People At Their Best has opened a new office in Parramatta. Looking more like a gallery or library than a corporate office, we want to offer a creative space where our clients can expand their thinking and have […]

By Peter Barraket

As I write this (December the 5th), it is International Volunteer Day and for the past two years I have been lucky enough to be a driving member of a long-standing and successful amateur […]

MENTAL ILL-HEALTH & SUICIDE COSTS AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY $180 BILLION PER YEAR

On 31 October, the Australian Productivity Commission released its Mental Health Draft Report – it estimates the cost to our economy […]

Over the past year 15 years, I have been involved producing great Australian music. The most recent effort has seen me work with Raf Rouco and 12 musicians to release, Shoot The Moon, on 26 September 2019, exactly […]

Amy Morin has written an important article entitled, 11 Anger Management Strategies That Can Help You Calm Down Fast: https://www.verywellmind.com/anger-management-strategies-4178870

In the article, Morin […]

Amy Dawel has written a great article that describes the pitfalls of focusing on outcomes and results rather than purpose and values.  Her canvas is the journey of the Richmond Tigers who went from 13th in 2 […]

Many of us are  familiar with the 70:20:10 learning and development model that advocates experiential learning (70%), learning from others (20%) and formal learning (10%)  – here is a different take from Dr. Wil […]

In July 2019, I attended the World Congress on Positive Psychology.  Listening to world-class researchers was a joy.

A few of the ideas which resonated with me:

By empowering, strengthening, connecting […]

Watching a re-run of the ‘Big Bang Theory’, Penny complains to Bernadette, ‘I want to be passionate about something like you guys’ to which Bernadette responds, ‘You just have to try lots of things to see what you […]

Are you doing enough to create great customer experiences? Our colleague Peter Barraket has lifted the bar on what a great experience looks like and built a check list that allows you to audit how well you are […]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is constant; that energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed – the total e […]

The successful organisation of the future will be staffed by employees adept at collaboration, communication, empathy and cognitive flexibility – they will be emotionally intelligent and resilient.  In an uber co […]

Senior Associate, Peter Barraket has put together thoughts and ideas on how we might all re-frame our relationship to Business Development.

In this paper, Peter notes that as we develop into more senior roles […]

In October 2018, People At Their Best conducted research into the state of Australian leadership.  Our aim was to understand four things:

1.The leadership challenges that leaders are facing

2.The areas […]

Recently, Gavin MacLaren, the CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, said that the Firm would end daily billable hours targets and offer staff an additional week’s annual leave. Both initiatives are about enhancing pr […]

Research and our own experience has shown that living in accordance with our values creates authentic happiness and meaning whereas being directed by goals can be a recipe for anxiety and disappointment. Here, we […]

Our clients are desperate to build high performance cultures.  Unfortunately, most efforts to do so only cause division and anxiety.  The reality is that teams cannot flourish if they do not feel safe.

Daniel C […]

In future, learning will be more important than knowing and because of this, organisations will compete on their speed of learning, that is, how quickly they can understand what customers value and use these […]