by michelleloch | Apr 8, 2016 | Articles, Brain, Conversations, Leadership
‘We are heading into a two-year change transformation phase’ I hear this all the time from clients. What do they really mean? They mean that things are not quite working the way they want or need, and they need to change how things are done – they need to...
by michelleloch | Jan 12, 2016 | Articles, Brain
Having a theme for the year has served me well over the past few years. There is a part of your brain called the RAS (Reticular Activating System) that decides what data – from outside and inside your body – your brain will pay attention to. You need your RAS because...
by michelleloch | Nov 24, 2015 | Articles, Brain
I’m 50 years of age. And despite all my life experience, and how much I know about the human brain, I still make crap decisions – though I think many fewer than I used to! In my youth I was one of those people who stood out as having ‘potential’ and was given many...
by michelleloch | May 12, 2014 | Articles, Brain, Leadership, Uncategorized
Energy is such an important thing. We know that our energy builds and wanes over the course of the day for a number of reasons…we use it up, we have a natural circadian ‘dip’ in energy mid-afternoon (and 3 am just out of interest), emotional arousal...
by michelleloch | Apr 14, 2014 | Articles, Brain, Leadership, Personal
Funny how we can have the same goals month after month, year after year…and yet never feel like we are getting any closer. Or at least we can feel totally frustrated that we can’t achieve something that seems so simple on the face of it. As leaders (or...
by michelleloch | Mar 3, 2014 | Articles, Brain, Leadership, Team, Uncategorized
In our last blog, I mentioned our B.E.T.T.E.R Conversations (TM) model. The acronym stands for: B – Brain-friendly conversations work that with our brain, not against it. E – Emotionally balanced conversations where strong emotions don’t get...
