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March 22, 2024
The Alliance of Organisational Psychology has released a white paper on the issues and strategies to better manage the interface between home and the workplace. https://alliancefororganizationalpsychology.com/knowledge-sharing
March 7, 2024
As we step through the lower stages of Covid-19 response (Levels 2 → 1 and eventually beyond) not everyone is going to respond the same way. While many […]
May 18, 2022
As a IO psychology masters students cohort at UC, we had a lecture about respect and civility at work and as part of our ‘homework’ we […]
May 13, 2022
Panel Discussion: Kindness at work – Benefits and Strategies Acts of kindness at work have been found to have benefits for both giver and receiver in […]
July 17, 2021
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September 21, 2020
HASANZ has released a position paper on Cannabis reform which raises some important issues for employers if the legislation is passed.
June 8, 2020
Tourism sector reducing hours instead of redundancies A large employer in the tourism sector was about to start the process of looking at large-scale redundancies. Staff knew […]
May 21, 2020
Businesses are already making and facing significant innovative changes in response to the post Covid 19 world. As organisational psychologists we have no better insight on […]
May 21, 2020
A team is made up of a group of individuals who are tasked with working together in a highly effective way to achieve shared objectives. At […]
May 19, 2020
May 18, 2020
We are in unparalleled and unprecedented times. COVID 19 has affected the world and our economy in ways many of us were simply not prepared for. […]
May 11, 2020
What if rather than downsizing your business, workload has increased and you need to hire people and/or to have your current people develop new skills? What […]
May 11, 2020
Cashflow is king at the moment so many Boards, business owners and managers may be being prudent on any spend that is not considered core to […]
May 11, 2020
First of all, loss of a job is one of life’s most distressing changes, particularly in a climate of economic uncertainty. It makes sense then that the […]
May 11, 2020
Why is re-thinking hard? It means switching on the slower, more effortful and logical system 2 of the brain, rather than relying on the easier, faster, […]
May 11, 2020
What is it and why is it important? Scenario planning is a formalized systematic process of visualizing (1) what future conditions or events are probable/possible and under current examination, (2) what […]
May 11, 2020
The disruption of Covid-19 has brought rapid, unexpected change in many forms, and with it the need to think strategically about how to re-set our businesses, […]
May 11, 2020
Context: In times of change there will be ongoing times of uncomfortableness, with tough decisions needing to be made quickly. These times may be seen as […]
May 11, 2020
We have been disrupted – all of us. COVID19 has impacted our society, environment, organisations and economy in ways we couldn’t have imagined and it will […]
May 7, 2020
Coming out of our Covid-19 bubble is something everyone has been looking forward to. Mixed emotions will inevitably arise – hope, relief, anticipation, worry, apprehension, disappointment, […]
April 17, 2020
The Institute has formed a taskforce to bring together practical tools that are well researched and effective to support businesses during the pandemic. The first of […]
April 16, 2020
Context In the current context of significant disruption and uncertainty, our experiences will be as diverse as we are as a community, and for some, and […]
April 16, 2020
Context People look to leaders for guidance on what to do, what to expect and how to act during uncertain and fluid times. The need for […]
April 16, 2020
Context Teams may be more susceptible to unhealthy conflict due to: Heightened levels of stress: when we are stressed our ability to rationally evaluate information can […]
April 16, 2020
Context Heightened stress levels and uncertainty in the current context can impact the quality of our communication in the workplace, in terms of how we transmit, […]
April 16, 2020
Context Online learning can assist individuals and organisations to learn in a timely manner. An understanding of neuroscience to enhance genuine adult learning should be considered when […]
April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
Research following earlier significant traumatic events, such as the Christchurch earthquakes and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, provides the basis on which psychologists are […]
January 21, 2019
The term ‘resilience’ seems to be the catch-phrase of this century. It would appear that we all have to be resilient, or have resilience, for us […]
August 23, 2018
Body art and its impact on employment selection decisions: Is there a bias towards candidates with visible tattoos? Biases are an important factor to understand when […]