What is Burnout? Burnout is a term that is commonly used, but what exactly is it? In simple terms, burnout is chronic workplace stress that isn’t managed well, leading to exhaustion, emotional detachment from work, and reduced professional efficacy. It affects individuals in all professions, from artists to athletes…
Effective communication is one of the most important skills we can develop, yet many of us fall short in this area. “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair….
“I didn’t do it perfectly and they know it. They’re judging me but aren’t saying it out loud.” “I could have responded in a much better way.” “People who can’t parent well shouldn’t have kids.” “He’s great when doing this but really comes up short when doing that.” These thoughts…
I’m now in week two of the online course “Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence”. In this week, the professor introduce something called “The Cycle of Renewal and Sacrifice”. Threats, Crisis, and chronic stresses can lead to Sacrifice Syndrome, within which one cannot lead effectively. The only way is to…
Having been working on the StrengthsFinder tool intensively since the coaching course by Gallup, I realised just how versatile this tool is. One way I think I can leverage on the tool is to find some other frameworks which would be useful in the application of Strengths-Based Coaching. Recently,…
