Stress is part of all our lives. Dr Julie Denning from W2W reflects on the importance of tuning into your stress. We all need a little bit of stress to get us up and running. ‘Eustress’ is the technical term for positive stress and has the following
Nicola Hunter gives her thoughts on the challenges we are facing in the workforce. On May 2nd Julie Denning, from W2W will be presenting at the joint RCOT/ SOM / VRA symposium "Good Work for Good Health - What Role Can You Play? Health challenges In order
Employee Wellbeing initiatives are continuing to be on the rise in many large organisations. There is a general sense that they are going to provide a ‘feel good’ factor for employees and there is some evidence that providing wellbeing initiatives will boost productivity and therefore
I recently attended the IOSH National Safety and Health Conference keen to understand more about the relationship between workplace culture and wellbeing. The opening presentation was from Stephan Bevan (Head, HR Research Development at Institute of Employment Studies) He spoke of how a recent report commissioned
Consider your staff’s mental health and wellbeing. We know that being responsible for a team (small or large) can be hard at times. Regardless of your profession, there will always be a pressure to deliver against constraints like budget and time which can be stressful for
We were recently asked to contribute to an article by Colin Hawes of Generali who was writing for HR Grapevine. As Colin says, “It’s generally a given that employers should do all they can to support employees diagnosed with cancer. The reality, however, is that support
Sleep and the seeming epidemic of not enough sleep is really hitting the headlines recently. We support many of our patients who have problems with their sleep and they are not alone. In 2017, the Sleep Council's The Great British Bedtime Report discovered that 30% of
