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Collaborative Communication
Just prepped for my next workshop on Collaborative Conversations, and wanted to share the OK Modes Model from Organisational...
Sarah Banks
Oct 11, 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...
Sarah Banks
Aug 14, 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...
Sarah Banks
Jul 9, 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...
Sarah Banks
Jun 18, 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...
Sarah Banks
Mar 6, 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...
Sarah Banks
Mar 4, 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...
Sarah Banks
Feb 5, 20241 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...
Sarah Banks
Oct 11, 20232 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...
Sarah Banks
Jan 15, 20231 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...
Sarah Banks
Nov 1, 20226 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...
Sarah Banks
Sep 14, 20221 min read


Sarah Banks
Aug 26, 20220 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...
Sarah Banks
Jun 20, 20221 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....
Sarah Banks
Sep 1, 20215 min read
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