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How a Morning Croissant can Improve Your Career

7 May, 2014 by James Lawther 6 Comments

Boulanger

The lucky baker I love holidaying in France.  One of my guilty pleasures is the boulangerie or baker’s shop.  It is not that I am a pig — though I have been known to knock back more than my fair share of croissants — the thing that I love is the shop itself, the window display, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: competence, good service, pride in the job, purpose, self belief

Flow and Motivation

24 April, 2013 by James Lawther 5 Comments

Flow and Motivation learning the flute

Are Your Staff Anxious or Bored? My daughter is learning to play the flute. It is a beautiful example of flow and motivation at work. As musical instruments go, the flute is the best your child can learn. I am still emotionally scarred by my sister’s attempts to play the violin 30 years ago, and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: competence, flow, motivation, video

Zombies will do Wonders for Your Motivation

2 February, 2013 by James Lawther 10 Comments

I have just wasted 2 weeks of my life playing “Plants versus Zombies”, the worlds most foolish computer game.  The premise is at best dubious, I grow plants in my garden and these protect my house from an onslaught of brain eating zombies, yet I am totally addicted. I’m 44 years old, I should know […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: competence, flow, focus, motivation, video, zombies

Is Self Belief Self Fulfilling?

9 October, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Self Belief

Psychological Claptrap They say self belief is a powerful  thing, it can drive you forward or hold you back, it is the proverbial double-edged sword.  What you believe to be true easily becomes so. Are they making rational statements or is it just a load of old hocus pocus? Let me tell you a story… […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: capability, competence, confidence, self belief

Confidence or Competence, Which Came First?

30 July, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Swimming Lesson

My 9-year-old daughter was in floods of tears.  It was a beautiful clear morning, the temperature was rising, she was going to spend the day at Summer School with her friends, nothing to do but lark about and have fun, yet she stood there looking like the proverbial wet weekend. Being the sensitive type I […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: capability, competence, confidence

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