Vanessa Bennett7 April 2020LinkedIn Don’t love presenting? Here are 6 tips to get over yourself so that you can learn to love itDo a presentation or die? If you believe the statistics, most people would apparently prefer the latter! That seems a little dramatic and sounds like a lot of people are getting themselves tied up in knots unnecessarily. Read full article
Perpetua Neo2 April 2020LinkedIn Life lessons from ‘BrideChill-a’Not too busy at all!” Vanessa replied. (Yes, that very same Vanessa you read on NEP newsletters). I was a tad befuddled. All the weddings I’ve known have been extremely involved. And she was inviting me to stay for. . a week!? Read full article
Vanessa Bennett26 March 2020LinkedIn Need to bring in clients but don’t want to be “salesy”? Try thinking of it this way insteadMany lawyers and accountants (and many others too) know this conundrum….. For so many years you are assessed on your technical capabilities and then as you approach the path to Partner, you are expected to be able to uncover opportunities to attract more clients, and therefore revenue, to the business. Read full article
Perpetua Neo19 March 2020LinkedIn From high-functioning anxious to high-functioningThere’s a running joke amongst Type A personalities that we aren’t just Type A, we’re Type A+++. With that comes high performance, but the cost is often high-functioning anxiety, which we aren’t even aware of. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett12 March 2020LinkedIn How to survive the open plan officeAhh the open plan office…… still a major point of contention for research on efficiency and productivity. They might save on fixed costs but are there other costs associated with potentially less productivity? Read full article
Alex Davids5 March 2020LinkedIn Conflicted values: a learning opportunityThere’s little that is more challenging in our lives than when we come into conflict with our own values. Sometimes we may not even be aware of what those values are until we are in conflict, or misaligned with them. Read full article
Perpetua Neo27 February 2020LinkedIn Panic attacks: The dirty little secret of many high achieversMy clients joke that I specialise in two types of problems— Rich People Problems (referencing the third book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy) and Overachiever Problems. Each group is curious about the unexpected problems the other faces— we believe that each other’s world is so perfect, what problems could they possibly have? Read full article
Perpetua Neo20 February 2020LinkedIn Designing your #smashingit routineIn the cult of The 5am Club, it’s easy to see yourself as less of a productive or successful person if you’re not an early riser. Or, if you don’t wear the same clothes everyday like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. I could go on, but you get the drift. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett13 February 2020LinkedIn How to perform at your best. Always!Thanks to the intersection of neuroscience, psychology and sports training principles, we have increasing knowledge about how to master our productivity and mindset for success, without the unproductive stress, anxiety and burnout that often comes with so-called “high performance”. Read full article
Alex Davids6 February 2020LinkedIn Deep recovery – changing your Christmas contextOur biggest enforced holiday of the year has just passed. For most of us that means we took a good week or two (maybe more) away from work and all the stresses that comes with that. Read full article
