This week in my Bikram Yoga class (Yoga in a room heated to 40 degrees for those who haven’t had the pleasure…) the teacher said two things that made me think about the parallels between organisational change and the changes coming from yoga.
Firstly she said:
In yoga, the changes are slow and deep. You may notice [...]

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If you needed any more convincing that doing a job that only mildly holds your interest is a waste of your precious time, then here it is….
Boredom shortens your lifespan.

After studing 7000 British civil servants over 25 years, scientists concluded:

people who complain of boredom were more likely to die young
those with high levels of tedium [...]

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Meanginful work is a right not a luxury. Companies can do plenty to improve the work experience for their employees. Individuals can do a lot to improve their own working lives. Just do it I say.

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As business professionals, we spend lots of our time interacting with all sorts of people – clients, suppliers, consultants etc. Our interactions can be in person, on the telephone, by email or even these days, by sms.
If you do some reading on the subject, you’ll quickly find the predominant school of thought is that all [...]

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With all the bad news around lately, I’m surprised any of us are getting out of bed in the morning.
Just yesterday a friend I worked with said he felt flat and uninspired – like he was tired of pushing a heavy wheelbarrow up a hill that never got any shorter.
I hear this sentiment echoed in [...]

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