From Functioning to Flourishing

Tested, practical strategies for health, happiness, and success at work

Michelle McQuaid

Are You Leading With Purpose?

Is purpose a vibrant force that drives why and how you do things in your organization?

Can You Trust Your Sixth Sense?

Can you read the minds of others? And how often do you really get it right?

Can You Feel More Alive at Work?

Do you bounce into work Monday morning? Are you full of energy, enthusiasm, and ideas for the week ahead?

Can You Create A Positive Disruption?

How does your organization cope with change? What if you could turn your upheavals into positive disruptions?

Who Are Australia’s Happiest Workers, and Why?

The results of The Wellbeing Lab Workplace Survey are both surprising and helpful when it comes to understanding what workplaces can do to improve their people’s wellbeing.

Are You Living in a Leadership Bubble?

If you rated your leadership style and ability to inspire and motivate others, how would you score? Would the people you lead agree?

Are You Being Hijacked By Your Emotions?

When was the last time you felt overcome with frustration, fear, or anger at work? What’s the best way to deal with these emotions?

Do You Need More Emotional Agility?

How do you deal with your difficult feelings? Do you try to wish them away, bottle them up, or stew over them? Is there a better way to deal with these emotions?

Are Your Workplace Relationships Turning to Mush?

What stories do people tell about each other in your workplace? Are they stories that improve or undermine their relationships?

Is Your Team Safe?

Does your team get tangled up in interpersonal distress? How do you make it safer for your people to speak up?

Does Your Organization Have a Trust Problem?

What do you see when you look around your workplace? Boredom and disinterest? Here's how to turn things around.

Can You Deliver Happiness?

Is there a real business case for helping people to be happier at work? Or is it just a dreamy aspiration? Or at best a passing fad?

Are You Able To Embrace Chaos?

Does your team feel exhausted from trying to keep up with the pace of change in your workplace? Should you be trying to create control or let the chaos happen?

Are Your Conversations Worth Having?

How do the conversations you have at work generally leave you feeling? And how does this impact your relationships and your performance?

Have You Tried These Grit-Building Tips?

If you’re like most people, you fail to stick with your daily goals about twenty percent of the time. What's the best way to reverse this trend?

Are Tough Conversations the Kindest?

Do you find yourself struggling to have tough conversations at work? What is it that makes these conversations so tough?

Learn to Magnify What Works Well

Do you wish you could solve the world’s problems—or at least the problems of your workplace? What’s the best way to tackle them?

Is Workplace Happiness Just A Fad?

It seems everywhere we look there are formulas promised to make us happier. . Is it just the latest fad that’s likely to come and go? Or is there more to happiness at work?

Could Compassion Fuel Your Success?

Do you ever wonder if being too kind could hold you back from success? Could being too understanding of others leave you standing at the bottom of the career ladder?

Is Your Generosity Backfiring?

Is helping others at work wearing you out? Is there a way to be generous and helpful without getting burnt out in the process?

Are You Mentally Fit Enough?

Feel like you can’t keep up with the pace of change in your workplace? Wish you could slow it down, and the stress and conflict that often go along with it?

Could Getting Messy Improve Your Creativity?

With the growing desire in workplaces for innovation and creativity, where does this leave you if you’re convinced creativity is simply not your strength?

Are You Sabotaging Your Happiness?

Could racing to tick all the tasks off your list every day be undermining your happiness?

Are You Asking the Right Questions?

What gets you out of bed each morning? How often do you really ask yourself this questions? What might start happening if you do?

Why Well-Being Programs Fail

Despite your best intentions and efforts, are your well-being programs falling short of the long-term outcomes you hoped to achieve? What might your program be missing?

Are You Tougher Than You Think?

Unfortunately, life can sometimes take a turn for the worse. How confident are you to navigate your way through these kinds of challenges?

Can You Switch Off?

Does being away from your computer or smart phone leave you feeling anxious and a little out of control? Is our addiction to technology making us happier?

Are You in the Power Zone?

How often do you feel you’re hitting your power zone at work? We’ve all had these moments (even if they were fleeting), but can you intentionally create more of them?

Are Your Strengths Making You Unhappy?

When it comes to doing more of what you do best each day at work are you missing the mark? So what’s the best way to put your strengths to work?

What’s Your Ideal Wellbeing Day?

Let’s face it, the reality is most workplaces can make it hard to have your ideal day very consistently. But what if small ideal moments done often could improve your wellbeing?

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