by Lesley | Happiness, Self-development, Strengths
My Ideal School The Problem with ‘Gifted and Talented’ It concerned me the first time I heard the phrase in education, ‘gifted and talented’. As a teacher I am used to identifying the vulnerable groups of children in my class and ensuring my teaching and learning...
by Lesley | Strengths, Work
Following on from my previous blog about Strengths At Work, I wanted to continue the series by starting to look at each strength from the VIA classification of strengths, beginning in this article about the strength of Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence. The VIA...
by Lesley | Strengths, Work
Human strengths is an important topic of research and application in the field of positive psychology, and a strengths at work approach is growing more important for organisations. A workplace strengths approach is having a positive impact in creating greater success...
by Lesley | Strengths, Work
If you would like to listen to Dan reading this post about beating stress and burnout in the workplace, please click on the play button below. Workplace changes since the economic downturn In my work within the private and public sector, there has been a marked, and...
by Lesley | Strengths, Work
3 tips to discover your strengths at work Have you heard of the phrase, play to your strengths? How often do you find at work that the exact opposite happens? For example, in your appraisal, is the majority of the time spent on what you need to do to improve on the...