Employee Well-Being: Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?
Employee well-being matters. Most of us have had jobs that made us stressed or miserable. We know what it’s like to feel as though a boss or workplace is costing us our physical or mental health. In the words of Robert Hogan, PhD, “Bad leaders perpetrate terrible misery on those subject to their domain.” Who should […]
Understanding Elon
In every area of human endeavor there are people who make a living doing things, and there are people who make a living criticising what others do. Movie critics, literary critics, music critics, architectural critics, foreign policy critics, and business critics. Elon Musk is indisputably the first camp, but as the world’s richest person, he […]
Reskilling: The Importance of Socioemotional Skills
How can organisations prepare employees for a future of work that is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous? The answer is reskilling. The way we work has changed a lot recently, and that transformation isn’t likely to stop soon. An environment characterized by constant change can be described with the acronym VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and […]
Personality of Elite Athletes
PBC has worked with the elite athletes at both state and national level across Australia, developing their players, teams and umpires. We also published a research paper to examine the following points of interest: • Do elite sports players differ from non-elite sports players in terms of their personality? • How do any observable difference […]
On fire or out of flames: Who is at risk for burnout?
For the past year and a half, we all have lived with some degree of uncertainty as the global pandemic wreaked havoc, changing how we interact with others and live our lives. While burnout is not a novel occupational stressor, COVID-19 has escalated the rate of burnout. Of the 75% of workers experiencing burnout, 40% […]
