Movers and shakers

John Blakey has joined Full Potential Group (FPG) as a managing partner. He joins from leadership transformation company 121 Partners, where he was managing director. He was previously director of IT consultancy, Team121, and was international MD at Logica before...

Congress in brief

Spotting strengths The essential characteristics of an effective ‘strengthspotter’ have been identified for the first time. According to a study of 528 people by strengths expert Professor Alex Linley, they are: making connections between people and...

Don’t worry, be happy

An ambitious Australian TV show is proving that happiness can not only be measured, it can easily – and permanently – be improved. Now it hopes to do the same to the rest of the country. Liz Hall discovers how If you type “happiness” into a...