There is nothing worse for a stressed employee than a business that fails to enact a proper stress management process. Businesses often fail to understand the negative outcomes on employees from stress in the workplace. Frequently one stressed employee will create ripples across the team through lack of attendance, unusual behaviours, and lower productivity. It … Read more
Motivation is a complex topic that has been studied extensively in the fields of psychology and management. Motivation refers to the factors that drive people to act in a certain way or to achieve certain goals. There are different types of motivators, including hygiene factors, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation. In this blog, we will … Read more
Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor and today, I want to talk about difficult conversations, and in particular, how to have them without crying. One of the things that many people worry about when they have to have a difficult conversation is that they’ll lose control of their emotions. They worry about exploding with … Read more
Welcome to my Success With Employees Podcast which will help you to navigate some of the difficulties you might come up against as a manager or leader. Today, I want to talk about a sensitive subject, how to support your grieving team members in the workplace. The death of someone close to us is always … Read more
Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor. In this podcast, I want to talk about how to maintain calm, morale, and confidence amid chaos and uncertainty. Most leaders are no strangers to chaos and uncertainty, though, in the last year or so, we’ve faced uncertainty on a scale never seen before. Alongside our usual stresses … Read more
How to address a drop in productivity
Supporting a team member with cancer
