Key Autumn Wellbeing Diary Dates 2016 National Fitness Day - Wednesday 7th September The aim of National Fitness Day is to encourage physical activity - so use 7th September to start a campaign in your workplace to encourage people to get more active. Sitting for at least eight hours a day can increase the risk [...]
Building Emotional Success How do we go about building emotional success? Today in our hectic world, life can be a roller coaster with our emotions being highly changeable due to circumstances, people and time. Being able to regulate our emotions and building emotional success is vital to overall wellbeing, shaping how we present ourselves to [...]
8 Reasons to add Plants to your Workplace Did you know that adding plants to your office can improve physical and psychological wellbeing in an extremely cost effective way. While most of us think that flowers and greenery look good and improve the office cosmetically, there are even greater benefits to be realised. [...]
Are you intelligent – emotionally? Leading expert, Stein, 2009 suggests, “People tend to think of others as either emotional or intelligent, but not both.” However, perhaps the correct question is ‘Are you intelligent – emotionally?’ Being intelligent – emotionally requires us to acknowledge, cope with and adapt to our own and other people’s strengths and [...]
Building Emotional Flexibility and Resilience Building Emotional Intelligence and Flexibility (EI) is something that everyone has the ability to do. Becoming more aware, writing about our experiences or creating opportunities for positive thoughts can assist us in improving our (EI). Positive emotions builds our personal coping resources over time Interpreting our daily experiences Every day we constantly [...]
HOW MUCH IS ILL-HEALTH COSTING YOUR BUSINESS? £554 is the cost per employee per year sickness absence. Source: CIPD Absence Survey 2015 6.9 days Average level of employee absence per employee Source: CIPD Absence Survey 2015 Source: XpertHR sickness absence rates survey 2015 6 Simple steps to improve wellbeing on a budget and decrease ill-health 1. [...]
Unhealthy wellbeing behaviour In an article written by Ella Rhodes of The Psychologist on a Guide to Leadership, she references research published by Gail Kinman (University of Bedfordshire) on how leaders need to be an example of employee wellbeing. Professor Kinman poses the question that 'leaders' need to see themselves as role models for healthy [...]
Having a certain amount of stress in our working lives is a good thing, it can make us feel energised and focused, and make our work feel effortless. This is called Eustress, or “good stress” and is very different from Distress or “bad stress”. It is important that people are exposed to the right amount [...]
"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people" The above quote by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel has a particular resonance for probably most of us as we rush about our daily and seemingly increasingly busy days. However, have you ever though just to take a little [...]
CIPD Ireland Conference 15 June 2016 We are attending the CIPD Ireland conference on Wednesday 15th June 2016. We are offering you the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win a free Thomas International Emotional Intelligence diagnostic and a coaching session. Like us on Facebook or Linkedin or follow us on twitter to enter. T&C apply. [...]