which would help you to greatly increase your chances of achieving your goals? Yes, I’m talking about WOOP. A Little Exercise Let’s try…
My mother recently took the CliftonStrengths (formerly StrengthsFinder) assessment. It was an “AHA” moment for both of us when we saw the results! I (Clare) started to link some of her behaviours to her talents, and thought it’d be interesting to use them as a case study for this…
Humans are by default social creatures. In the workplace, we are usually part of a larger team and have to interact with other people. The ability to maintain harmony between fellow teammates can be a useful skill to have. However, where humans gather, conflict will follow. We are wonderfully diverse in our…
It’s the end of the year, and often the time for reviewing and setting new goals. As I stared at my vault of Lego bricks, I decided to take some time to do some Lego Serious Play. Instead of the usual approach, why not let my hands do the thinking and…
In every social and work setting, I always get a mini ‘sinking feeling’ whenever I am asked to give an opinion about something on the spot. This is not because I am shy or anything: if I am sure about my opinion, I tend to give it. However, I…
