John Sponton

Three ways neuroscience can improve your performance. Click on the following link to read the full article by Gill McKay in People Management.

Nudge Theory can help change your employees’ behaviour (without them even realising).  Click on the following link to read the full article by Emily Burt in People Management.

An interesting piece on accelerated learning from Mike Clayton in the “Management Pocketblog” covering what it is, why we need it and (importantly) how to apply the principles! Four core principles are mentioned: 1. We learn best in a stimulating, permissive, and relaxed environment 2. The more variety learners get, the better they learn 3.

Most people are very aware of the downside to the “always on” work culture. This short article by Maggie Baska gives practical suggestions for strategies to help us step away from work, encourage good mental health….and make us more productive! Click on the following link to read the full article in People Management.

Dr Nadine Page, Dr Sabine Bergner and Stefan Wills explore the impact of the dark personality traits of Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy on leadership performance and the influence of these dark traits on leader-follower relationships.  Interesting research with some very useful recommendations to support the development of leaders that exhibit “dark traits”.  Recommendations include: acknowledge

An interesting article by Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on the relationship between nationality and leadership style.  The study compared Hogan MVPI results for over 11,000 European Managers and Executives across seven European countries.   The results are a useful reminder to consider potential cultural differences when working in international teams.  Team members from other cultures may have

Ashridge research indicates that employees are not sleeping enough.  Professor Vicki Culpin from Ashridge Business School makes the powerful business case for why organizations should “wake up” to this issue: * 1-1.5 hours less sleep than we need equates to a reduction in alertness of up to 32% the next day * If every working-age adult

I’ve just reviewed the powerful CIPD factsheet on Psychology and Neuroscience in Learning see the article here.   The factsheet looks at how psychology and neuroscience can support effective learning. As summarized within the CIPD resource, the main messages to take away include: • The validity of common psychology-based learning models such as ‘learning styles’ are