Quickread: Goal-setting – how to get things done (through the colours)
In its simplest form, goal-setting is the process of working out what you want and creating a plan to achieve …
Read MoreQuickread: Employee Wellness
Employee happiness and emotional health are never first on the agenda in a planning meeting, but they should be. The …
Read MoreTED Talk: Matthieu Ricard – The Habits of Happiness
Biochemist turned buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard explores the concept of happiness – how it’s definition differs, how we all have …
Read MoreQuickread: Steps to Appreciating your Opposite – The Difference a Profile Makes
In today’s complex and diverse organisations, it is rare that you will find two people who see the world in …
Read More‘Transform your team in THREE DAYS’ – TCW Open Workshop October 2017
Last month The Colour Works piloted the first in a series of introductory masterclasses. The purpose of these sessions is …
Read MoreTED Talk Quickwatch: Derek Sivers – Weird, or just different?
Derek Sivers, who also did the brilliant’How to start a movement’ , here presents us with the fact that there …
Read MoreQuickread: 9 Attributes of an Agile Leader
Leaders can no longer rely on the ways of the past. Command and control belongs to the dinosaurs, and tomorrowās …
Read MoreWhy is resilience important?
Actionforhappiness tells us itās one of the 10 keys to personal happiness, but what exactly is it? Resilience is an …
Read MoreWhy it doesn’t end at Discovery
Why it doesnāt end at Discovery The biggest concern we hear from clients after that eye-opening initial workshop is the …
Read MoreWhy Lukewarm Coaching Isn’t Working
There’s no doubt that coaching is fully integrated into the working world. Every ‘expert’ now parades ‘coach’ proudly on their …
Read MoreThe Coaching Code Matrix Parody
This Matrix Parody video is a useful way of introducing coaching – it helps people reflect on both the behaviours …
Read MoreTED Talk: Jim Hemerling – 5 ways to lead in an era of constant change
It shouldn’t be exhausting but it’s hard to know how to turn things around. Here’s an expert to give you …
Read MoreThe Constant Change – Using Discovery Through the Change Process
Change is a constant in todayās working world, yet 70% of change initiatives fail, (Beer and Nohiri (2000). Not only …
Read MoreTED Talk: Adam Grant – Are You a Giver or a Taker?
Adam Grant explores the idea of ‘takers’ (self-serving in their interactions) and ‘givers’ (seeking to be useful) within the modern …
Read MoreThe Habits of Genuine People
Authentic individuals are positive people with truthful self-concepts who promote openness in their relationships. We gravitate towards them because those …
Read MoreGenerationally Speaking – Fact Sheet
Simon Sinek’s interview on Millenials (below) has become one of the largest viral phenomenons of our industry, and rightly so. …
Read MoreGrowing Socially Aware Leaders – The Third Domain of Emotional Intelligence
Hard work only takes you so far. Excellent leadership is not something found in a dusty old tome in the …
Read MoreTED Talks: Jonathan Haidt – Can a Divided America Heal?
How can the US recover after the negative, partisan presidential election of 2016? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the morals …
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