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Six Ways to Prevent Burnout at Work

Bookboon Learning — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:47:20 +0000

Are you yearning for a break? Are you longing for the vacation of your dreams? Is work irritating you and work-related stress consuming you? Here are six ways to prevent stress and burnout at work. This article is written by Venkatesh Ganapathy, author at Bookboon Learning. 1. Meditate, meditate, meditate. Mental health advocates and therapists recommend meditation. A famous spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has always emphasized the importance of breathing. If you meditate for 5 to 10 minutes...

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Struggling with business change? Try another leadership style.

Bookboon Learning — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:50:40 +0000

Great leaders inspire people to perform at their best. They vary their leadership style to suit the situation. Let’s consider three styles: Commander, Conductor or Coach. Try a fresh approach to expand your leadership toolkit. Organisations need leaders who can flex their style to tackle unexpected changes in the environment.A wise person, said Confucius, adapts themselves to the situation, as water shapes itself to a vessel. Why style matters in leadership A Gallup report (2019) found that a good leader...

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Andrew Barnes on the origins of the Four Day Week

Bookboon Learning — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:55:11 +0000

I first heard about the Four Day Work Week campaign at the HR Productivity Summit in London on 31st January 2019. The speaker from Guardian Perpetual, an estate planning company in New Zealand explained how their founder, Andrew Barnes, had decided to introduce a four-day workweek as a trial. The logic was simple. Employees would do 100% of their work in 80% of their past working hours, which would be four days, and if customer service levels remained at 100%...

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Presentation skills: How do I handle tough questions and interjections?

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 05 May 2021 15:08:13 +0000

The top fear for presenters is questions or interjections that are loaded. Emotionally loaded. Individuals (and whole audiences) can be skeptical, resentful, annoyed, angry… the list is long. Here's how to respond so that you gain respect, even from those who still disagree with your argument. ...

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3 Ways to Work Less But Achieve More

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:35:28 +0000

Would you like to make more impact for less work in your business communications? We thought so! We’ll show you how....

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An Introduction to Abeceder Quotation Conversations

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:52:58 +0000

It all started when I was given a copy of the third volume of Charles Moore’s biography of Margaret Thatcher the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as a birthday present....

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4 eBook and audio titles to help you strive at work and in your personal life

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:54:34 +0000

This January, we are introducing a selection of motivational and educational titles to help you be more inspired, productive and resilient at work. You will discover how humour can positively influence every aspect of business life and how Fun, Fear and Focus are needed for your brain to perform at its optimal level. Find out how to transform how you think, innovate and navigate change to lead a more creative and positive life. Happy Habits by Karen Brown Positive Energy...

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Hi Tech Hi ‘Touch’

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:24:33 +0000

Touch in a Covid environment means a relationship connection. Written by Bookboon Author, David Wright. 50 years ago, when technology was beginning to impact on the workplace, the vision was Hi Tech Hi Touch. This meant that as people began to stick their heads in computers (Hi Tech), they would also need good socialisation (Hi Touch) in order to sustain them in the workplace. In reality, we witnessed very little Hi Touch at the time. Many years later, employers started...

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Find the Power of Virtual Teams

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:06:05 +0000

Companies harness local expertise and global insight through virtual teamwork. Discover how you too can gain international reach. This article was written by author Margaret Mackay. What’s the power of a virtual team? Let’s look at three examples: 1. A cybersecurity team share their latest knowledge of encryption codes in real time across Asia. 2. An online team of experienced surgeons in the USA give precise instructions to two hospital doctors conducting an operation in Syria’s war zone. 3. A...

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Bringing Digital Learning to NHS Workers During COVID-19

Bookboon Learning — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:52:52 +0000

Few industries have escaped the immense challenges brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, one group of people have been impacted by these changes more than any other: the UK’s hardworking healthcare workers. We spoke to James Deller, Head of Training Academy and Talent at Essentia Workforce and Service Improvement part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, about how he is using Bookboon Learning’s corporate learning solution to help these tireless workers continue to hone the skills that make them the heroes they are. The End of Face-to-Face Training The UK government’s announcement urging workers...

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