Psychology at Work,
Empowering Performance

Successful organisations recognise the need to make the most of their best asset, their people. Psychology is increasingly being used in the workplace to develop resilient staff who can adapt easily to change, and to help boost productivity through increased motivation and engagement.

Challenge of Change

Empowering Performance

The Challenge of Change is a portfolio of business psychology services designed to bring about positive change in individuals, teams and organisational culture. Developed by renowned psychologist Dr Derek Roger, The Challenge of Change is proven to impact the bottom line by empowering employees to perform at their maximum.

Increasing Job Satisfaction and Wellness

The programme has been shown to increase job satisfaction and personal wellness, and to nurture, develop and manage talent in ways that benefit both the individual and the company. With employees increasingly looking for much more than just pay and benefits; distinct value is placed on a motivational work environment and a compatible culture. In the war on talent, employers need to find innovative ways to attract and retain staff; The Challenge of Change helps to provide this stimulating and supportive workplace and actively develops employees, either from a team or individual perspective.

An essential feature of any successful business is teamwork. Great teams work together to think up great ideas or fix problems and are happy to take on any challenge.

 

Under the protective guidance of Dr Derek Roger, MA PhD, the
Dream Team programme has a proven track record in bringing dysfunctional teams together and in helping good teams become outstanding ones. The programme enables and amplifies the talents and expertise of individual members, drawing the team together into a potent force for leadership, innovation and change.

 

“. . . we had evidence of significant shifts and improvements in working that lifted the whole team .”. . Garth Dibley, Markets & Production Director, Meridian Energy
Click here to read the Meridian Case Study

 

“…participants have gone from not coping very well with the demands of their roles to coping very well. They are applying the techniques they have been taught and are experiencing immediate positive pay off, our business as a whole is benefiting from this change.”
Jane Davis, Head of Talent Management, The Warehouse.
Click here to download the Dream Team PDF

Psychology Insight

Derek Roger (BA Hons., MA, PhD, CPsychol.) is a leading business psychologist, executive coach, author and speaker. Qualifying initially in clinical psychology, Derek applies his wide-ranging expertise in psychology to working situations in an insightful and commercially relevant manner. Having specialised for many years in personality, psychometrics and health research, Derek became interested in why some people seemed to be protected from stress while others were more vulnerable. Seeking research answers to this question led to the establishment of the internationally-renowned Stress Research Unit at the University of York in England.

Stress Management - A paradigm shift

The Unit, which Derek led until his move to New Zealand in 2003, was regarded as one of the foremost Stress Research Centres in the UK. The research contradicted traditional beliefs about stress and resilience, and working with organisations interested in his unique and revolutionary findings, Derek developed The Challenge of Change, a practical training system for building individual resilience. Market demand led Derek to extend his services and offer a complete business psychology portfolio designed to bring about positive change in individuals, teams and cultures.

Ongoing scientific research

The main strength of The Challenge of Change is that it is firmly evidence-based, with a solid foundation in internationally-renowned scientific research that has been publicised in over 120 books, journal articles and conference papers. The research is ongoing, and Derek currently holds an Adjunct Associate Professorship at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch as well as a Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of York in England.

Psychobabble - Derek's Blog

Listen, just relax December 28th, 2009

We generally attach relaxation to particular times, such as weekends or the summer holiday.  If you only relax on these occasions then the rest of the time (in other words, most of your life) you must be tense.  Unfortunately relaxing is often confused with being laid back, and that usually implies not working efficiently.  So we end up ‘thinking in twos’ – I’m either relaxed or I’m tense.  The solution is not to find some mid-point between them but to …

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