5 October Prevention Hero of the Month: I wish I’d known that
Prevention Expert of the Month: I wish I’d known that Wi-Fi, the coffee machine and access cards usually feature in the induction. But how does a new colleague find out who...
Tools
22 June Prevention Tool of the Month: The Leadership Landscape – Where Should We Focus Our Efforts?
Prevention Tool of the Month: The Leadership Landscape – Where should we focus our efforts? The psychological working environment for leaders is not just about the individual leader. It is also about the conditions under which the leadership role is carried out...
18 May Shift the language – from weakness to professional practice
Prevention Specialist of the Month: Changing the Language – From Weakness to Professional Practice Aim: To examine how you talk about support, stress and relying on one another – and to find...
20 April Prioritisation – Losses and Gains
Prevention tool of the month: Prioritisation and change involve sacrifice When we set priorities at work, this leads to change. Some things become possible, whilst others have to take a back seat. Priorities...
23 March Prevention Tool of the Month: The Temperature of Powerlessness
Prevention Specialist of the Month: The Temperature of Powerlessness Powerlessness is part and parcel of the work in many professions. But it is not experienced in the same way by everyone – some situations are bearable, others...
17 Feb Prevention tool: Success, luck – or bad luck?
In many workplaces, decisions are only properly assessed once the outcome is known. When things go well, people’s skills are highlighted. When things don’t go so well, we look for what went wrong....
22 Jan Prevention tool: Myths about breaks and the headless chickens
To raise collective awareness of the perceptions that can make taking breaks feel risky – such as the fear of appearing lazy or unprofessional –...
4 December Prevention Tool of the Month: The Temperature of Powerlessness
Prevention Specialist of the Month: The Temperature of Powerlessness Powerlessness is part and parcel of the work in many professions. But it is not experienced in the same way by everyone – some situations are bearable, others...
10 Nov Prevention tool: Which voice are you speaking from?
Transactional analysis explains that we all communicate from three ‘I-states’: Parent, Adult and Child. It is not a question of right or wrong – everyone...
1 October Prevention Tool: Devil’s Advocate
The Devil’s Advocate is a dialogue exercise designed to train tolerance for professional disagreement. In this simplified version, it is well suited to opening up…
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