by Viv Walton | Nov 15, 2024 | Burnout, Business EQ, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Coaching, Consultant, Development, Emotional Intelligence, Mental health, Resilience, Stress, Values
What can an organisation do to reduce burnout? Stress and burnout are receiving a lot of attention from commentators. Some of these place the responsibility with the individual. However, organisations have a responsibility to provide employees with a compassionate...
by Viv Walton | Oct 4, 2024 | Business EQ, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Development, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personal Development, Personality Profile, Uncategorized, values, Values
Developing our ability to influence. Which of us has never questioned their ability to influence and persuade others? In this two minute article we look at some potential ways of developing our ability to influence. An awareness of your own preferred approach to...
by Viv Walton | Sep 27, 2024 | Business EQ, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Development, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, organisational values, Personal Development, Personality Profile, values, Values, Values based recruitment NHS
The impact of empathy at work In the second of our “Two minute reads” series, we briefly look at how our empathy impacts on our behaviour at work and look at ways in which individuals and teams can use empathy to best effect. Empathy at Work There are many definitions...
by Viv Walton | Jul 19, 2024 | Case Study, Development, Leadership, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, Values, Values Assessment
In this series of blogs, we’re going to outline three case studies using different psychometric tests and associated assessment processes. This blog details how we have used a psychometric and verification interview to help a manager tease out vital information: A...
by Viv Walton | Jun 14, 2024 | Assessment Centre, Case Study, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Values, Values Assessment
In this series of blogs, we’re going to outline three different approaches of using psychometric tests and associated assessment processes. This first blog outlines a case study of an assessment centre used to support the appointment of four different roles. The...
by Viv Walton | Jun 7, 2024 | Development, Leadership, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Values, Values Assessment
It’s likely that you’re hard pressed to make critical recruitment decisions about a range of candidates who have different skills sets and talents. With spiralling recruitment costs and the need to maintain morale and motivation, making the right decision...
