Four in 10 ‘close to breaking point’ at work
The average working adult feels stressed for almost a third of their entire working day, while five hours of sleep will be lost every week because of the pressures faced in their job. That’s according to research polling 2,000 professionals, which also found checking work emails after hours, last-minute deadlines, having to do a speech […]
GRiD warns against dealing with serious health and wellbeing issues case-by-case
Dealing with serious employee health and wellbeing issues on a case-by-case basis is not only expensive but inefficient and inconsistent. That’s according to GRiD, the industry body for the group risk protection sector, which has commissioned research that shows most businesses provide employee support on an individual basis rather than putting in place a formal, […]
GUEST BLOG: Employers need to prepare before sending staff abroad to work
Overseas assignments can present exciting commercial opportunities, but as a business expands into new territories it’s important to support employees travelling or relocating, says Sarah Dennis, Head of International at Towergate Health & Protection… There can be sizeable challenges involved in relocating, and for assignments to be successful, it’s important that employees are supported and […]
How can calling out unacceptable behavior help HR leaders avoid an organisational crisis?
By Kim Foster, People Development Practice Manager, Connor Sexual harassment and fake news scandals seem almost to be everyday news lately, thanks to greater public awareness and less willingness from those in charge to turn a blind eye. While these big people issues are still mercifully rare, they can be devastating for all involved. So […]
The benefits of a balanced life
Work/life balance is a term which gets bandied about but do people know exactly how to create this? They may think it’s simply about spending less hours at work, but in fact it encompasses much more. Many of us have dreams about what we’d like to accomplish personally and professionally. As the years go by, […]
How to plan your wellbeing efforts
In our previous articles we discussed the eight steps to create a workplace wellbeing programme and how to assess your current workplace wellbeing. Now we take a closer look at how you can focus your total wellbeing efforts to identify the gaps in your current offering to implement additional strategies. As you plan where to focus your wellbeing […]
8 steps to create a workplace wellbeing strategy
Prioritising workplace wellbeing not only looks after your staff, it can look after your business as well. In fact, recent data from the HSE revealed that 1.4 million UK workers suffer from work-related ill health (e.g. conditions such as stress, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal disorders or other illnesses that are caused or made worse by work).1 Employee wellbeing […]
Why beliefs determine our success in reaching goals
There is a myriad of information about setting goals such as the SMART method. These are good at teaching us logically how to break down a goal but what we can’t cater for is how a person will perform at implementing a goal task. What happens if a presentation is key to a project and […]
Why Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Stress
Stress is now having a huge impact on companies as it become the number one reason for days off sick. In 2017/18, a staggering 15.4 million working days were lost because of stress and anxiety. This is costing businesses millions of pounds due to a decrease in productivity. With the busy lives we lead now, trying […]
GUEST BLOG: Wellbeing – The state of being comfortable, healthy or happy at work
Employers should take all steps which are reasonably possible to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of their employees, writes beneficia Director Alan Fergusson… Wellbeing is a subject that I could write several articles on, and probably will. It’s an HR hot topic, it could be argued it is a business hot topic, with the […]