Managing Your own Anger

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Being angry can become a self-destructive habit, causing anxiety and high blood pressure. Psychology expert Peter Quarry says that a healthier way to manage anger is to realize that it is a form of energy. This energy is much better funneled into creative projects, planning to do something happy with colleagues or family, or accomplishing personal goals.

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem

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Low self-esteem is a state of mind caused by many factors, and it can affect productivity and careers negatively. Psychology expert Peter Quarry believes that triggers for low self-esteem can be avoided by identifying the things you do well each day, building a self-esteem file for collecting evidence of your accomplishments, and updating this file regularly with new successes.

What to do if Stressed

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The pressure on us all to achieve results can cause us to feel stressed and overwhelmed. Psychology expert Peter Quarry suggests calming your brain through a simple, effective slow breathing technique; using the “now or later” approach to prioritizing what must be done (and feeling more in control); and focusing on completing tasks one at a time rather than wasting time shifting gears and continuously multi-tasking.

Handling a Complainer

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Being surrounded by complainers is hard, but as Peter Quarry points out, there are ways to handle them. You can acknowledge what they’re saying, showing empathy and putting forward positive solutions. If they persist, and especially if you work with them, it is best to ignore them, since what they really seek is attention. When you don’t react, there’s no payoff.

Surviving an Unreliable Colleague

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Behavioral expert Peter Quarry knows what unreliability in a colleague can be like. He suggests first explaining to them why their behavior causes problems. If this fails, you can try appealing to their personal brand and their desire to look good by getting them to make promises in front of others. Praise them and thank them if they deliver, or hold them to account – all in front of others.

A Guide to Whistleblowing

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Blowing the whistle on unethical or illegal practices is a tough decision to make. Your values and integrity may be compromised by what you’ve seen. You may be fearing the consequences. Psychology expert Peter Quarry recommends asking yourself five specific questions, ascertaining degree and frequency of behaviors, their impact and what, if anything, is already being done. If the answers trouble you, seek independent advice before determining a path forward.

CALM Yourself in 4 Steps

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CALM Yourself in 4 Steps is a video that explains how to manage anxiety and stress at work and in your life. Feeling stressed or anxious can weaken us physically and emotionally — and it can be contagious. It is important to acknowledge stress when you experience it. It may be your feelings about another person, something that has happened or a situation. We all need to learn to be CALM and reframe our experiences, so we can rise above pressures and stress. In this video psychologist Eve Ash explains four simple principles which will enable you to CALM yourself. CALM is a valuable way of controlling your reactions and calming yourself in situations where you feel tense or stressed. It is a successful way of counteracting triggers that are making you anxious and controlling the things you can.

PRICE Mistakes as Opportunities

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PRICE Mistakes as Opportunities is a simple video to learn to proactively manage mistakes without blame. We all make mistakes, that’s how we learn. Mistakes teach us something we didn’t know and what doesn't work. They help us to broaden our view of what success means. In this video psychologist Eve Ash recommends PRICE, a five-part strategy for being proactive by exploring mistakes in a positive way. We can use PRICE to boost creativity, innovation and positive energy so we are able to find new solutions. Mistakes help us continually improve.

ROI - Return on Investment

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Return on investment (ROI) is a video that simply explains ROI as a financial metric that measures the probability of gaining a return from an investment. ROI is a ratio, usually expressed as a percentage. It compares the gain or loss from an investment relative to its cost. A high ROI means the gain from an investment compares favourably to its cost. In this video Eve Ash explains how Return on Investment works and where it is applicable.

FAIR Culture

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FAIR Culture is a video that explains the four key attributes for all team members to ensure everyone is friendly, accepting, impartial and respectful. All workplaces have a culture that shapes how things get done, how people interact and engage with each other, and what is appropriate and acceptable behavior. The workplace culture is determined by the organization’s values and how these are put into practice. Some workplaces can be intimidating and unfriendly, unfair or unsafe. In this video psychologist Eve Ash explains what it means to have a FAIR workplace culture – Friendly, Accepting, Impartial and Respectful.

Be a Forward Thinker

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Be a Forward Thinker is a course teaching an essential for business and personal success. Forward thinkers go against the natural tendency to be conservative or maintain the status quo. They are not fixed on the past but move forward with vision and conviction. They take a structured and systematic look at possible change and assess likely outcomes. Research indicates that forward thinking is learned behavior rather than an innate human skill. We can learn to recognize trends and think critically, and envisage likely scenarios. We can learn to stay ahead of the curve. In this course psychologist Peter Quarry discusses ways to develop forward-thinking abilities because no matter what industry or profession you are in, you need to develop the ability to look, think and act ahead of the curve.

