From Overworked to Energized: A Fresh Approach to Work

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 40, Leaderhsip Development, Volume 4

Coming across the topic of this month’s issue, my mind really kept going back to how routines have been helpful in my life. May it be a time when I studied hard for my mid-sems or finals, or may it be a time when I had to wake up, go to school or college, and now work. Routines really do …

Curiosity-Driven Leadership: Igniting Innovation and Adaptation in Organizations

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 39, Leaderhsip Development, Organizational Development, Volume 4

"Organizations that prioritize curiosity are better positioned to adapt to change and thrive in the midst of disruption" (Smith & Brown, 2022). In the constantly evolving business landscape, a curiosity-driven leadership strategy has emerged,paving the way for constant innovation and adaptability. The critical role that it plays in steering organizations toward innovative solutions, allows firms to enable them to not ...

Emotional Factors in Decision Making, The Role of Affect in Clinical Context

Team IIBP Anveshan, Development Centers, Emotional Intelligence, Employee wellbeing, Issue 38, Mental Health, Volume 4

Ms. Shreya. P Decision making, the process of making choices, which probably determines a great range of lifestyles. Well, when a man makes a decision he thinks in more than one dimension, situation, time, place, social status, purpose and much more! What about emotional context? Like, what about it? How does the mood of a person, an emotional reflection of …

Workplace Bullying and Personality Traits

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Employee Engagement, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 37, Occupational Health, Organizational Culture, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Team Effectiveness, Training and Development, Volume 4

Scenario 1:Harish mails the report to his boss before leaving the office and when he is about to make a move his boss calls him inside his cabin and says “You call this a report? How can you not present the data in excel even after these many years of experience? Scenario 2:Harish mails the report to his boss before …

The Influence of Anxiety Disorders on Work Performance

Team IIBP Anveshan, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, Issue 37, Mental Health, Occupational Health, Volume 4

“Mental illness is a disease and like any other medical condition individuals need support, interventions and continued care to address their symptoms”– Angeleena Francis. According to a global prediction provided by Forbes Health in an article titled “Mental Health Statistics,” there are expected to be 374 million cases of anxiety disorders worldwide in 2023, a 25% increase from the previous …

Exploring the Dark Triad: Understanding Manipulative Personalities in the Office

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 37, Leaderhsip Development, Occupational Health, Training and Development, Volume 4

Over the last 20 years, there has been a growing fascination among scholars and aware human population in studying “Dark Behaviours”. Many individuals have put their mind in rumination in order to be cognisant about their dark personality and dark traits. One taxonomy of dark traits that has sparkled particular interest is the “Dark Triad”, which consists of three toxic …

The Puzzle of personality disorders: Understanding the Blueprint of dysfunction

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 37, Mental Health, Occupational Health, Organizational Culture, Organizational Development, Team Effectiveness, Training and Development, Volume 4

The ancient Greeks were among the first to elicit that certain personality traits are problematic. For instance, they described “melancholia” and “hysteria,” which can be seen as early descriptions of what we now know as personality disorders. Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries greatly influenced the understanding of personality disorders. Freud identified …

Managing a Remote/ Hybrid Work Lifestyle

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 36, Mental Health, Occupational Health, Organizational Culture, Volume 4

Managing a Remote/ Hybrid Work Lifestyle With remote/hybrid work environments, there is more time to enjoy a sip of our tea/coffee, spend that extra 10 minutes catching up on news/ social media, and an additional 15 minutes to be with our pets or children. And within a few minutes, we can quickly jump into a work meeting and shift context. …

The Power of Positive Feedback: How to Give and Receive Feedback For Better Performance Management

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Employee Engagement, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 36, Occupational Health, Organizational Culture, Organizational Development, Team Effectiveness, Training and Development, Volume 4

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice — constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” – Elon Musk, CEO SpaceX, Tesla (2015) A positive feedback loop …

Building Emotional Resilience: Tools for Managing Stress and Overwhelming Emotions

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Health, Employee wellbeing, General Psychology, Issue 36, Leaderhsip Development, Mental Health, Occupational Health, Organizational Culture, Volume 4

In our everyday life, we come across various life hassles that are a cause of stress for us. Some would cause minute inconveniences while some can have a profound effect on us. Emotional resilience helps us not only deal with these uncertain situations but also to come out of it as stronger individuals. Most of us must have heard of …