The Influence of Positive Psychology on work How much of your working week do you spend truly motivated? Or do you find you’re counting down the days until the weekend? As human beings, we can’t be motivated all the time. Work has its natural ups and downs which is part of life. But when you…
Positive Psychology: Engaged employees are good for businessIntroduction Have you ever stopped to reflect on what factors impact your motivation (or lack of) at work? And how much importance does your organisation place on employees’ experience while working? Over the last 20 years, a proliferation of research has evidenced that engaged and motivated employees are…
Why you should be using psychometric tests. When a team is at the top of their game, performing at their best whilst being in tune with each others’ needs, goals and circumstances, that’s a pretty special recipe for success. In an age of uncertainty and constant change, CEOs and HR teams are frequently grappling for ways to…
Psychometric Tests: A Revolution in Measuring Human BehaviourCan we really measure behaviour? Human beings are deeply complex. We display a multitude of different behaviours and emotions and might react to the same set of circumstances in completely different ways. We have different approaches to the opportunities and difficulties life brings and differing perceptions of what…
MyPeople Culture… Unlocking an organisation’s potential We at MyPeople believe that an organisation’s culture is the key to unlocking that organisation’s potential. Hillary Odiakaose from the University of Benin agrees, stating ‘the culture of an organisation, to a very large extent, determines the performance of the individuals that work in that organisation and by extension,…
Culture is defined as a set of norms or knowledge that determines a particular set of people. But what is workplace culture? Essentially “workplace culture is the character and personality of your organisation. It’s made up of your organisation’s leadership, values, traditions and beliefs, and the behaviours and attitudes of the people in it,” or as Forbes describes, it…
