The dark evenings are creeping up on us. In many of the workshops we design and deliver, lots of employees have asked us about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) . As more and more of us work from home, our journeys into...
Have you planned your activities to celebrate World Mental Health day in October? We will be busy that week delivering lots of virtual workshops and launching our digital games and eLearning that help colleagues learn how to have great mental health. We...
10th September is World Suicide Prevention day so do prepare to make your teams aware of the support your organisation offers and try to signpost to local support too. Some hard hitting facts shared from QJM (An International Journal of Medicine) include: ...
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...
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...