The understanding of our own risk appetite, and the awareness of how we approach decision making, including the subsequent impact on those around us, is transformative within leadership and team development.

With 34 (and counting!) ongoing R&D projects currently underway, we sat down with Dr. Simon Toms, our Principal Research Psychologist, to find out how a typical day unfolds.

Emotionally intelligent leaders and organisational change – why is Emotional Intelligence a key skill for leaders implementing effective organisational change?

According to Google, we make around 35,000 decisions a day. 35,000! And 227 of these are based around food alone (thanks for that research, Cornell University). So how much do you know about the way in which you approach decisions? Are you impulsive? Considered? Systematic? This blog post outlines how to make more effective decisions

Interviewers tend to fall back to the same ‘top 10 things to ask in an interview’ that have been in place for decades, but how effective are these questions? How can you tell if the answers given will really reflect on-the-job performance, or whether the applicant is just excellent at telling a story?

Multi-rater feedback assessments can be really valuable as they provides individuals and teams with an opportunity to look at themselves in a different light and to see how others see them.

The Bright Side of Neuroticism in the Workplace. It’s hard to find a good word to say about neurotics, but it can’t all be bad, can it?

The need for organisational change has exploded. Ask yourself, during 2020, what proportion of organisations have not needed to change?

Recently awarded Female Entrepreneur of the Year, with her consultancy named Best Emerging HR Consultancy Firm 2020 at the SME News Southern Enterprise Awards, Sophie Forrest is well placed to share her insights on the industry.

Collaborating with universities is an important element of our research strategy, building networks and introducing us to new topics.