Know your numbers week is approaching and with COVID-19 increasing the number of mental health problems line managers have to deal with, colleagues need more support than ever before. This year how about asking line managers - 'Do you know your...
Missing working together to fix those operational problems? Some managers are feeling stressed as we approach the year end. Targets have been missed, COVID-19 has changed the way we work and now the review of 2021 budgets have started. Team problem...
During COVID-19, we have regular contact with colleagues of clients who are working from home and doing a brilliant job. As we all get to know each other, people relax and open up about what they feel hampers their performance and...
Small niggles and tensions between colleagues are now becoming more obvious as we settle into home working and life ‘loving the video’. For our mental wellbeing we really need to help each other call out when we see overt unkind behaviours...
It is well documented that those who are working from home doing lots of video calls, learning to love the screen, are facing an extra layer of fatigue. How many of you are helping colleagues try new rituals to keep...
Turn on the audio, go for a walk, social distance and be more creative. There is heaps if research that find the act of walking leads to increases in creative thinking. Plenty of anecdotal evidence also suggests that walking meetings lead...
We all know to have a brilliant, engaging health and wellbeing campaign it has to be planned well, use many communication channels and reach as many employees as possible. In the short-term, we can choose what language and conversations we have. J...
Are you all set for Men’s Health week? (June 15th - 21st) With men twice as likely to die from COVID-19, this year we urge everybody to try and reach as many guys in their teams as possible. Power Up Power up the...
During our virtual training, we have had some ‘proper belly laughs’. Delivery men banging on windows, dogs insisting their voice should be heard and children showing us how great teddies, dolls and wrestlers are and how stupid we , as...
Hopefully with the dreadful impact of COVID-19, we now know that command and control management is on its way out and managers who practice empathy and make an effort to connect with their colleagues are “in” …. but let’s be...