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Published October 19, 2021 by Jo Jordan Do you know what work psychologists do ? Thirty-one years ago, I decided to study psychology. And for 28 years, I have practised as a work psychologist. Can you imagine my surprise when some readers said this blog was their first encounter with my esteemed trade? So what do we do? What do we do all day? I love being a work psychologist and I think it is important for you to know I go to my office” every day with a spring in my step, looking forward to the people I will meet during the course of the day. Most of our lives are spent on the road”. We usually work at our clients’ factories and offices and we need strong arms to carry around briefcases laden with confidential papers. When you see us, we are likely to be taking part in some HR exercise – recruitment, selection, or team-building, say. When you don’t see us, we will be reconciling paperwork, doing computer work, or talking to senior managers about the direction of the company and ways to organize, lead, up-skill, confront challenges, and look after each other. Why do clients hire us? We deal with the pulse of the organization. Ideally, we want everyone to enjoy their work as much as we do. There is fascination in what we do, but little mystery. Our understanding of how organizations work has grown in leaps and bounds over the last 100 years. The last ten years have been particularly interesting as the limits of old ‘mechanical’ organizations have been reached and we’ve begun to embrace the fluidity and flexibility of the internet. [Let’s update the situation in 2021.] The psychologist’s role is to bring to the party up-to-date information about the way work practices are changing around the world, hands-on experience of changes in other companies, and deep commitment to supporting you as you think through changes in the immediate and foreseeable future. What is special about what we do? Just looking at us work is not sufficient to see the value we add. You can see us talking to people – lots of people do that! You see the briefcases – a prop? The key to what psychologists do is deep training and ongoing exposure to work situations around the world. When we talk with you, we are not asking whether we like you. Nor, are we are asking about things we want. Our interest is in accurately understanding your motivation and your circumstances, reflecting them against the changing world of business and work, and helping you work through the mix of emotions you feel as you cast your story in terms of today’s economic conditions – globalization, credit crunch, and new technologies. [Let’s review this for 2021 too.] Casting your story in today’s terms is a complicated process. Even in the simplest business, we have on the one hand the things we want, and one the other, what’s out there”. And that gap in knowledge is not all we cope with. When we really want something, we feel fear and trepidation. Our job is to stay with you while you work through your anxiety and take the first step towards what will ultimately be success and very deep satisfaction. Psychologists understand this process of seeing what we want, what you want against the circumstances we find ourselves in. We see this process as normal and we are there to help steer you through all three questions: you, your opportunities, your emotions. When we work in most modern businesses, 5, 10, 15, 10 000, 100 000 of us are going through the same process....