HR: This Is the One Area That Needs Your Attention
What if everything you’ve been told about HR burnout is only addressing the symptoms, not the cause? If you’ve read the latest HR Mental Wellbeing Report by Towergate, the numbers are confronting: If I were still working in HR today, I’d probably read that and say: Of course, we’re burning out. Look at what we’re dealing […]
The Truth About Self-Awareness No Workplace Can Afford to Ignore
The link between high performance and self-awareness. If you’ve ever attended one of my employee wellbeing webinars, you might have noticed the bookcase behind me. It’s lined with over a decade’s worth of journals, each one filled with thoughts, breakthroughs, and the sometimes-cringeworthy evidence of my evolving self-awareness. Like many people, I once believed I was […]
The Conditioned Patterns Driving HR Burnout
This is the second of four steps to preventing HR burnout. If you’ve arrived here first, here’s what you’ve missed. In HR Burnout Is Not What You Think I set out the foundation: everything you experience, moment to moment to moment, no exception, is an internally generated response based on the perceptual map and model […]
Why Kindness Is a Powerful Tool for People Managers
In his book The 5 Side Effects of Kindness, Dr David Hamilton lays out the science beautifully. Kindness: Kindness really is the gift that keeps on giving. When someone shows us kindness, we feel it, and as David shares, that feeling spreads. The term psychological safety is one which is becoming well-known in organisations. In simple […]
How Can HR Professionals Prevent HR Burnout?
This is the fourth and final step to preventing HR burnout. If you’ve arrived here first, the three before it are the outside-in misunderstanding, self-awareness and consciousness, and upgrading your nervous system. You don’t have to read them in order, though this step builds on all three. Step four is what I call energetic sovereignty. […]
Why Stress Management Training Isn’t Stopping HR Burnout
If you’re an HR professional who’s attended stress management courses, downloaded mindfulness apps, and tried every wellness strategy in the book, and you’re still experiencing overwhelming fatigue, emotional reactivity and that crushing sense of burnout, you’re not alone. And it’s not your fault. There’s a critical missing piece that explains why traditional approaches fall short. […]
HR Burnout Is Not What You Think. Here’s What’s Really Causing It
You didn’t step into HR to feel like this. You started because you care. You believe in people. You wanted to make a difference. Somewhere along the line, things started to shift. You’re showing up every day. You’re doing your best. And it still feels like you’re barely keeping your head above water. You feel […]
Why Self-Awareness Isn’t Enough: Consciousness and the Future of HR
We Talk About Self-Awareness in Leadership. But What About Consciousness? Self-awareness has become a buzzword in leadership circles. We talk about the need for emotionally intelligent leaders. About understanding our patterns. About being more reflective. And that’s a good thing. But here’s the problem: we’ve stopped there. True transformation doesn’t come from self-awareness alone. It […]
Why We Need to Stop Focusing on Leadership Behaviour
Leadership Training has focused on behaviour for years – this is why we need a new approach When most organisations talk about high performance and leadership development, the focus tends to be on skills, competency, and expertise. And yes, those matter. They can be taught, measured, and refined. For decades, leadership development training has zeroed in […]
The Importance of Human Connection in the Workplace
When Cheryl Samuels FCIPD, Director of People and Culture at Evelina Women & Children’s, recently shared her observations on LinkedIn about workplace communication, it resonated deeply with me. Cheryl highlighted how many people today rely on emails and messages instead of having face-to-face or phone conversations, questioning whether we are losing the ability to connect. […]