The three resources included in our summer 2018 newsletter:
Stress: are we coping?
The Mental Health Foundation published this report to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. Their recommendations take the form of a 7-point plan for a less stressed nation which includes calling for Governments across the UK to introduce a minimum of 2 ‘mental health days’ for each public-sector worker. They hope this would encourage self-care and help prevent stress escalating and turning into longer-term sickness absence citing the statistic, “45% of people will make up an alternative reason for work absence rather than report a mental health issue to their employer”.
Health & Wellbeing at Work Survey
Now in its 18th year, the annual CIPD Absence Management report has been re-branded to reflect an increased focus on health and wellbeing policies and practices. Their findings include presenteeism having more than trebled in the last 8 years, with almost 70% of respondents acknowledging that leavism (using assigned time off to get work done) has occurred in their organisation in the past 12 months. And yet the survey found that only a quarter of organisations are taking steps to challenge these unhealthy working behaviours.
How to Disagree
Written 10 years ago when the author, Paul Graham, noticed that increased use of the web was leading to people responding more and many of their responses being in disagreement with what they had read. If we were going to be disagreeing more, he felt we should learn to disagree well and his essay includes a disagreement hierarchy which can be visualised as a 7-level pyramid. With so much of our communication, both inside and outwith the workplace, no longer being verbal his disagreement hierarchy can be used to help us disagree with others without provoking anger or bad feeling.
Categories
Recent articles on our blog....
The law relating to sexual harassment at work is changing – are you ready?
This article takes a look at what the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 requires and highlights both the training we can deliver and some resources we have collated to help employers prepare for its introduction this autumn.
Read More →
Spring 2024 newsletter includes a movement tip & other resources
The latest edition of our quarterly workplace wellbeing newsletter includes a movement tip for working hours and many other resources.
Read More →
Workplace wellbeing resources – some helpful recent additions
Our latest collection of external resources to help workplace wellbeing includes guidance and recommendations relating to a range of topics – autism employment, ensuring EDI is for everyone, information sharing in mental health emergencies at work, menopause in the workplace and women at work.
Read More →Testimonials
-
A very interesting tutor who kept us motivated throughout the session"
"Dawn was an excellent presenter who is clearly passionate about her subject"
"Dawn was excellent and very attentive
A very interesting tutor, excellent presenter
-
I really enjoyed this delivery as David mixed the “formal” with anecdotes and true examples whilst allowing for questions. He is obviously learned and interested in the subject and he is an inspirational gentleman.
Aberdeen City Council Delegate
-
The Trainer was brilliant - extremely knowledgeable, had lots of examples of experience and was really engaging - I wanted to know more.
Adult MHFA comment from delegate
Our purpose is to provide training and consultancy services to enhance resilience, health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Differentiation is one of the most strategic and tactical activities in which companies most constantly engage
It's natural to have questions about training and how it fits with your organisation. Our FAQs can help you find out more.
View case studies for some of the in-house training courses we have delivered to different types of organisations across the UK.
