Resilient people tend to learn the lessons in life, adapt and alter what they do to bounce back from stressful situations. Currently we are all feeling stressed and the following my be of help to some colleagues. Help colleagues to take a...
A really good read is the book Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (McGonigal) The research and book suggests that engaging in some activities we assume are non-productive at work - short...
It’s brilliant when we are achieving as a team. We work well together, we seem to all be on the same wavelength, we often relax together and can finish each other’s sentences. Many of us work within brilliant diverse teams,...
What a great day Maria had in London last week, back to her previous world, challenging processes for customers and colleagues in the finance sector. A jam packed 65 mins, 150 colleagues on their feet and participating, looking at how we...
A survey of 7,500 full-time employees by Gallup found the top four reasons for burnout to be: - Unfair treatment at work - Unmanageable workload - Lack of role clarity - Lack of communication and support from their manager When we look at this list...
January to March are really busy periods in the health and wellbeing world. With typical peaks in absence and loss of performance we find ourselves designing and delivering digital and face to face training to improve resilience and mental health. One...
Burnout is often defined as "an experience of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion, caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding"(Health-care worker burnout and the mental health imperative. Lancet. 2009 Aug 22374(9690):595-7.) Increasingly employers are worried about it because...
The results of a survey to almost 2,000 NCAA coaches (Kirkman, Stoverink, Mistry and Rosen) asked for coaches’ perspective on how they build resilient teams – it’s a great read. So how does your team rate against the following? “They believe they...
There are lots of perks designing and delivering resilience workshops and games that will be launched in London before Christmas. Check out the amazing Christmas market at Covent Garden. The festive season is a great time to launch a resilience campaign. Tired...
For all the stress work can bring, those of us in work are more fortunate than we sometimes feel. Work provides structure and purpose to our day and also funds the life we lead. To be resilient in a fast paced...