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07Oct2022

The case of the disappearing problem in workplace disability

  • By Ian Bradley
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When people first experience workplace problems of a psychological nature, they say something like: “My boss is impossible, he never recognizes my efforts.” or “I can’t see how I’m ever going to finish everything my boss assigned.” Whether the problem involves poor communication, lack of employee recognition or some perceived injustice, the issue is clear
31Aug2022

Insurance against stress; it might be too costly

  • By Ian Bradley
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I’ll just run this by my boss” was a phrase that I heard all too frequently from my client who came to see me about work-related stress. Laura, a young woman in her first major corporate job, worked for a boss who micro-managed. The boss, who did not like surprises, insisted upon being appraised about
11Aug2022

Job Promotions; a cautionary tale

  • By Ian Bradley
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The call came out of the blue from the secretary of a psychiatric director of a large and prestigious teaching hospital. The director wanted to see if I would be interested in applying for the recently vacated position of Chief Psychologist. Until then, I had been working in a small CBT unit of what once
19Jul2022

Procrastination, three simple fixes

  • By Ian Bradley
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I don’t think that there many personal problems that triggers as much self-blame as procrastination. According to many of my procrastinating clients, they’re simply lazy and in need of better work skills or motivation. I try to dissuade them of all these notions. Instead of adding to their self-blame, I point out how hard their
22Jun2022

Rewards at work: a cautionary tale

  • By Ian Bradley
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I had the recent privilege of consulting to a company that specializes in employee recognition- the tangible kind of recognition where good performance is rewarded with personalized mugs, trophies or any number of concrete goodies from their expansive inventory. Their business is going well. Both as a believer in the value of employee recognition, and
16Jun2022

Good Work and Life Habits: sustaining them

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In my previous post, I discussed various ways to develop new behavioural habits. The question is: how do we sustain them? Put that new habit into a larger category: It is important to put daily tasks, especially newly developed habits, into mental categories that reflect your basic values. In other words, you’re not just avoiding
14Jun2022

Good Work and Life Habits; steps to development

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Good habits are great. They function like automatic algorithms that silently work in the background to help us engage in adaptive behaviour. “Silently” is key. That is, without conscious thought or deliberate effort, we can effortlessly go to the gym, benefit from regular sleep and eat healthily. Automatically buckling the seat belt of your car
05Jun2022

What hockey players can learn from bad bosses

  • By Ian Bradley
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I’ve spent a great deal of my professional life doing two things-helping executives become better bosses and helping professional hockey players to reach their potential. Their respective roads to success are lined with many similar qualities- hard work, grit, dealing with pressure, teamwork- to name only a few. However, in one area – reacting to
28May2022

Creative and Effective problem-solving, conclusion

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Here are the final five tips Tip VI Testing out Hypotheses After creatively generating multiple hypotheses, it’s time to test them out. Developing, testing through data collection and then refining the hypothesis is the cornerstone of science and perhaps of our own central nervous system as first explained in Pribram’s TOTE system. This process requires
22May2022

Creative and Effective Problem-Solving

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Problems in business are the norm; however, accepted ways to solving those problems might be less obvious. I have assembled a two-part, 10-tip guide, that follows a timeline from conceptualization of the problem to the ultimate presentation of a possible solution. I hope that you find the material helpful.
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