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Articles
A thoughtfully assembled selection of white papers and articles, covering topics from nurturing rising talent to refining the expertise of seasoned leaders.
Videos
A collection of videos offering practical insights on executive leadership, team dynamics, and talent development, featuring The Tea Break Coach.
Latest Articles & Videos
Spring often feels like a fresh start—a chance to clear the clutter not just in life, but in your mind too. If you constantly tell yourself “I’m too busy” or “there aren’t enough hours in the day,” the real issue might not be time, but how your brain is using it. This article explores the science of Negative Automatic Thoughts (NATs), why your brain repeats unhelpful patterns, and how changing your thinking can boost productivity, focus, and wellbeing.
A short series exploring the seven foundations that sit at the heart of how we think, work and perform more effectively.
With the arrival of spring and a sense of fresh energy, you may find yourself focusing on small, practical habits that improve how you show up at work. One simple breathing technique, shared during a recent coaching programme, can quickly become part of your daily routine.
Discover a simple breathing technique that can help you centre yourself, focus your thinking and show up more effectively in virtual meetings.
Ever noticed how a tiny comment or unexpected change can completely throw your day? That’s not you being dramatic — that’s your brain trying to keep you safe. The SCARF model helps explain why this happens and how you can respond with more calm, confidence and resilience.
When things go wrong and emotions spike, it’s not lack of self-control — it’s biology. When the brain senses threat, it diverts resources away from rational thinking into survival mode, triggering fight, flight, freeze or appease responses. Understanding this — and what triggers it through models like SCARF — can transform how we manage stress, behaviour and decisions.
When certainty is threatened, your brain prioritises survival over thinking. That’s why small disruptions can feel disproportionately stressful — and why pausing to reset matters more than pushing through.
Feedback gets talked about a lot. But unless the brain feels safe, it doesn’t work. Drawing on neuroscience and real-world research, this article explains why feedback triggers threat — and how the SAFE model helps people hear it, use it, and grow.
Feedback only works when it’s safe enough to be heard. This short video introduces the SAFE approach — a simple way to help feedback land without triggering defensiveness, so it can be understood, reflected on, and used constructively.
Resolutions get a bad reputation — not because they’re useless, but because we’re not great at setting them up to succeed. This New Year, hit refresh with a science-backed approach to goal-setting. From why writing goals down boosts success to how SMART goals help individuals and teams follow through, this is a practical refresher on turning good intentions into real results — well beyond January.
Good intentions don’t automatically lead to results. This post explores why follow-through matters more than motivation and shares simple steps to help you turn goals into action in the year ahead.
What if great leadership isn’t about being born exceptional—but about practising the right things? In this Christmas edition of Neuroscience in a Nutshell, we explore the 2% Club, Top Right Thinking, and the neuroscience that explains why only a few lead naturally—and why the rest of us can learn.
In this Christmas Tea Break Coach, we explore the 2% Club — the rare leadership sweet spot where trust and challenge meet. Why only a few lead naturally, and how the rest of us can practise our way there.
In this Tea Break Coach, we take a practical look at SMART goals and why they still matter. Backed by research, this video shows how clear objectives drive real performance for managers and teams.
A surprising metaphor — the “long pole” — offers new managers a simple way to understand what lifts a team up and what limits performance. This Tea Break Coach video explains why it works.
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