Illuminating Newsletter Features

Information overwhelm is a growing problem. People are struggling to cope with all the information that’s overloading them today, making mistakes, forgetting things and losing sight of what’s important.
Information overwhelm is when the quantity of information we receive exceeds our capacity to deal effectively with it. This situation arises most obviously when people are trying […]

A brilliant memory can transform your impact at work and further your career. Here Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine Training explains how.
Most people are hugely impressed by those who have the ability to recall events, statistics or detailed information at just the right moment. People who can accurately recite a quote or who, when asked, […]

In a previous article we used Mind Chi to create a Plan for ‘Achieving your Perfect Size’ (go to that article).  In this article, Vanda North provides a complete 28 day exectution to ensure you reach your goal. We’ve adapted the following from the book ‘Mind Chi - rewire your brain in 8 minutes a day’
 
You need to be […]

Firstly get control of the ‘task’ - a rapid browse of the whole paper to see what is in it helps enormously. The browse should be no more than 2 seconds per page - looking for stories of interest, understanding how much space is devoted to main stories. You are simply trying to understand what […]

But what exactly is engagement? Not surprisingly there are a number of definitions. The CIPD makes sense of it in the following statement.
“Employers want employees who will do their best work, or ‘go the extra mile’. Employees want good work: jobs that are worthwhile and turn them on. More and more organisations are looking for […]

What needs to happen if leaders want to have more engagement in their organisations?
One part of the answer here is that almost everyone needs to recognise that engagement is their priority - from the CEO down to the latest office recruit.  This doesn’t mean that everyone has to engage in the same way, but it […]

Given the clear association between engagement, job satisfaction and performance, it is clear that there is a big incentive for managers to seek to drive up levels of engagement in their workforce. But in difficult economic times there are some specific obstacles that organisational leaders need to be aware of.

Many managers and leaders will tend to keep […]

Why should you care whether or not your people have any passion for their work?
The answer to that is that when people care about what they are doing they work with more commitment, energy and inspiration. Anthony Landale reports on a key business issue.
We all want more out of our work. That, surely, is the […]

To create PassionFlow!™ for yourself, you must create a feeling of progress. However, if you are feeling stuck and don’t know what actions to take to create progress, try using a single, but powerful question: ‘How can we… (e.g. advance our market position by five points)?’ Putting this question before our minds will kick start creative […]

We can look at values in three ways: Personal Values, Corporate Values and most importantly, how the two connect to create and sustain passion at work.
Personal Values and Work
Values are key to ensuring people can create and sustain high meaning at work. If we know our personal values, (defined as what is most important to […]