Chip Conley: emotional equations for leadership in uncertain times

by Filip Matous October 3, 2011
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EQ leadership interview with Chip Conley: Founder of Joie de Vivre, a hotel and restaurant company with HQ in San Francisco that employs 2,500 people. Our infatuation with Chip started last year when Enviable Workplace’s Andy Partridge called me up, sounding like he’d just downed a Red Bull, saying he’d found a leadership style that just vibed

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Emotional Intelligence For An Enviable Workplace Culture

by Laura Thomson September 20, 2011

This week we are revisiting the world of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace, focusing on the work of one of our Enviable Workplace collective, Dr Martyn Newman. Consulting psychologist and author of the international best selling book, Emotional Capitalists – The New Leaders, Dr Newman is a world class authority on the subject of emotional

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Growing Up But Staying Innocent, Part 2

by Kursty Groves September 6, 2011

Interview with Innocent Drinks’ John Durham Innocent Drinks has gained a reputation not only for healthy, great-tasting smoothies, juices and “Veg Pots”, it is a company that many know for its relaxed yet buzzy working environment, fitted out with quirky touches and Astroturf for carpet. For the majority of the last 12 years, Innocent operated

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Zappos – Your Culture is Your Brand

by Andy Partridge August 9, 2011

Tony Hsieh is the founder and CEO of Zappos, the highly successful online retail company recently acquired by Amazon. His fast paced and down to earth book ‘Delivering Happiness’ shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success, and how by concentrating on the happiness of those around

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Embracing distraction (in order to promote productivity)

by Graeme Codrington July 26, 2011

A lot of my work involves helping companies understand the disruptive forces that are shaping the new world of work. A key part of my work is trying to get corporate leaders to change their mindsets about how the world of work works (if you see what I mean). And most of that has to

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Introducing Dr Martyn Newman

by Andy Partridge July 18, 2011

Enviableworkplace are pleased to welcome Dr Martyn Newman on board as a fellow labmate. Martyn Newman is MD of RocheMartin and a consulting psychologist with an international reputation as an expert in emotional intelligence (EQ) and leadership. As well as holding senior academic positions at leading universities in Australia and Europe, he has many years

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Risk aversion vs Social Media acceptance in the workplace

by Filip Matous June 30, 2011

DEF: Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected payoff. Two days ago I spoke at a social media conference with Fresh Business Thinking at London’s Microsoft HQ and walked away with one strong gut reaction: The

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An Enviable Level of Workplace Motivation: Motivation 3.0

by Laura Thomson June 23, 2011

“What is Motivation 3.0?” We are constantly being asked this question so we thought that it was worth writing a post about it. Daniel Pink, the author of ‘The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us’ describes 4 levels of motivation:- Motivation 1.0 – The Drive to Survive Motivation 2.0 – To seek reward and avoid

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Acoustics in the Workplace: The Sound of Success

by Kursty Groves June 14, 2011

We’ve all heard the complaints that usually accompany open-plan offices: “I can’t hear myself think”, “It’s impossible to hold a private conversation without being overheard”, and “It’s a mobile phone, for goodness sake – that means you can go somewhere else to chat loudly!” Often when it comes to designing a working environment, functionality and

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Five new scripts for competing in a world turned upside down

by Graeme Codrington June 7, 2011

My colleague, Dean van Leeuwen, recently wrote a series of five blog entries which suggest five “new scripts” for competing in the new world of work. They’re quick reads, but profound thoughts. His five new scripts are: Think Different Be corporate courageous Cultivate Communities Focus on experience Embark on quests We have also posted two

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