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Improve Collaboration for a More Productive Workplace
Would you like to collaborate and work better with your colleagues? In this blog, Billy gives his five tips to improve collaboration, starting with working on your Active Listening skills.
Are You Suffering From Email Overload?
In 2012, office workers spent an average of 13 hours a week replying to emails — and with statistics reporting that in 2018 approximately 281 billion emails were being sent everyday, this number is only likely to increase. Many people on our courses report feeling overwhelmed by the number of emails in their inbox, and that managing this takes up a huge chunk of their day. Here are our three top tips to beat email overload and take control of your inbox in 2019.
What Would it be Like to Deal With People in a Human Way?
“The idea is to make our onboarding process human-centred, not HR-centred.” Tracey Waters explains how she was inspired by Agile Methodology and Design Thinking principles to improve Sky’s onboarding experience, in this interview with Henry Stewart.
How to Build Trust and Credibility in the Workplace
Being promoted to manage the team you were once a member of can be one of the hardest situations a new manager can face. How do you build credibility within your team in your new position? How can you be seen as a capable and trustworthy leader, that your team will want to be led by? Happy’s Senior Facilitator, Paul Gapper, explains more.
Why Your Emotions are Like a Glitter Jar
Like a glitter jar, your emotions can’t be forced to calm down and settle to the bottom – in this blog, our Senior Facilitator Paul Gapper explains about the importance of ‘thought awareness’ and how to manage feelings of anger, frustration and stress at work.
The Best Way to Learn a New Skill
What is the best way of learning new things – through a lecture, mentoring or a practical, hands-on experience? In this blog, our Senior Facilitator Paul Gapper explains more, and how you can apply this when teaching others.
How to Facilitate Change in Your Organisation
Sometimes, the best way to facilitate change in an organisation is to behave as though you have no authority – suggesting best practice, rather than imposing change on others. In this blog, Happy’s Senior Facilitator Paul Gapper takes a look at the ways you can facilitate change positively within your organisation.
4 Tips for Giving Effective Presentations
Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, is incredibly common – impacting up to 75% of people globally. In this blog, Billy gives four recommendations for how you can fight the fear and give effective presentations.
4 Ways of Preparing For and Coping With Change
How do you cope with change? In this blog, Billy highlights four ways to manage change positively, both at work and at home.
