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Organisational culture and how to change it has been the subject of much debate and analysis.
Organisational culture and how to change it has been the subject of much debate and analysis.
Culture Change
Your ultimate guide to the not-so-quiet revolution that’s happening in workplaces throughout the UK, and internationally.
Your ultimate guide to the not-so-quiet revolution that’s happening in workplaces throughout the UK, and internationally.
Team Effectiveness
A guide on how to efficiently prepare before choosing a new system for your business, and how this can help you avoid making expensive mistakes.
A guide on how to efficiently prepare before choosing a new system for your business, and how this can help you avoid making expensive mistakes.
General
Essential clarity on a commonly misunderstood concept.
Essential clarity on a commonly misunderstood concept.
Change Management
How absence at work can affect your business in ways you may not have realised. And - what to do about it.
How absence at work can affect your business in ways you may not have realised. And - what to do about it.
Absence at Work
At FiveRivers Consulting, we’re all about HR transformation. And now is the time for us to define what we mean. How does it work, and how could it (quite literally) transform YOUR organisation?
At FiveRivers Consulting, we’re all about HR transformation. And now is the time for us to define what we mean. How does it work, and how could it (quite literally) transform YOUR organisation?
Change Management
Most employers will expect their staff to miss a certain number of days from work. Whether its sickness related, family or emergency related, or covid-19 related absence, we’ll all miss work at some point. But to ensure absenteeism doesn’t become a problem it’s important that managers and employers manage absence levels properly.
Most employers will expect their staff to miss a certain number of days from work. Whether its sickness related, family or emergency related, or covid-19 related absence, we’ll all miss work at some point. But to ensure absenteeism doesn’t become a problem it’s important that managers and employers manage absence levels properly.
General
Most people at some point in their working and personal life will engage in public speaking. Whether you are presenting to clients, contributing in meetings, being on camera, giving a speech, or doing job interviews.
Most people at some point in their working and personal life will engage in public speaking. Whether you are presenting to clients, contributing in meetings, being on camera, giving a speech, or doing job interviews.
Do you feel like an imposter in your job? Well you are not alone as research suggests that 70% of us will suffer with imposter syndrome in our lifetime.
Do you feel like an imposter in your job? Well you are not alone as research suggests that 70% of us will suffer with imposter syndrome in our lifetime.
Saturday 7th July was not just an exciting day for English football it was also Global Forgiveness Day – a day to forgive and be forgiven, a chance to set things right, put aside old differences, move beyond grievances and hurts and start afresh.
Saturday 7th July was not just an exciting day for English football it was also Global Forgiveness Day – a day to forgive and be forgiven, a chance to set things right, put aside old differences, move beyond grievances and hurts and start afresh.
Many people have asked me what to expect in career coaching and how the process might help them? I have used career coaching services a lot!
Many people have asked me what to expect in career coaching and how the process might help them? I have used career coaching services a lot!
How many of you would agree that public speaking is a joy? The spoken word to deliver a message, engage audiences and drive change is so incredibly powerful, and yet so daunting for so many of us with a fear of public speaking.
How many of you would agree that public speaking is a joy? The spoken word to deliver a message, engage audiences and drive change is so incredibly powerful, and yet so daunting for so many of us with a fear of public speaking.
A recent article in the Metro quoted a survey by PwC suggesting a third of British employees across junior and senior roles suffer with anxiety, depression or stress – a sixth with mental health issues – suggesting the role of technology blurring the lines between home and work life over recent years.
A recent article in the Metro quoted a survey by PwC suggesting a third of British employees across junior and senior roles suffer with anxiety, depression or stress – a sixth with mental health issues – suggesting the role of technology blurring the lines between home and work life over recent years.
It’s important to get your voice in shape: vocal energy, strength and endurance is important to provide a great experience for your audience.
It’s important to get your voice in shape: vocal energy, strength and endurance is important to provide a great experience for your audience.
I hold my hand up: I sometimes struggle taking even the simplest and easiest decisions. I can struggle to make quick and decisive decisions, because if I’m honest they’re unlikely to influence an important life or death situation so I can dither and procrastinate.
I hold my hand up: I sometimes struggle taking even the simplest and easiest decisions. I can struggle to make quick and decisive decisions, because if I’m honest they’re unlikely to influence an important life or death situation so I can dither and procrastinate.
I’ve read Tony Robbins takes cold showers and actually a host of other hard working entrepreneurs says it does wonders for them. Is it all about breaking out of your comfort zone and stepping out like a warrior, or having better skin, hair and nails?
I’ve read Tony Robbins takes cold showers and actually a host of other hard working entrepreneurs says it does wonders for them. Is it all about breaking out of your comfort zone and stepping out like a warrior, or having better skin, hair and nails?
In May this year I was bemoaning the fact that it was national mental health month … but in the US! “Why not everywhere?” I cried.
In May this year I was bemoaning the fact that it was national mental health month … but in the US! “Why not everywhere?” I cried.
Getting healthy for the new year or managing finance better tend to be the most popular resolutions for people and surveys suggest only 8% of people who set resolutions tend to be successful. Why?
Getting healthy for the new year or managing finance better tend to be the most popular resolutions for people and surveys suggest only 8% of people who set resolutions tend to be successful. Why?
Christmas is meant to be a time for celebration and happiness but for many people it can be a period of depression and stress. And there are many reasons for this.
Christmas is meant to be a time for celebration and happiness but for many people it can be a period of depression and stress. And there are many reasons for this.
Mindfulness has become very popular in recent years. It is claiming huge mental health benefits in treating anxiety and depression and has become integral to psychotherapy, especially within cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), with a common goal of helping people gain perspective on irrational, unhelpful and self-limiting thoughts.
Mindfulness has become very popular in recent years. It is claiming huge mental health benefits in treating anxiety and depression and has become integral to psychotherapy, especially within cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), with a common goal of helping people gain perspective on irrational, unhelpful and self-limiting thoughts.
Sit on a straight-back chair or on the floor. Make sure you will be undisturbed for at least 30 minutes
Sit on a straight-back chair or on the floor. Make sure you will be undisturbed for at least 30 minutes
We just can’t help it! Comparing ourselves to others is the most human of emotions. We measure our own social and personal worth based on how we stack up – our lives, our attractiveness, intelligence, success – and if we compare better or worse! But it can also make us unhappy.
We just can’t help it! Comparing ourselves to others is the most human of emotions. We measure our own social and personal worth based on how we stack up – our lives, our attractiveness, intelligence, success – and if we compare better or worse! But it can also make us unhappy.
Wow …. how quickly has working from home become our new normal? It feels like the traditional 9-5 model of our employees travelling to a central office, in a shared space, has just disappeared overnight – replaced with a new reality of working from home.
Wow …. how quickly has working from home become our new normal? It feels like the traditional 9-5 model of our employees travelling to a central office, in a shared space, has just disappeared overnight – replaced with a new reality of working from home.
Change Management
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