The Right to Disconnect
Does the UK need French-style legislation to give workers the Right To Disconnect? As flexible work is here to stay, how do you create healthy boundaries between work and private life? Averil argues that it is mostly a failure of leadership to engage with...Confinement and personal relationships at work
No point repeating that this long confinement has taken its toll on relationships, even as we see light at the end of the tunnel. One of the good aspects of this shared hardship has been the emergence of more profound, human conversations instead of the usual trivia....Anticipating post CoVid events
Glastonbury cancelled again, James Bond postponed again, holidays on hold again. Is there a trick to deal with this drip drip of disappointment? – Averil demonstrates how to build anticipation and therefore resilience Radio Scotland 22 January 2021 by Averil Leimon...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...