Perception vs Reality: What Motivates
Employees?
Allworth
Juniper has recently published a Whitepaper on people’s perceptions
versus the reality of what motivates different groups of employees.
This Whitepaper summarises the results of a survey we invited
clients to complete last year. The
survey formed part of a wider piece of research investigating whether the
stereotypes that people hold about the motivational needs of younger and
older males and females in the workforce align or differ to what employees
themselves say. Click
here to read the Motivation Whitepaper.
Beating the Post-Holiday Blues
Are
you having difficulty adjusting back to a work routine after the summer
holidays? Featured in the Melbourne Age article, 'Workers hit with post
holiday blues', Dr Elizabeth Allworth provides some tips for settling back
into life at the office. Read
more....
National Psychology Week 8-14
November 2009
National Psychology Week, an
initiative of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), is held annually
in November to showcase the diverse ways in which psychologists enhance
community wellbeing. The focus
this year was ‘Think well. Be well’ which promotes all areas of
psychology.
In an attempt to raise the profile
of organisational psychology, the APS College of Organisational
Psychologists (COP) pulled
together a working party (chaired by Elizabeth Allworth) to launch a media
campaign for the week. Based
on the theme,‘Building Resilience in Organisations in Challenging Times’, the
APS produced a media release and Colin Beames of the WRDI Institute
developed a tip sheet on how to help your business to manage workforce
challenges and opportunities as Australia emerges from the global
financial crisis.
Go to www.psychologyweek.com.au
for more information.
Natural Born Leader vs The
Developed Leader
In October 2009, Dr Elizabeth
Allworth was invited to participate in a nature
vs nurture debate on leadership development run by the ACT Coaching
Psychology Interest Group. The
topic was “Not everyone deserves or
will benefit from leadership development. It should be reserved for a
select few who can show that they have what it takes to be a leader”.
There was lively discussion on the
following questions: Are we born
natural leaders? Would
everyone benefit from leadership development? Or should we only be
applying leadership development to a select few?
Elizabeth
was asked to
speak for the affirmative. She
argued that, while everyone can benefit from training and development of
their leadership skills, there are stable, enduring cognitive and
personality characteristics that enable some people to be naturally
effective leaders, regardless of the situation.
For more information on assessing
people for targeted leadership development programs, please contact
us on 02 9223 2774 or email us at office@allworthjuniper.com.au.
'The Virtue
in Virtual' in BRW magazine
Dr Elizabeth Allworth was
recently invited to make a comment in the August 13-19 2009 issue of BRW.
The article titled 'The Virtue in Virtual' (page 36) discusses the
benefits and challenges of using video-conferencing and virtual worlds to
communicate in the business world. Elizabeth says "With a lot of
technologies you're missing out on quite a large piece of important information
in communication with non-verbal feedback" however she does
acknowledge that "...for education, training and exchange of
information then technology can be very helpful". Please contact us
on (02) 9223 2774 or drop us an email at office@allworthjuniper.com.au
in order to read the full article. |