Key Highlights: Legal professionals, especially women, have a higher-than-average risk of burnout. Personality type can predispose some in the legal sector to the damaging effects of stress. A shift...
END sticking plaster approaches to mental health at work
The WHO is shining a much-needed light on mental health in the workplace this month with the launch of its global guidelines. To date health and safety legislation has done a good job of protecting...
Introducing the Working Mindset Model
It is staggering to think that poor mental health is costing UK businesses an estimated £56 billion a year. The sooner organisations begin to address this mental health crisis the better for all...
Embracing vulnerability at work
Key Highlights: We value vulnerability in others, but not in ourselves. Psychological safety is one of the strongest predictors of effective teams. Courageous, empathic leaders encourage...
The loneliness pandemic
Loneliness is the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week which takes place between 9th and 15th May. Levels of loneliness during the pandemic have risen at a devastating rate. This has...
Supporting women’s mental health at work
Across the globe the inspiring social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women are celebrated through International Women’s Day. In 2022 this takes place on 8th March and focuses on...
Staff wellbeing & hybrid working
This time two years ago we could not have predicted the radical ways in which our working, domestic and social lives have transformed. For a while the pandemic forced many of us to work from home...
It really is OK not to be OK!
As we cautiously step into 2022 the nation continues to face some uncertainty as a result of the Omicron variant spreading across the globe. Over the Christmas break some may have had time to...
Why does your business need a wellbeing strategy?
Addressing the mental health of your organisation and its employees may seem like a daunting prospect, but deeper examination will be of benefit in the long run. Hosting yoga sessions or arranging...
‘Older workers’ & work-related stress
When we were approached to share our knowledge about the impact of stress on older workers, our first thoughts were how is this demographic defined? A generally accepted threshold seems to be 50 to...
Support for line managers: the unsung heroes
Our line managers certainly sit high up among the many unsung heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. They have faced complex challenges; coping with issues around hybrid working arrangements, listening...
Helping employees to feel ‘Safe’
Human beings are hard-wired to crave certainty about the future. Uncertainty is perceived as a threat by our minds and, as we transition back into the physical workplace there are many questions to...