A psychologist's take on world events, life, happiness and the human condition
Here you’ll find free advice for working professionals on how to stay sane and happy at work, deal successfully with difficult colleagues, and other fun things we grapple with in the working world.
This section also covers organisational psychology and human resources topics, like psychometrics, coaching, team building and workplace culture.
Research shows that the way some painkilling drugs work may significantly suppress your ability to feel empathy for others’ pain and pleasure.
Should you use special body language and other techniques to impress at interviews?
Winning at job interviews is actually much simpler than that. Here’s how.
Do you find networking for your career a bit cringey and uncomfortable?
This article is the cure.
ABC Radio’s Eliza Borrello called me yesterday for a quick interview about why some people lie on their resumes.
Listen to our conversation on the ABC’s AM show here, or read the web article. Read more…
My Halloween special is about corporate evil, from bad behaviour of political groups to large scale organisational corruption and abuse.
I have a theory that evil concentrates over time due to a natural quirk in human nature. Fortunately, this also means that unhealthy institutional cultures can be prevented or cured. Read more…
Working with family can be hard. Dysfunctional dynamics transfer from home to the workplace, making life more stressful than it needs to be and threatening the success of the business. This post is the ultimate guide to understanding what’s up with your sibling relationships and what to do about it.
(HINT: This is really for anyone who has difficulty with their adult brothers or sisters – you don’t have to be working with them.) Read more…