Bite sized tips on coping with problems we all face day to day, whether you are working from home, starting out at a new workplace, or high up the ladder in a large coprorate. Lainy Russell provides advice, based on years of experience in senior roles, mixed with her love of all things science-based. She says her approach is based on the importance of neuroscience, linked with our biology, our environment, our culture and the whole psychology of values, beliefs and why we are motivated (or not) on performance and success. It's worth a listen! Visit https://www.flourishltd.com...
Latest episodes
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5 min
When Someone is Venting At You
What do you do when someone goes off at you in the workplace? Lainy tells you how to calm things down. The first step is to let them rant - they will eventually run out of steam On…
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4 min
You've trained them, they still make mistakes
You trained them. They still don't get it. Whose fault is that? Yours, says Lainy. It's to do with the way your are saying things, and the method they are using, It's all about fig…
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4 min
Why Misunderstandings Happen
Do you ever find things at work don't go as planned, and you point the finger at others? Have you ever stopped to think that maybe things don't happen as planned because hyou haven…
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5 min
Keeping secrets
Are you one of those people who can't keep a secret? People often let slip information in the workplace that's not supposed to be public knowledge. Sometimes its an accident, other…
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5 min
Delegration is Tricky
A lot of people are not very good at delegating work. Lainy Russell says you need to learn how to ask, how to monitor and how to provide feedback. If it's going wrong you only have…
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5 min
Do skilled people or more confident people get the breaks?
We've all seen it. Confident people seem to get further ahead in life. Phil asks Lainy Russell if there's research to back up this assertion? And if that is the case, and you are a…
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6 min
How do I overcome my feeling of being under pressure?
We all feel pressure some od the time. Some of us feel it a lot of the time. If you carry that weight around with you it makes a heavy workload seem insurmountable. So, how do you…
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6 min
What is imposter syndrome anyway?
Lainy Russell says 80 percent of people will experience Imposter Syndrome at some point in their life. Phil asks whether it can be a good thing. Maybe it;’s a sign that you are pus…
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6 min
How do I get my team to change?
Are you facing changes at work? Do you need to bring your team along with you to face the changes?Very often, when peope hearthat change is coming their instinctive reaction is to…
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6 min
How do I influence my team?
Do you have a team of people working for you? Do you find it difficult to corral people so they are all heading in the same direction? Lainysays the answer involves getting to know…
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7 min
Why won’t my boss listen to me?
We’ve all faced tis problem from time to time. We have a boss that’s so busy there’s no time to talk through the issues you are facing and the guidance you need. Some coaches sugge…
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6 min
How do I stop being a people pleaser at work?
Are you one of those pepe who does more than everyone else at work? Do you find you are doing other people’s jobs, and is that because you want to be liked by all and sundry? Lainy…
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5 min
Do you hold off, rather than get started?
How long can you hold off getting something done? Do you tell yourself it’s too big a job and you don’t have the time right now? Or maybe it’s just too much of a chore and you are…
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6 min
Procrastination. Why can't I get going?
We’re all guilty of it. Putting things off. Particularly those things we don’t enjoy. For Lainy Russell it’s doing her tax, which she puts off to the last possible moment. Phil Dob…
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5 min
Why doesn't my boss explain things properly?
Does your boss explain things badly? Does he or she "dump and run"? Do you wonder whether you're just being slow? It could be that your boss doesn't want you to know too much, for…