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Sarah Banks
Oct 11, 20241 min read
Collaborative Communication
Just prepped for my next workshop on Collaborative Conversations, and wanted to share the OK Modes Model from Organisational...
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Sarah Banks
Aug 14, 20241 min read
Positive Intelligence - Work with your Saboteurs!
Enjoying putting together a course on Personal Resilience for a construction company next week. We’ve been talking about our inner...
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Sarah Banks
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Fancy some forest bathing?
I’ve been considering what positive contributions psychology can make to the nature connection and sustainability movement, and wanted to...
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Sarah Banks
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Constructive Conflict
Just back from holiday earlier this week, fully refreshed to facilitate the Constructive Conflict session on behalf of You Can Now...
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Sarah Banks
Mar 6, 20241 min read
Can there ever be too much psychological safety
A psychologically safe environment creates fertile ground for innovative solutions because people feel comfortable to offer novel ideas...
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Sarah Banks
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Perception vs Reality
What do you see in this image? Two faces or a vase? Hopefully if you look carefully, you can see both. You may notice that it isn’t easy...
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Sarah Banks
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Anxiety about anxiety anyone?
The Yerkes-Dodson law shows us that a little bit of stress can actually be good for our performance, but only up to point. When we become...
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Sarah Banks
Oct 11, 20232 min read
Bouncing Back Better
I recently experienced an anxiety episode. Having picked myself up and dusted myself off, I’ve been reflecting on the process of bouncing...
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Sarah Banks
Jan 15, 20231 min read
Wild Mind - A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
This book, written by Psychologist and Wilderness Guide, provides a conceptual and nature-based map of the human psyche. It draws heavily...
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Sarah Banks
Nov 1, 20226 min read
Separating Fear from Failure - Four Tools to Try When you Want to Fail/Grow Well
In today’s workplace, our ability to innovate and collaborate, and our capacity to push ourselves beyond conventional thinking to find...
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Sarah Banks
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Chatter - how we can use the voice in our head to promote wellbeing and high performance
Chatter - "The cyclical negative thoughts and emotions that turn our singular capacity for introspection into a curse rather than a...
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Sarah Banks
Aug 26, 20220 min read
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Sarah Banks
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Gestalt - Creating Awareness for Change
Gestalt Psychology and Coaching is something I've been learning about and practicing for a while now and it is one of the richest, most...
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Sarah Banks
Sep 1, 20215 min read
Directive leadership: an effective response to crisis?
There are a vast number of leadership theories which make a distinction between directive leadership and other more collaborative styles....
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