The Balkin Coaching Blog.

In organisational psychology, joy is a driver of performance and well-being. Explore the science behind joy and how to easily integrate it into work and life.

In today’s matrixed organisations, leaders must influence without relying on authority. This blog explores evidence-based tactics for managing up, building trust, and driving change through relationships, credibility, and strategic alignment.

Embracing discomfort enhances adaptability to change, creativity, motivation, self-confidence, joy, and stimulates intellectual growth.

Researchers have found that adaptive indulgence not only boosts well-being and happiness but also aids individuals in recovering from the em

Recovery from work is essential for employees to remain energetic, engaged, and healthy, even under high job demands.

Sadly, work tasks are not always fun, exciting or interesting, yet the leader is responsible for ensuring that they are completed.

Values are an extremely useful map for life, yet the application of values in life and at the workplace can often be fraught.

“It's a long road When you face the world alone No one reaches out a hand For you to hold You can find love If you search within yourself...

The complexity of decision-making isn't solely determined by the potential outcomes but also by the significance individuals attach to them.

To have psychological empowerment employees need: skills, resources, authority, opportunity, motivation, responsibility and accountability.

“And you light up my life You give me hope To carry on You light up my days And fill my nights with song" You Light Up My Life by Whitney...

Through my light-hearted and practical blog, I aspire to contribute to making workplaces more enjoyable, challenging, and energising.

“Hey, white liar Truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire Slips off of your tongue like turpentine And I don't...

Ongoing crises can break the psychological balance of leaders causing an increase in anxiety, changes in their cognitive response processes;

This R U OK Day aims to encourage meaningful conversations about mental health and emotional well-being by really listening.

Cybercrime is an opportunity to look at the impossible, identify the vulnerabilities in the system and find a way through.

I share organisational psychology research into leadership, bust myths and fads, thought-provoking theories, and practical ideas.

Despite appearing incongruous with the current state of the economy, recent research indicates that sabbaticals are the new vacation.

Effective leaders who drive progress, understand their organisation's history and use it to generate competitive advantages for all.