Newsletter Issue 53 – Feb/March 2010

In this edition, as well as all our regular features, we introduce you to a course we have recently developed and launch our new Ask the Expert section.

In Equilibrium News

Managers Managing Change Course

We have recently developed this new course which has been designed to offer managers a greater understanding of change, together with introducing them to a range of practical change management tools which can be used to develop a change management development plan.  

Testimonials Page

Whenever we look for a new supplier, we always like to check out their references.  In order to make it as easy as possible for you to see what our customers think of us, we regularly update our What Our Clients Say page and are only too happy to provide references on request.  

Stress Management Tip

Our tip this edition concerns social relationships and offers a suggestion to anyone who would like to enhance or improve theirs.  

Ask the Expert

In our new section we plan to feature a question from one of our readers, which we feel may be of interest to others, together with an answer from one of our consultants.

Question “Do you have any tips which would help me get out of bed on the first alarm in the morning, rather than stealing another ten minutes in the warm, which is enough to throw my morning routine out of kilter?”

This edition’s answer has been provided by Dr David Mason Brown

Resources

Why are we happy? In this short talk, the psychologist and author Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong and, supported by intriguing research, he argues that our brains systematically misjudge what will make us happy.

Managing Change Guide on how to manage change in an organisation produced by Envirowise and the Government Office for the South West.  It includes four factors of success and a one page downloadable change management matrix for management team discussions on how the organisation is performing, allowing weak areas to be identified.

Amanda’s Column

Amanda discovers that there’s a positive to every negative story, including the ones about the recent harsh winter weather.

Quotations

“I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.” Kahlil Gibran Lebanese Artist, Poet and Writer (1883 – 1931)

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again but more intelligently” Henry Ford Founder Ford Motor Company (1863 – 1947)

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