Manage Change Effectively

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Manage Change Effectively is a course designed to make sure change is implemented smoothly and effectively. Managing change is an important skill that people throughout an organization need to add to their resumes. Change sometimes happens for reasons out of our control and sometimes we can plan a change, and inevitably is often stressful and frightening, so we often resist it. In this course psychologist Peter Quarry explains how we can learn to manage change successfully and helps others manage change. We develop agility and resilience if we manage change effectively.

Remembering Names

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Remembering Names is a course to help everyone who struggles to remember names, especially if they are constantly meeting new people. It's embarrassing to forget names when you have just been introduced. It's easy to forget people's names when you are busy and distracted. But names are important. Remembering and using someone's name shows recognition and respect. It helps people feel more comfortable, and creates more of a connection with them. Studies show that hearing our name activates our brain. In this course psychologist Peter Quarry explains some simple strategies to help remember people’s names.

The Psychology of Getting Fit

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The Psychology of Getting Fit is a course designed to help you adopt a positive mindset for personal fitness. Being fit is not only about physical health. The mind and the body are connected, and getting physically fit helps us stay mentally fit too. Getting fit reduces our risk of serious illness such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and it also helps us maintain a healthy brain. In this course psychologist Peter Quarry explains the psychology of getting fit is about focus, realism, exploration and commitment. Start your fitness program now. Don’t put it off any longer. Adopt the mentality that you want to get fit as soon as possible. It will benefit you physically, mentally and emotionally.

The Psychology of Losing Weight

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The Psychology of Losing Weight is a course to help motivate you to eat healthily and manage your weight loss carefully. Losing weight can be difficult, but it can be achieved if you take a sustainable, positive, mindful approach to your eating habits. Doing exercise is an important part of losing weight but, on its own, it is not the answer. A crucial reason people put on weight is that they eat too much, especially when they’re not really hungry, and they eat poor quality foods or junk food. There is more to losing weight than simply eating some foods and not eating others. Deciding to lose weight does mean improving your food choices, but it also means permanently changing your eating habits. In this course, psychologist Peter Quarry explains four ways to lose weight while gaining satisfaction.

ADAPT to change

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ADAPT to Change is designed to help learners confronted with challenging changes to use a positive attitude and strategy to adapt and thrive. Once this video is completed you will have learned to ADAPT to help make difficulties easier to manage. In this video, psychologist Eve Ash showed that practicing skills of adaptation is a better way for managing reactions to change. You will have learned to accept what you cannot control, and define the problem by examining the facts. This helps you to adjust to the situation so you can plan a pathway forward with the facts you’ve assembled. Then you can thrive in creative ways and help others to do so as well.

SWOT – Boost your Profile

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SWOT Boost your Profile is designed to help you with your public profile and career trajectory by applying SWOT thinking to yourself. Eve Ash discusses how to utilize your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to improve your career and life options. Once this video is completed you will have learned how you can determine your strengths and weaknesses in relation to each other, seek opportunities and look out for threats (which are sometimes disguised opportunities).

BUILD Relationships

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BUILD Relationships provides a clear process, BUILD, for establishing positive relationships for a successful sale, a collaborative team or a productive business. Building relationships is at the heart of everything we do, according to psychologist Eve Ash. There is more pleasure and value to be found in relationships that are built from the ground up. Once this video is completed you will have learned to implement the BUILD formula – begin with establishing rapport with the other person, understand what’s important to them, initiate engaging communication, listen with an open mind and discover new qualities – in them and in yourself.

IDEA to REALITY

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IDEA to Reality is designed to help learners develop realistic plans for their ideas, and move through steps to successfully make the idea a reality. Turning ideas into reality can be challenging. That’s where IDEA comes in: Identifying, Designing, Executing and Assessing your concept. Once this video is completed you will have learned that a good idea has a better chance of succeeding when it follows the IDEA formula. Eve Ash explains the process for converting inspiration into reality. It requires being objective, diligent, patient, seeking input from others, smooth implementation, constant testing and readiness to begin the process once again if necessary. The best IDEAs are a result of continuous improvement.

Ask Behavioral Interview Questions

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Ask Behavioral Interview Questions is a video to develop skills for asking behavioral questions to find out how a candidate copes in particular situations. The interviewer explores how the candidate dealt with problems in the past as a guide to how they’ll handle challenges in the new job. The Ask Behavioral Interview Questions video provides four key behavioral questions that should be asked. You will learn to use behavioral interview questions to determine a candidate’s ability to cope with challenges, stress, new experiences and resolve disagreements.