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Are you as good a listener as you think you are?

21 October 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

Think you’re a good listener? Most people think they are. Yet if you checked it out with the other person in the conversation, the ‘listener’ may be deluding themselves.

Listening is a critical skill that research shows impacts up to 40% of your performance according to Dr Travis Bradberry.

I am always intrigued by leaders who believe that have high emotional intelligence even though they check their phone while you are in conversation with them!

Here are some great tips from Dr Travis Bradberry on How (And Why) To Become A Fabulous Listener

Sleep deprived? Like a nightcap to help? Check your phone last thing?

15 October 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

In an interesting TED talk, Russell Foster explain why it’s a myth that we all need 8 hours sleep a night. He also claims that people who boast about getting up early in the morning are simply ‘smug’!

Foster explains the neuroscience behind why sleep deprivation can also lead to being overweight with poor problem solving skills and lack of judgement.

Think again, if like former British PM Margaret Thatcher, you believe that sleep is for wimps!

Why Do We Sleep?

I think I am a good listener – but am I wrong?

28 September 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

An insightful piece on empathy.

Do you think you are a good listener? This article made me think about whether I really am – and to check it out with some people. A good reminder for all of us to check our empathy skills – they may need some honing!

How to be a better listener

Leaders – do you have a blind spot?

21 September 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

Useful article in Korn Ferry briefings by Glenn Rifkin

Filling in your Blind Spots The Self-Aware Leader

11 great tips on dealing with uncertainty

14 September 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

The Almond Effect often shows up when we are facing uncertainty in life especially in change.

Here are some useful tips from Dr Travis Bradberry: How successful people overcome uncertainty

As author of a best-selling textbook on Management and Organisational Behaviour, now in its tenth edition, I have read with great interest Anne’s innovative and thought provoking work on the neuroscience of change and The Almond Effect®.

I am pleased to reference the work of Anne Riches in this major text as an internationally recognised leader in neuroscientific research and the management of change.
– Laurie J. Mullins, Author – Management & Organisational Behaviour, Pearson Education Ltd

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Destroy one fear, Change your life

15 February 2016

Scared of spiders? Performance reviews? Speaking in public? Love this post by Shawn Hunter: Destroy one fear, Change your life. It suggests that if you can conquer one fear, you can develop

Do you stress eat?

9 February 2016

I like this TED talk on breaking a bad habit. It has a practical approach that I think could help.

Look at me when I’m talking to you

1 February 2016

When I was growing up and my mother wanted to "point out the error of my ways", I remember that she often prefaced her no doubt well-intentioned words of advice with: "Look at me when I'm talking to

As author of a best-selling textbook on Management and Organisational Behaviour, now in its tenth edition, I have read with great interest Anne’s innovative and thought provoking work on the neuroscience of change and The Almond Effect®.

I am pleased to reference the work of Anne Riches in this major text as an internationally recognised leader in neuroscientific research and the management of change.
– Laurie J. Mullins, Author – Management & Organisational Behaviour, Pearson Education Ltd

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