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    Four Approaches to Using Wellbeing Data
    • 2 days ago
    • 3 min

    Four Approaches to Using Wellbeing Data

    By Phil Slade It’s one thing to be able to see the data, it’s a whole other thing to know what to do with it at times. When it comes to...
    Control vs. Chaos, who wins in the end?
    • May 13
    • 3 min

    Control vs. Chaos, who wins in the end?

    By Phil Slade Control agents Maxwell Smart and 99 lead the battle against Chaos in the 60’s TV show Get Smart, which is one of my all...
    Does being thankful make you smarter and more successful?
    • May 6
    • 2 min

    Does being thankful make you smarter and more successful?

    By Phil Slade In short, yes, significantly. In five major ways, research shows the positive benefits to us cognitively, and to our...
    Fight bullying with emotional intelligence
    • Apr 29
    • 2 min

    Fight bullying with emotional intelligence

    By Phil Slade Bullying is a word that gets used quite a lot nowadays, but what does it actually refer to. Well, it’s basically a...
    Is Habit Stacking the Most Powerful of All Life Hacks?
    • Apr 21
    • 2 min

    Is Habit Stacking the Most Powerful of All Life Hacks?

    By Phil Slade In 2007, researchers at Oxford University discovered that babies have 41% more neurons than the average adult1. 41%! With...
    Five emotionally intelligent things to do to set you and your team up for success in 2022
    • Mar 31
    • 8 min

    Five emotionally intelligent things to do to set you and your team up for success in 2022

    By Phil Slade, as featured in the latest edition of the QAASP March Journal. We all know of the importance of emotional intelligence (EI)...
    Is feeling tired or bored an emotion?
    • Mar 25
    • 3 min

    Is feeling tired or bored an emotion?

    By Phil Slade “Our emotional responses shape our experience of the world. Emotions can feel profoundly enriching and painfully...
    6 Ways to be More Resilient
    • Mar 17
    • 3 min

    6 Ways to be More Resilient

    By Roshelle Weir Being resilient is the ability to quickly get back up when life knocks you down – to be better and stronger than you...
    Two ways you can reduce change fatigue
    • Mar 10
    • 3 min

    Two ways you can reduce change fatigue

    by Phil Slade I hear a lot of people talking about change or decision fatigue nowadays. Neither concepts come from the psychological...
    Cage the Rage
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min

    Cage the Rage

    When is it okay to be angry? by Phil Slade There is an old Japanese proverb which describes anger as a sharp clawed tiger, raging and...
    Empathy led leadership is not for the weak
    • Feb 26
    • 2 min

    Empathy led leadership is not for the weak

    By Phil Slade There is a common misunderstanding that leading with empathy is somehow a passive style of leadership, one that always...
    Managing vs controlling a class
    • Feb 19
    • 1 min

    Managing vs controlling a class

    Phil Slade interviews Noah Cunningham, Student and Teacher Behavioural Support ROCKET program founder from Education Queensland, on the...
    What switches do clinical psychologists use?
    • Jan 11
    • 2 min

    What switches do clinical psychologists use?

    Video Transcript Phil: When i think of calm people Katie you're one of the calmest people that i know and yet i know that there are times...
    The path to success is paved with emotional intelligence
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    The path to success is paved with emotional intelligence

    By Phil Slade and Gemma Burkett The three critical areas emotional intelligence develops in school student's social and cognitive...
    How early should we be teaching emotional intelligence?
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    How early should we be teaching emotional intelligence?

    Video Transcript Katie: We know that we're wired with emotional systems from birth, you just have to look at Ed Tronick's still face...
    The importance of emotional intelligence for student wellbeing
    • Nov 28, 2021
    • 10 min

    The importance of emotional intelligence for student wellbeing

    Video Transcript Phil: Doctor Katie Kjelsaas. Now, Katie, we were students back in UQ days. We were undergrads. We were mates that bonded...
    Avoid losing it in the classroom
    • Nov 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Avoid losing it in the classroom

    By Phil Slade Prior to becoming a psychologist, I trained as a primary school teacher. During my practicum placements I saw first hand...
    8 rules for deploying a new health and well-being strategy into the classroom.
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    8 rules for deploying a new health and well-being strategy into the classroom.

    By Phil Slade & Roshelle Weir There is a certain irony that people who will clearly benefit from strengthening mental health and...
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