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Despite the huge investment in employee training, increasing salaries and bonuses, increasing investment in qualifications and technical abilities; surveys still show that over 70% of your average workforce are dis-engaged, with a number of people "actively dis-engaged" growing rapidly. When you consider the fact that someone who is actively dis-engaged is not only wasting the ...
Our associate, nutrition therapist Christine, gives us some simple hints to reflect our ageing state and family demands when it comes to taking care of ourselves and our loved ones. If you eat a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise, staying slim should follow naturally – in theory. In practice, different pitfalls at various stages of ...
So we've gone round in circles with dietary fats, starting with demonising animal fats and suggesting that margarine is the healthiest option, to now demonising margarine and other unsaturated fats as the major cause of heart disease from a nutritional standpoint, bringing back the saturated fats in moderate doses. So I guess we now have to ...
I'm sure you've all heard the expression about a top athlete 'being in the zone' or 'on fire' during a game or event when they are just performing way above their already high performing average. It's a pleasure to watch an 'unstoppable' Nadal when he's in such a state of play, literally hitting every shot ...
Self-awareness is one of the most critical aspects of leadership - indeed it is the first step of any leadership, without which you cannot even begin to expect anyone else to follow you - but sometimes we overanalyse things a little. My impression, after reading hundreds (or thousands) of interviews with top performers from every ...
Western world corporate organisations are finally taking the responsibility for the wellbeing of their employees and, to a certain extent their families, by investing in a wider range of health and wellness initiatives across the company. But do these programmes actually work? Research of the outcomes of such Corporate Wellness Programmes clearly show that employers overwhelmingly expressed ...
These interviews are aimed at trying to tease out insight into what makes particular people outperform their peers and stand out as Ultimate Performers. It's an opportunity to learn from their way of life and philosophy of excellence. This blog interviews top local Ironman triathlete Michelle Vella Wood. Full name, for the record? Any nickname? Michelle Vella ...