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Author Archives: Vaughan Granier
Resilience for Managers
The Manager’s Challenge We have all been around a manager who lets their emotions go, and takes their workplace frustrations out on their team or leaders. Sometimes it shows in blaming others (usually someone junior), or the “us and them” … Continue reading
Resilience in the Workplace
Resilience I was once in a symposium on “Mental Health in the Workplace” (as a delegate, not a patient :-), although some days it’s a fine line…) and I was struck by the simplicity of one definition of mental health: … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged communication, emotional maturity, problem solving, resilience, stress
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Building a new “normal” for our children
“Give me a child until he is 6, and he is mine for life” – Karl Marx. That speaks volumes about the importance of the early years, and lays down a serious challenge for us as fathers and mothers. 6 … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Personal Growth
Tagged character, children, family, parenting, role model
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Choosing Lives of Deliberate Influence…
We are completely and inescapably part of other peoples’ worlds, and they of ours. It is impossible to separate ourselves from this truth. Previously one of the most lonely places in the Universe – the ISS orbiting above our heads … Continue reading
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Today I am Tired but I am still a husband and a father…
I have been travelling, and am more than a little sleep deprived. The issues I have dealt with at work have been deep, corporate issues and have drawn on my resources quite heavily. Tomorrow I will be home again, but … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Personal Growth, Work
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Preparing for the Storm
The workplace is sometimes a place where deeply frustrated people gather to pretend they are all ok. It is not easy to think of a more diverse place in the world that our places of work – multicultural, multi focussed, … Continue reading
Joy
I have young children, of whom the two youngest are non-identical (and very different) twin boys. They mean the world to me, and my wife and I are constantly amused and inspired by their personalities and their challenges and the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Personal Growth
Tagged adult, child, creativity, emotions, family, joy, passion
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Fit For Purpose…
In the old days, war was how things happened. It seems that that was what men did. Perhaps it was in self defence, perhaps in pursuit of glory and power. But historically, it seems the story of man is tied … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth
Tagged adult, fire, grow, mature, purpose, resilient, swords, testing
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Accountability
An interesting concept, not often canvassed outside of specific forums, but, let’s work through it for a while. I’ll nail my colours to the mast early – I believe in accountability absolutely. That is not to say I find it … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Disagreements with Leaders
It crossed my mind that there is often a challenge, especially in the workplace, for how a team member can safely or at least respectfully express a difference of opinion with their leader. Obviously it is ok to have a … Continue reading
Notes From the Road 