organisational psychology

We've learned about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and how they can influence each other. But if we go deeper into the heart of motivation, we find its kernel: engagement. So how can we be truly engaged in our work?

We've learned about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and how they can influence each other. But if we go deeper into the heart of motivation, we find its kernel: engagement. So how can we be truly engaged in our work?

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As Lou says "Some might say 'to do lists' was a boring subject but actually the more you delve into it the more interesting and fascinating it gets because they have so many benefits. Which include increased productivity, increased confidence, greater focus, being more effective because you're writing things down and warming up your brain to actually achieve them, motivation.'  

We discuss the way we use 'to do lists', individual differences, what the research tells us and how to use 'to do lists' optimally. We explore whether lists are helpful when it comes to longer ranger creative processes like writing a book, how they can be used to assist difficult conversations, using them as a mechanism to create reflective space, a reminder to look after health, well-being and relationships or simply remembering the things you need to get done.

Do you write a 'to do list'? We'd love to know. 

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If you are curious about who you are, your brain and the influences in your life then please dip into Fiona's more recent book Mirror Thinking – How Role Models Make Us Human. 

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We often struggle to find a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives. In this episode we consider the psychology of how we find meaning and consider a few strategies to help to you find meaning and purpose in both your professional and private life.

I'd love to hear your story so reach out if you are searching for meaning and purpose, or if you've found it!

Show notes

The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology - Edited by K. O'Doherty & D. Hodgetts
Social Cognition and the Workplace: The Future of Research on the Meaning of Work - Paul J. Maher, Deirdre O’Shea and Eric R. Igou

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Have you ever sat at work thinking “Houston we have a problem, common sense has left the room!”?

Brand and culture transformation expert Martin Lindstrom, certainly has. He walks us through how to bring common sense back into our workplaces by establishing what he calls a “ministry of common sense”. 

And Martin has walked the talk -  he has advised multinationals including Pepsi, Google, Burger King and Swiss Air but he started this movement in what traditionally has been a bastion of bureaucracy, banks.

Martin’s book: Ministry of Common Sense: How to Eliminate Bureaucratic Red Tape, Bad Excuses and Corporate Bullshit.

Producer: Maria Tickle

I am joined in this episode by chartered Sport Psychologist Jo Davies. Jo runs a sport psychology consultancy, based out of Reigate in Surrey, and is the sport psychology lead at The Army Elite Athlete Performance Centre, working with the Army Target Shooting and Army Boxing Teams. She is also a sport psychologist for TASS (the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) and previously worked with the academy athletes at Surrey County cricket. She also supports several scholars at British Universities and is a guest lecturer at undergraduate and masters level sport psychology programs. How does she fit it all in…!?

In our conversation we talk about Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and its applications in Sport - in particular the role of values, and how clarity over these can be beneficial for both individuals and teams.

You can find Jo here:

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jdpsychology?lang=en

Website:
http://www.jdpsychology.co.uk/

When your boss mentions "brainstorming" what do you picture - rapid, creative, ideas generation or death by Post-it Note?

Pick up your permanent markers and unroll that butcher’s paper because we’re diving into the art and science of brainstorming - what works, what doesn’t and why some people are doing it all wrong.

(This program first aired September 14, 2020.)

GUESTS

Professor Gerard Puccio, organisational psychologist from Buffalo State

Art Markman, Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas, Austin.

CASE STUDIES

Sarah Crowley, transport and precinct planning specialist

James Atkins, director and strategic planning facilitator

In this episode, organisational psychologist Dr Austin Tay of Omnipsi Consulting and the podcast, PsyChat, joins me to discuss psychology in the workplace. We discuss a range of timely and important topics including: 

The psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our professional lives and what this might mean for a future version of 'normal'. 

The relevance of personality when recruiting employees and building teams, 

How corporate culture can both help and hinder employee performance and job satisfaction.  

How to deal with setbacks at work. 

Rethinking Maslow’s Theory of motivation.   

What motivates high performers to aim high and succeed.

How to optimise relationships in the modern, multicultural, workplace. 

Omnipsi Consulting
PsyChat Podcast with Dr Austin Tay

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In this episode I speak to Cath Bishop. A speaker, consultant, executive coach and author on developing success in leadership. Cath is also a former diplomat and former elite rower for Great Britain, representing at 3 Olympic games, achieving World Champion status twice as well as an Olympic Silver Medal in partnership with Dame Katherine Grainger in the coxless pair in Athens.

A cursory glance at Cath’s Wikipedia or LinkedIn might give you the impression of one word… SUCCESS. Yet it’s the notion of what is defined as success which sits at the heart of her new book The Long Win. Is success the outcome or the journey towards it? Is it the medals and quarterly targets or the skills and growth you gain along the way? And why is our culture obsessed with winning?

I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing Cath and getting deeper into some of the topics within the book. If you are interested I’ve left a link to the book in the description below, along with a host of other books I've read and have been recommended in the world of psychology, organisation culture, wellbeing and performance.

