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The CEO of MarkTwo Consulting, Mark Oliver, has written several published thought leadership books and articles providing practical insights into the key issue of human motivation, and how to translate this with timeless wisdom and insights applicable to our changing modern workplace.

Below are a collection of some of his written Blogs.

Also below is a link to watch some of his short video blogs (between 1.5-3 mins each) on key challenges in the workplace.

The video blogs are:

1. 3 Common Hiring Mistakes 
2. Turning Average Performers into High Performers 
3. 3 Reasons People Resist Change 
4. How to Give Good Feedback 
5. 2 Key Things to Remember When Handling Conflict 
6. Warning Signals of Psychopaths 
7. How Can You Find Your Purpose in Life? 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO BLOGS

See below for his written blogs.

UHM has recently been validated by neuro-scientific research whereas the Maslow's validity is still disputed in the psychological community.

Our decisions affect our work, relationships, and money, and these three factors are characteristics of most developed societies.

Managers are often given conflicting advice on how to successfully lead teams.

Feedback helps keep people and things on track. For instance, it gets a passenger plane from Sydney to London.

When it comes to staff meetings, you might notice that certain people are consistently quieter than others and rarely speak up. Their silence can be misconstrued as a lack of interest.

According to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2021 report, global employee engagement decreased by 2 percentage points from 2019 to 2020, and employees reported higher worry, stress, anger, and sadness in 2020 than they had in the previous year.

Socrates is famous for saying; "The unexamined life is not worth living." People are the biggest driving force on Earth for good or evil - hadn't we better know what makes us tick?

Our personality model suggests that for any group of humans to be successful over a long period of time, there needs to be at least 8 types of personality, with each being more advantageous in different situations.  

Command-and-control managers get frustrated because they believe that motivating employees demands a lot of effort. Being a leader and exerting authority aren’t the same thing.