Conference in focus: the Entertainment & Fringe line up
By Josette Lesser Following on from last week's interview with the 2013 Conference Deans, we take a look at what people can expect from the entertainment and fringe programme line up... Entertainment The 2013 Conference includes some lively entertainment and a…
Doing more with less: A media example
By An Coppens, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 The economic situation globally has resulted in a lot of fancy terms such as globalisation, restructuring, downsizing and it also opened the door to mergers and acquisitions. The net effect of all of…
Conference in focus: Interview with the Deans
By Josette Lesser With less than a month until the 13th Annual ABP Conference we take a moment to catch up with this year's Conference Deans Dilip Boury and Maria Gardner.... Tell us more about the Conference Dilip: This it…
If you are too busy to read this article, read on…
By Mark McCartney, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 Busyness Stop for a moment and consider everything that is going on in your professional and private life. Now think about all the options you have in terms of how you spend your…
Embodied Leadership
By Peter Hamill, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 How effective is leadership development? Some things to consider: Prior to the economic crash, many of the investment banks that indulged in dubious behaviours, were lauded for their leadership development programmes Regularly we…
Working with the split personality of organisations
By Steve Whiddett, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 Organisational change There are different schools of thought about organisational change. Some propose a linear and logical approach, some argue for a logical and systems oriented approach and some call for a psychological…
You cannot hide your behaviour on Twitter
By Wendy Kier, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 It’s very easy to identify on Twitter how effective an account is being managed. How we feel and our level of training is reflected in our behaviour through the patterns of our Tweets…
Taking Imagination, Creativity & Improvisation Seriously… Part 1. The 21st Century: Era of the corporate creative?
By Steve Chapman, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 The economist J.K. Gailbraith once said “The sole purpose of economic forecasting is to make astrology look credible”. Never before has the uncertainty he was alluding to been so present in our personal and…
Slowing Down is the New Speeding Up
By Tom Evans, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 Over the last decade or so, something insidious has sneaked into our lives and that is the notion that the world has gone 24x7. With 24 hour news and the ubiquity of the…
Did you notice anything different about me? New look ABP website launches today
The Association of Business Psychologists are very excited to announce the launch of their brand new website today, Tuesday 6th August. The redevelopment of the existing ABP website has been in the works for some time, but thanks to the…
Book Review: Taming the Pound: Making Money Your Servant, Not Your Master by Kim Stephenson
Beware, this fascinating book is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and will educate you in ways you didn’t expect! Whilst it is first and foremost about our relationship (or not) with money, it also sneaks in a lot about the…
The role of Positive Action in the NHS
Event report, London Group On the 18th June the London Group heard from Chartered Occupational Psychologist Harpal Dhatt and Human Resource Management Researcher Dr. Maddy Wyatt about the impact of using positive action interventions on enhancing the career and leadership potential…
