Articles

By Gareth Hallett How often do you find yourself in a conversation with family or friends where someone is complaining about the fact that their organisation, boss, or colleague treated them unfairly? Like me, I am sure that you sometimes just acquiesce so as to avoid an arduous discussion regarding the ins and outs of [...]

By Alex Pires and Paul Vorster (of JVR Consulting Psychologists) Safety is an important consideration for organisations. This is especially true for mining, construction and transportation industries. In the mining industry costs are incurred every year due to work stoppages, accidents or unsafe work environments. A mining company in South Africa lost 95 full production [...]

Dr. Ralph H. Kilmann Then and Now: What I’ve Learned In 1970, while enrolled in UCLA’s doctoral program in the behavioral sciences, I took the MyersBriggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment for the first time. I came out as an INFP—very slight on I, moderate on F, but very clear on N and P. Later, as a [...]

By Paul Vorster This blog article will be presented in three parts. Part 1 will deal with an introduction and definition of Flow; Part 2 with the characteristics of Flow; and Part 3 which will look into the advantages of Flow and practical tips on how to initiate Flow in your life. Flow part2: An [...]

Describing work engagement can be difficult, but you know it when you have it, and when you don’t. When I was 16 years old I had a summer job working at a raspberry plant emptying containers of raspberries onto a conveyor belt for 12 to 16 hours – all at night. The work was consistent, [...]

We would like to congratulate Edna Freinkel on her Rebecca Ostrowiak Reading Programme (READUCATE) being approved by the Gauteng Provincial Government for the Gauteng Primary Literacy Strategy (GPLS). In February 2010 Gabi Khumalo reported in the BauTimes (Tshwane) that according to the Education MEC, Barbara Creecy, government research has shown that the majority of learners [...]

The concept of traffic psychology is not new to South Africa, but it is not often something that practitioners discuss in professional forums. This is somewhat strange, as traffic is probably one of the most ubiquitous topics of discussion for any person who finds themselves in it on a regular basis. More specifically, you will [...]