Is working from home affecting our mental wellbeing?
When I moved to Singapore four years ago, I experienced the joys and sorrows of working from home for the first time. Suddenly I was free...
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MetaMind Training
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
Work-From-Home Problems: Staying Focused
Vita works virtually as an assistant manager. She has worked virtually for the past 7 years: in one of her previous jobs, she never even...
MetaMind Training
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
Being Good is Not Enough – Make Yourself Visible!
Today, being good at your job isn't the only requisite for getting ahead in your career.
MetaMind Training
- Jul 24, 2020
- 3 min
The Role of Feelings in More Effective Communication
Do you remember what it felt like to be scolded by your parents? Or to receive a condescending sermon from a teacher or employer?
MetaMind Training
- May 7, 2020
- 4 min
“But I am a good person…”
Blog one of three in a series on "Managing Bias". An embarrassing thing happened to me recently. I was exchanging text messages with a...
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- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
The Online Colleague
It started with a dream. Not my dream, but my boss’s. She had a vision of creating a training company that would help businesses improve...
MetaMind Training
- Mar 7, 2020
- 2 min
Can We Please Start Asking Women About Their Lives?
If you’re a woman, you know the scenario. You stand around chatting at a party, and the men ask each other “so what do you do?” Nobody...
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- Feb 28, 2020
- 5 min
How Can We Stop An Amygdala Hijack?
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you... Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it......
MetaMind Training
- Aug 17, 2017
- 4 min
How Greek Astronomers and Egyptian inventors still rule our meetings today
The below is taken from my new book “ How to Make Yourself Promotable – 7 Skills to Climb the Career Ladder“. At the end of the blog,...
MetaMind Training
- Jul 4, 2017
- 4 min
Communication skills are on a disturbing downward slope
Several studies have showed us, alarmingly, that communication and interpersonal skills are on the decline. And at the same time, in our...
MetaMind Training
- Jun 10, 2017
- 2 min
Dancing or boxing – what’s your communication style?
Too often, we are engaged in boxing when we communicate. Boxing is about winning the debate. Dancing, however, is constructive. It is...
MetaMind Training
- Jun 5, 2017
- 2 min
Leadership tip #9: It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure
“It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure” – Clay Shirky With the Internet, we are exposed to much more information then ever....
MetaMind Training
- Jun 3, 2017
- 3 min
What Comprises Effective Communication?
On a Saturday afternoon, I booked an Uber to take my daughter from one shopping centre to the other. As I got the confirmation of the...
MetaMind Training
- May 23, 2017
- 1 min
Leadership Tip #8: Praise or criticism?
I recently was at a conference where Richard Branson was interviewed on stage. One of his nuggets was “Do not criticise your staff. Focus...
MetaMind Training
- May 22, 2017
- 2 min
Leadership Tip #7: Make those butterflies fly in formation
You’ve probably heard that human beings fear public speaking more than we fear death. At least that’s what we answer when asked about it...
MetaMind Training
- May 17, 2017
- 1 min
Leadership Tip #6 : Don’t Say “No”
In my last leadership tip, I recommended that you say “no”. This time, I’m recommending that you don’t say “no”. At least minimise the...
MetaMind Training
- Mar 28, 2017
- 3 min
The Credibility Of CEOs Fell By 12 Points This Year To Just 37 Percent
There’s only one word to describe this: shocking. Recent global political developments have shown that voters’ trust in the political...
MetaMind Training
- Feb 23, 2017
- 3 min
Do you complain about Millennials? – a message from a Gen Xer to baby boomers and GenXers alike
I smirk when baby boomers and Gen Xers (my generation) complain about Millennials. ‘Disloyal’, ‘unable to focus’, ‘low stress tolerance’,...
MetaMind Training
- Feb 17, 2017
- 4 min
Personality Tests – Valuable Insights Or Hocus Pocus?
Written by Mette Johansson, Huffington Post contributor and Author of “How to Make Yourself Promotable” A while ago, a friend (let’s call...
MetaMind Training
- Feb 9, 2017
- 2 min
Leadership Tip #5: Say “No”
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” –...