The psychology of confidence from Gary Barlow to furlough
Apparently Gary Barlow has lost his confidence. In this wide ranging interview for Radio Scotland Averil discusses building confidence over time, bouncing back from major negative life events and building resilience during CoVid Radio Scotland with Jackie Brambles 02...
Fund Boards need to wise up to female excellence
What continues to prevent chief executives from accessing the entire talent pool, rather than favouring men? City Wire’s Wealth Manager Magazine asks Averil Leimon why despite strong evidence of high performance so few women were promoted to senior positions in...Men as Change Agents – of course…
‘MACA’, a new government board, has met for the first time to tackle inequality in the workplace by promoting diversity and inclusion in business. We have been saying for years that “you can’t walk into a room full of successful men and just...
“Ugly, stark & unacceptable”: What can be done to stop sexual harassment in the City?
This the verdict of Lloyd’s CEO John Neale on an independent report highlighting persistent sexual harassment across the world’s oldest insurance market. This follows hot on the heels of investment bank BNP Paribas losing a high profile sexual...
Optimism and life expectancy – are they linked?
The latest research confirms that optimism plays a big part in extending life expectancy. As an expert in Positive Psychology and author of Positive Psychology for Dummies, Averil spent Tuesday taking part in a range of Radio and TV...
Freedom from Corporate Fear
How millennials help drive Fear out of the Corporate world – there is a lot more to them than lazy Snowflake descriptions… In this interview with The Daily Telegraph our expert, François Moscovici, comes to the defence of misunderstood millennials. The feature...
Do you have to work with someone you dislike or even hate?
… that’s what BBC radio asked me to talk about. Here’s a snippet of the programme. Key points: Develop some emotional literacy. Check the emotions are accurate – hate ? Really? What exactly are you feeling?Calibrate the feelings on a scale of mildly miffed to...
Looking busy at work
Business school researchers have identified a type of employee, who manages to look busy and successful without actually doing anything useful. You know the one, who talks a big talk at meetings but when it comes to implementation, they are nowhere to be seen. Turns...
Stressing the obvious
In Mental Health Week, we were yet again lamenting the levels of stress, rampant in the UK. The loss to individuals of quality of life, to businesses of skilled talent, through poor functioning presenteeism, or sickness absence and to our economy as a whole, is...
Leadership in Classical Music
There is a fascinating parallel between the professionalisation of management and the rise and fall of big Conductor personalities… In this week’s ‘Music Matters’ on BBC Radio 3, Averil Leimon sets the scene for a discussion about power in art....