Category Wellbeing

Leading by example: Encouraging mental health conversations in the workplace

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Anita Guru moves through the cost of mental health challenges and focuses on how workplaces can be more open For Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 this year’s theme is “movement”. The Mental Health UK Burnout Report 2024 found that 56%…

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From awareness to action: equipping managers to support mental health at work

Mental Health at Work

Michelle Robinson Hayes looks at the unseen burden of managers and the mental health crisis, and asks: are you helping your managers to help others? Employees across all age groups and demographics are experiencing increased stress levels, anxiety and burnout.…

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The dangers of ‘wellbeing washing’ and how to avoid it 

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Anna Eliatamby explores workplace wellbeing, exposing pitfalls and offering effective strategies Years ago, business recognised the importance of supporting and enhancing the wellbeing and mental health of employees and leaders. Wellbeing and employee assistance programmes came into existence. All this…

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How can first-time CEOs manage stress effectively? 

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New to the top job? Don’t panic! David Roche shares practical tips to help first-time CEOs succeed   McKinsey asserts that $1trillion is lost every year in market value of S&P’s top 1500 companies because of poorly planned transitions of…

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Research insights for understanding employee needs

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Pay is not the only reason employees choose to stay in a role, writes Evgeniya Blyznyuk People professionals regularly face challenges related to employee wellbeing, engagement, retention, and satisfaction with working conditions. To build a healthy workplace, it is important…

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Global workplace turmoil: the unresolved crisis of violence and harassment

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As one in five report experiencing violence and harassment at work, Aaron Gardner looks at what has been done to create safer workplaces  Around the world, violence and harassment in the workplace is a major issue. Data from the Lloyd’s…

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The business case for diversity: from recruitment to retention

Diversity, equity, inclusion DEI

Yves Schneuwly offers practical tips to weave DEI values into every aspect of your employee experience Creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work has a positive impact for many reasons. It contributes to an ethical and equal company culture,…

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Reimagining our working life with choice, learning and balance

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Laura Probert looks at achieving truly flexible working and learning, and how she’s already done it In an era where the conventional boundaries of office and classroom have dissolved into the digital landscape, the pursuit of truly flexible working and…

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TJ interviews: productivity author Marc Zao-Sanders

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TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook, talks to Marc Zao-Sanders, CEO of Filtered and author of Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time Training Journal: You’ve used the approach you shared in your book over a number of years…

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