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The Fruitful Toolbox Newsletter – February 2022
Did you know that 42% of people have left a job in the past because of their manager? That's according to a survey of 5000 employees by Wiley. Add this to the staggering 96% of respondents stating their manager has an impact on their well-being at work, it's no wonder...
Team Diversity isn’t just about Gender – Inclusion is key
When we talk about diversity in teams, your mind probably goes straight to thinking about gender diversity or perhaps age or ethnicity. When you picture a diverse team, does your brain conjure an image of people of all backgrounds, abilities and ages? It's so easy to...
Free eBook: How to Stop the Great Resignation
Did you know that 42% of Wiley learners have left a job in the past because of their manager? That’s right! According to Wiley's recent survey of over 5,000 employees, managers are a key driver of the employee experience—with a shocking 96% of respondents stating...
The Fruitful Toolbox Newsletter- January 2022
Happy New Year and welcome to our first newsletter of 2022. We are really excited here at The Fruitful Group about all the things ahead in 2022, and we're starting as we mean to go on by offering some fantastic learning and development opportunities. From our Virtual...
In this together and not in this at all – How a great team can alleviate burnout
Burnout is often described as ‘a prolonged response to long-term emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job’ and has been a recognised problem in the workplace for decades. Most of us will have either felt the effects of what we generally refer to as burnout or...
The Fruitful Toolbox Newsletter- November 2021
Creating a Culture of Teamwork is One of the Greatest Challenges Organisations are Facing The Five Behaviours Personal Development programme is based on Patrick Lencioni’s best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The model in the book outlines the core...
Free eBook: How to Keep Your People Amid The Great Resignation
The things that we used to accept as an inherent part of work, like being in the office five days a week, had to make way (first, by necessity) for a more flexible schedule due to quarantine and social distancing requirements. While working from home every day sounds...
How DiSC Can Foster Empathy in the Workplace
As we all look towards settling into a new normal, where some people are returning to the office, permanently working from home, or somewhere in between, team dynamics are undergoing another big shift which can make it even harder to connect. If left unchecked, this...
Empathy in the Workplace: Overcoming Three Common Misconceptions
It’s no secret that many people love working from home. Over this past year, we were all tossed into a grand experiment in which many of us learned how to work remotely. Remote work comes with many advantages: suddenly, you are free to roll out of bed in the morning...
How to Build a Culture That Cultivates Resilience
Conventional wisdom would have us believe that resilience is built through adversity; a series of setbacks that challenge our beliefs and help us build new skills to cope with difficulty. In a recent article from Harvard Business Review, The Secret to Building...
Wiley Honour The Fruitful Toolbox with Diamond Award
We are excited to share that Wiley has honoured us with the prestigious title of Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviours Diamond Award Winner for outstanding achievement and commitment to optimising organisational culture and teamwork. The Diamond Award is the highest...
What can crewing on the Round the World Yacht Race teach about Leadership, Spirit and Personality…?
Check out this conversation with George Blakeway and David Holland as they discuss Life, Business and surviving the Atlantic… [author_image...