“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....
Because you’re worth it! – How to ask for a pay rise
Talking about money is a taboo subject, especially amongst women in the workplace it would seem. Recently Averil, along with other inspirational contributors, talked to Elle UK about navigating the waters when it came to the thorny issue of negotiating a pay rise....