In our conversation we jump straight into the themes from the book and the implications for building psychologically informed environments. We only lightly touch upon Cath's own Olympic and athletic journey, but if you’d like to find out more I’d invite you to listen to Cath's interviews with Simon Mundie on Don’t Tell Me the Score and Steve Ingham on The Supporting Champions podcast to learn more. Again, see these links below:

The Long Win:
https://cathbishop.com/the-long-win/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/thecathbishop

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cath-bishop-a0029847/

Recommended books:
https://www.petejackson.co.uk/sport-psychology/books

Cath Bishop on Don't Tell Me The Score:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08k52g6

Cath Bishop on Supporting Champions:
https://supportingchampions.co.uk/post/2020/09/23/072-cath-bishop-on-the-long-win/

In the spirit of speaking to different types of experts I have been wanting to a) speak to people in the world of consulting that help companies improve team effectiveness and develop leaders, and b) speak to people that have worked in teams in the furnace of the military environment. With this episode's guest Richard Waddell, I am fortunate to get 2 for the price of 1 … !

After passing through officer training at Sandhurst, Richard was in the UK one moment, and 48 hours later on the ground in Basrah commanding a troop of soldiers, some of whom were far older and more experienced in the military. After navigating this and many other challenges, Richard eventually came out of the military and entered the world of consulting - working for large firms and starting his own businesses in talent identification, recruitment and leadership development amongst other things.

In this episode we talk about leadership styles in different contexts, military insights applied to sport and business, recruitment, talent identification and consultancy, psychometric profiling tools…

You can find Richard in the following places:

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwaddell/

Hanover
https://www.hanoversearch.com/leadership-solutions/

Operation Encounter
https://operationencounter.com/

When your boss mentions "brainstorming" what do you picture - rapid, creative, ideas generation or death by Post-it Note?

Pick up your permanent markers and unroll that butcher’s paper because we’re diving into the art and science of brainstorming - what works, what doesn’t and why some people are doing it all wrong.

GUESTS

Professor Gerard Puccio, organisational psychologist from Buffalo State

Art Markman, Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas, Austin.

CASE STUDIES

Sarah Crowley, transport and precinct planning specialist

James Atkins, director and strategic planning facilitator

Do you ever wish that you would’ve negotiated for higher compensation at work? Felt that you should have asked for more? Or even had difficulty deciding with your partner or friend what to watch on Netflix? In this episode, hosts Allison and Caitlin bring on negotiation expert John Burrows. John is a senior lecturer in leadership at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and an associate fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School specializing in strategy and negotiations. John and Allison talk about the importance of finetuning our negotiation skills, not just in business but in our personal lives as well! They break down what makes a great negotiator, what to consider when putting out that first offer, and dive into just how stressful negotiations can be for both parties involved. 

Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. 

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Hannah Stoyel is a HCPC registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist, and the founder of Optimise Potential, a sport psychology consultancy based in London. She wears many hats: As well as doing her PHD at University College London looking at athletes and eating disorders -  She is also the lead sport psychologist for Swim England, she works as a sport psychology consultant for Millfield school, delivers sport psychology content for UK Athletics, and is a Sport Psychologist for the Reading FC Academy. Pretty impressive resume. 

In my conversation with Hannah her passion for all things psychology is evident, in any age any competitive level or any sport, however I was particularly struck by her enthusiasm for developing young people and her insights in to how elite academies, NGB pathways, parents, coaches and other support staff can support our young athletes as they navigate the whirlwind rollercoaster of childhood, puberty, adolescence and young adulthood. Therefore if you’re a coach, parent, support staff or even a young athlete this episode will be particularly interesting for you.

You can find Hannah here:

Consultancy website:
https://www.optimisepotentialsport.com/

Consultancy social media:
https://twitter.com/OP_Sport_Psych
https://www.instagram.com/optimise_potential/

Personal social media:
https://twitter.com/HStoyel
https://www.instagram.com/hannahstoyel/

British Swimming - Optimal Athlete Development Framework (OADF):
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1Usd_O8ghC0q8LCcTQhkIhnQuVwlRY1pn/view?rm=minimal 

Dr. Emma Vickers is the research lead for TASS – (The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) …an organisation at the heart of supporting athletes managing dual careers, but also at the heart of developing and pulling together research to understand how these different demands impact, affect, conflict or compliment each other. Emma was an elite student-athlete herself, amongst the top 3 nationally in her sport by the age of 15, and soon competing in junior Olympics and international senior competitions… she was a TASS sponsored athlete herself and has first hand experience of juggling all the training, travelling and performing along with the small matter of completing a university degree. The perfect guest then to give us an insight in to this world, as well as discuss the broader topics of dual careers, building a broad self-identity, managing multiple endeavours and the support needed to take on these challenges. You can find out more about Emma and TASS here:

TASS Website:
https://www.tass.gov.uk/

TASS Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TalentedAthlete

Emma's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Emma_Vickers91

The Happiness Trap:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-happiness-trap/russ-harris/9781845298258

Kris Soutar. He’s coached tennis for 27 years. He's a coach consultant for tennis Scotland and a performance tutor for the LTA…  he runs his own consultancy called the Service Box and produces his own podcast The Tennis Journal ... he's also a project manager for the Judy Murray foundation – which aims to bring tennis into rural and disadvantaged areas in Scotland. In between all of this he's also managed to take his skills in to other industries like Oil and Gas. What a perfect guest then, to talk about the systemic challenges of governing bodies, how to work with coaches and what factors at the organisational level can help promote performance and wellbeing across the system. You can find Kris here:

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/KrisSoutar

Business on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheServiceBox

Business website:
https://theservicebox.com/

Kris' podcast:
https://theservicebox.com/kris-soutars-tennis-journal-podcast/