by Dr Nia Thomas | Jul 31, 2021 | Self-Awareness
We’re very good at keeping up appearances and keeping on keeping on. We don’t want to let our colleagues, our families or our friends down. We keep battling on until our batteries are at 4% and flashing red. Organisations are getting better at breaking down this...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Jul 23, 2021 | Reflections
I was recently asked what the most important piece of professional advice I’ve ever received had been. I didn’t blink and said there were two things, not one Low and SlowMany years ago, I had a #mentoring session with Alison Ward, a wise Chief Executive and recently...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Jul 15, 2021 | Reflections
I managed to dip in to this amazing well-being event today. I caught part of a workshop about Wing Chun martial art, which has links to qigong and Kung fu. The presenter said that it was essential for there to be contact so that parties could be guided by what they...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Jul 14, 2021 | Self-Awareness
Today I joined a really interesting webinar by the Cognitive Institute, focussing on #civility in the workplace. I never cease to be amazed by the wealth of academic research that evidences the negative and frequently dangerous impact that even low level incivility...
by Dr Nia Thomas | Jul 13, 2021 | Research
DBA: Nia Thomas Nia Thomas, a Law graduate who works in strategy at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, has graduated from USW with a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) research degree. For her doctoral thesis, supervised by Professor Gareth...