The Six Environments: Designing the Conditions
Across this series, we have explored what happens when pressure exceeds capacity, the patterns that emerge under strain, and the internal dimensions that help people stay resourced and effective. However, people do not operate in isolation. Every team operates inside an environment, and those environments shape performance far more than we often realise. There is […]
Capacity Under Pressure Series | Part 3 of 4
The three dimensions that expand capacity In the first two blogs, we explored what happens when pressure exceeds capacity and the predictable patterns that begin to emerge underneath sustained strain. However, capacity is not fixed. It expands and contracts based on several factors, many of which we rarely pay enough attention to until performance begins […]
Capacity Under Pressure Series | Part 1 of 4
The capacity crisis: why good people are burning out The strategy is sound, the deadlines are being met, and the transformation programme is moving forward. Yet underneath the delivery, things still feel strained. People are more tired than they used to be, decisions take longer, and managers are carrying more than anyone realises. In addition, […]
Managing Personal Energy: Sleep and how to do it better
Managing Personal Energy: Sleep and how to do it better In this blog, Deborah Hulme explores an important contributor to personal energy; sleep. Particularly, the importance of sleep and how to encourage more regular sleeping patterns. Many of us suffer from interrupted or fitful sleep at certain moments in life and sometimes, as we age, […]
Staying Positive and Challenging Negative Thoughts: A Webinar on Positive Mindset for Stress Management
Staying Positive and Challenging Negative Thoughts: A Webinar on Positive Mindset for Stress Management In this wellbeing webinar, Helen Stephens and Jennie Flower explore ways in which we can stay positive and actively challenge our negative thoughts. In today’s world of uncertainties, where each day can bring new challenges, it’s only natural that we experience ups […]
Let the Laughter Flow to Boost Wellbeing
We are 30 times more likely to laugh with others than when alone, another reason why staying connected and engaged is so important to performance and wellbeing.
Sunlight and Other Secrets for Better Sleep
In this blog Deborah Hulme explores how to encourage sleep and discusses the surprising role of sunlight for better sleep and improved personal energy.
Change Fatigue or Change Energy?
In this recorded webinar we explore the concept of change fatigue and change energy and how we can develop our capability to thrive and adapt to change.
Mental Health Awareness Week: Communicating with Audience Wellbeing in Mind
In this guest blog for our colleagues at Sequel Group and in support of Mental Health Awareness Week, Deborah Hulme, founder of Minerva Engagement and the Neuroleader Academy™ asks communications teams to consider communicating with audience wellbeing in mind and to think about what they can do to address attention deficit. Mental Health Awareness Week […]
Building a Fearless Organisation for High Performance and Wellbeing
People drive performance but we often forget the human element in business. Here Minerva’s Jennie Flower considers the role of psychological safety in taking care of the humans who sit at the heart of our organisations and how that contributes to improved performance and wellbeing. So how exactly does psychological safety contribute to high performance […]