Hi, I am going to tell you a story, story of a Ghost, Mr Ekbote…” I was 5, whole class was glued to their place for more than half hour. I was enjoying attention and just knew this is what I want all my life. As I grew up the content shifted from story- telling to simplifying difficult concepts for …
The Halo Effect and its Implications in Marketing
The Halo Effect is a widely known psychological concept which has garnered much research interest over the decades. Simply put, it refers to the phenomenon wherein a person’s global attribution of something effects their individual attribution of that particular thing. Used in the context of evaluating another person, an example of the halo effect would be when you rate the …
Announcing Ms. Jyoti Gupta as Vice-President & Head of Committee
IIBP appoints Ms. Jyoti Gupta as “Vice-president & Head, Committee for Mental Health & Well-Being.” On 8th February 2021, Ms. Jyoti Gupta was appointed as Vice-president & Head, Committee for Mental Health & Well-Being.” Ms. Jyoti Gupta is a Clinical, counseling & Rehabilitation psychologist, she is a Mindfulness & Compassion Teacher, and a Psychotherapist. she has been practicing Mindfulness and …
Combatting the stigma of mental health and vulnerability
We live in a time where many of us are just beginning to unlearn the stigma that was associated with mental health. We explore the idea around feelings in the workplace and how repressing them causing more daage in the long term than good. The idea that vulnerability can be viewed as a trend in the social sphere, is one …
Can we measure leadership?
In this video, Mr. Barrett explores the idea of measurement when it comes to choosing or developing a leader. He goes through the pros and cons of statistical measures and also provides us insight into how his time as an operational researcher helped his build the stance he has today on the idea. Watch the short clip to hear all …
Qualities of a healthy leader
After learning about what makes a healthy person and why it is important, we move on to the aspect of addressing what healthy leadership is. Mentalising is an important part of leadership, as it ensures that the workers are understood and FEEL understood, as well. Mr Barrett further goes on to explain what is charisma in a leader. The simple …
Are we moving further from the ideal leadership in corporations?
The idea of commercial success is one that becomes more and more allusive as the years pass. The cycle of making money, meeting targets and losing money is one that is constant in the lifetime of any commercial organisation. As the years pass by, the average leadership that is being seen on a global, religious or even corporate standpoint, is …
Importance of the wellbeing of your workforce
Having a healthy workforce is essential for a leader, otherwise, the money and resources invested in the human capital will overstate the performance of the company as a whole. The idea of a healthy worker is further divided into 3 principal ideas that drive a healthy human being: Attunement: Easily described as the feeling of connection; to understand others and …
Exploring attachment theory in coaching
Many times when counseling or coaching individuals, the right practice to help them the most could be to explore the attachment theory. But this is one that has very blurred boundaries and it is quite easy for it to go south, both by the responses of the counselor or the participant. While following the code of ethics is extremely important …
