It is not the events themselves that trigger our emotions, but how we perceive them and how we interpret them. Therefore, two people can react differently to the same situation, and this can produce completely different feelings in them. 2000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Epictetus already reflected on this…
It is common for us to find conflicts in our work environment, but sometimes these conflicts can lead to more sustained harassment and that generates greater problems in the short and long term. This is known as "mobbing" and it has been studied that it mainly occurs through behaviors such as annoying, harassing, or deliberately excluding...
We live in a society in which we are always connected, literally ... telecommuting, Instagram, whatsApp, linkdIn, facebook, calls ... we invest a lot of hours in being connected, we get used to it and take it as routine, and even the abusive use of devices we get to normalize it. Now that we are on vacation we can take advantage of this ...
It is true that the pandemic has affected us in many ways in the different areas of our lives. It has changed the way we work, how we relate to others, the activities we do, our routines, etc. Stress, anxiety, family and work demands and expectations in addition to the loss of ...
We are all tired. The state of hypervigilance to control the uncontrollable has left us exhausted and we do not have the energy to work effectively. On the other hand, there is nothing in sight that promises a good and secure future for most of the people: there are ERTE, layoffs, it does not seem that we can travel ...
Do you have to finish a project that you left on stand-by, the deadline is getting closer and closer but you still haven't gotten around to it? Do you think that you are putting off tasks and do not finish them, even though you feel bad for not doing it? How much stress, guilt or frustration would we take off if we were able to do the ...
Little is said about this in the work environment because little is said about mental health in the workplace, but the truth is that for many getting up every day is difficult. In Spain 2,4 million people suffer from depression, 5,2% of the population and most continue to go to their place ...
I don't recall any job interview in which Human Resources sought curiosity as a candidate's competence. What a mistake! We recently taught a course at the Madrid College of Physicians on conflict resolution and we all realized its importance. In an exercise where we asked two volunteers to argue if ...
We continue with the summer readings and we work with the HBR Guide to Motivating people from the Harvard Business Review to reconnect with what makes us feel good, perform better, motivate ourselves and even enjoy work. If something sums up what every manager must work for the well-being and performance of all employees, this ...
We all know what we want: to be physically and emotionally healthy. The difficult thing is, even knowing how to develop healthy habits. In our last blog we talked about the need to link our wishes and general motivations to the changes we want to make in terms of well-being. So we said that if we are motivated by idealism and help ...
