What’s the difference between sympathy and empathy?
Empathy and sympathy are often grouped together, but they are very different, as Brené Brown outlines in this short yet powerful video....
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
The art of being yourself
"The moment you arrived in the world, you were sentenced to life. Maybe you'll live fast, die young. Or love slow, die old. Your life is...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
Facilitating successful change in a university environment
Do we really not know how to do change in universities? Rupert Taylor, expert change-enabler and guest speaker at the Association of...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Oct 15, 2020
- 1 min
Where best to focus your limited time and attention?
A powerful way to consider where you focus your time and attention and the impact of that choice is captured in this short video "the jar...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
How to tame a pitiless inner critic?
Many of us are struggling with an intensely critical inner voice, one who relentlessly punishes us for failing to live up to an...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
Overcoming the Challenges of Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings are here to stay. We must address their challenges to ensure discussions with colleagues remain productive and valuable....
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
Supporting staff wellbeing after lockdown
Not all lockdown experiences have been equal. In a blog for the Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA) last month, my...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
How to stop being a people pleaser?
The drive to always please other may sound like a worthy cause, but it’s a problematic pattern of behaviour for both the pleaser and...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
A path to freedom from stuckness
We experience ‘stuckness’ with an issue where two opposing forces are at play; a strong desire to move forward struggles with an equally...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
Is it better to believe in abundance or to sacrifice for others?
I’m sure there’s a quote out there that talks about wisdom being the realisation that the more you know, the more you realise you don’t...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
How do you build credibility at the most senior levels of an organisation?
Of the much written about leadership and how to “get good at it”, the often challenging and sometimes thorny issue of personal presence...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Why is feeling ungrateful stopping you succeeding?
"Whatever we think about we bring about." Although cynical at first when reading Rhonda Byrne's The Secret about the law of attraction,...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
Why do we get what we're thinking, whether we want it or not?
I’m going to confess something. Phrases like “seeing into being” and reference to “the universe” still make me a little uncomfortable....
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
[Podcast] Valuing people over processes - Wellbeing in a world with (and without) C-19
As we continue to deal with the uncertainty of a global pandemic, the proliferation of advice and guidance about how to combat...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
Why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits?
Like many of us (myself included!) Dr Jud Brewer is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Mar 1, 2020
- 2 min
How can ancient human values help us in modern age?
This may sound unnecessarily melodramatic, but hearing the Danish philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann talk about liquid...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
How to escape decision traps when fighting fires?
I was introduced to the extraordinary life of firefighter, psychologist and writer Sabrina Cohen-Hatton through her desert island disks!...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Do I have spinach in my teeth (and will you tell me)?
The key philosophy underpinning Kim Scott's simple yet pragmatic concept of Radical Candor is care personally while challenging directly....
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Dec 1, 2019
- 1 min
Should great leaders live like drug addicts?
Once upon another time Michael Brody-Waite wanted to do nothing but drugs. He got kicked out of school, fired from his job and booted out...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
How do you build (and rebuild) trust?
Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it's broken? In her popular TED Talk from 2018 (below), Harvard...
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