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An article written by Dr Derek Roger for HRINZ HumanResources magazine, June July 2009.
In a quote variously attributed to Mark Twain or Benjamin Disraeli, lies are described on a continuum: there are ordinary lies, there are damn lies and, worst of all, statistics. In fact, statistics are just numerical ways of expressing things and have no particular valence, but they can certainly be used to mislead people, and when they’re presented without clarification they are easily misunderstood.
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An article written by Dr Derek Roger for HRINZ HumanResources magazine, February/March 2009.
Frequency-modulated (FM) radio cuts off the peaks and troughs of the signal. Much of the interference is in the peaks and troughs, so reception improves. Economosts have devoted a great deal of effort in recent decades applying the same principle to economies, with the aim of avoiding the extremes of ‘boom and bust’ at the top and bottom of the economic cycle. The strategy has so far been fairly successful, but FM economics has not removed the ups and downs altogether. Indeed, it couldn’t: the economy is cyclic, and what goes around comes around again.
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An article written by Dr Derek Roger in HRINZ Human Resources magazine, August/September 2008.
An analogy that is often used to describe resilience is keeping your head above water. What happens when the flood rises? Presumably, resilience then means being able to hold your breath longer. This isn’t resilience, this is just surviving. What resilience is really about is knowing there’s no water to keep your head above.
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We can’t work and sleep, yet we often spend our time in a state of ‘waking sleep’, says Dr Derek Roger in the June 2008 edition of Employment Today. He outlines the steps to taking control of our attention and developing resilience.
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There are no stressful events, just stressful ways of responding to them, says Dr Derek Roger in the May 2008 edition of Employment Today. He outlines an alternative view of stress and resilience which has been shown to have a significant impact on a wide range of performance indices.
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Wendy Christopher of Metropol magazine speaks to Dr Derek Roger about the ever present problem of stress - at which he is an acknowledged expert.
It’s a revolutionary idea that stress is self-inflicted. It’s just there, we think. Something to be endured whenever life deals us a bad hand. But it’s not. That’s pressure. Stress is created by our reaction to those normal day-to-day events which shape our lives and create pressure. So it’s very definitely not the same as stress.
Stress is created by our reaction to pressure - and it’s something that we are able to control, if we wish a happy and longer life…
So says Dr Derek Roger, one of the world’s leading researchers on stress, and currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Canterbury University.
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"...our workforce is better prepared for and able to cope with change."
"People gained that 'feeling' of being in control..."
"...some staff have referred to it as 'life changing'..."
