Shane O'Donnell, head of the firm's corporate practice, said that there had been 'an immediate and very positive reaction from participants'. He added:  'The programme is not about eliminating weaknesses and things that you are not good at. It is actually focusing on the things that you are good at and emphasising their impact in your life.' 

Evolution

The firm has some 400 employees. Like many other businesses, it is facing competition for younger staff who tend to see non-work life as a priority and who rate quality of life as being as important as, or more important than, pay. Tal Ben-Shahar, chief learning officer of Potentialife, the programme being used by William Fry, said: 'It's not like you work 9 to 5 and then you leave your work at home. Given technology and given the evolution of things, work and life are not separate anymore.' Source: Irish Independent