by Dr Nia Thomas | Oct 23, 2020 | Leadership, Self-Awareness
The Friday Pulse has a Five Ways to Happiness at Work framework. Here are some of my thoughts connecting self awareness and leader effectiveness to the framework… CONNECT: connect with people even when it’s not about actions and deadlines. Remind people that you...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Oct 22, 2020 | Self-Awareness
Today has been a day of self care. It was week two of the Mindfulness course that Great Ormond Street Hospital is delivering to its staff and it was a day when I had an hour to fit in some yoga Both mindfulness and yoga struck me as being a way of getting in tune with...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Oct 21, 2020 | Reflections
I saw a mouse, where, there on the stairs, where on the stairs, right there. A little mouse with clogs on well, I declare, goin’ clip-clippety-clop on the stair. ( A Windmill in Old Amsterdam) I had a meeting today with someone sitting on the stairs! And it was...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Oct 20, 2020 | Reflections, Self-Awareness
I’m a J. A planner, an organiser and an arrive early at a meetinger. COVID, working from home and virtual meetings have changed the parameters of all of that. It used to be that you needed 20 minutes to get between meeting, to walk down the corridor or up two flights...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Oct 19, 2020 | Reflections
Working from home and the new normal has given me more time to do some bite-sized learning. I’m an avid fan of learning new things and am always looking for ‘input’. I’ve been really impressed by TED Talks, Big Think, LinkedIn Learning, Future Learn and some of the...