Workplace Mental Health - Why Is It Difficult To Talk About? We all can find it difficult to talk about workplace mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety, both for the individual, the team and the employer. Yet depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) , [...]
Key Spring Wellbeing Diary Dates We have compiled a list of key Spring wellbeing diary dates not only to keep you aware of important wellbeing national campaigns and awareness days but also to provide you with ideas for possible events in your organisation. By increasing awareness of issues that many individuals find difficult to discuss you can gently encourage your people to [...]
Do you want to Sleep Better? Like most people, I'm sure you would like to sleep better. Who doesn't? Many of us have trouble sleeping at one time or another, and it is thought that a third of people in the UK have bouts of insomnia – sustained difficulty getting to sleep or not staying asleep [...]
Key Winter Wellbeing Dates 2017 - Information to improve your personal wellbeing The following information directs you to a range of wellbeing initiatives and information. Please do visit these sites and support these initiatives. Raynaud’s Awareness Month – 1st-28th February Raynaud’s Phenomenon is a condition thought to affect up to ten million people in the [...]
Coping with Stress over the Christmas Period With days to Christmas, people can easily feel stress building both at work and at home. At work, there may be targets and deadlines to get through. At home, relationships may be strained due to financial or other worries and for many people they experience sadness and loneliness. [...]
Our Internal Values Compass Using your values to act as an internal compass to guide your responses and actions. We all have inner thoughts and feelings and these range from issues that can cause us concern or happiness. How we deal with our thoughts and emotions is particularly important if we are to succeed in [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]