Brain Health – Natural Agility
Mental health issues have been escalating dramatically over the last two years, mostly due to the pandemic and to restrictive measures put in place during this time. Data in the Samaritans report, June 2021 is based on over 4 million contacts and highlights the growth trend in mental health issues: “Young people have struggled with […]
The Great Resignation & The Future of Work: Rachel’s interview with Karen Mangia at Authority Magazine
The Great Resignation & The Future of Work: How Employers and Employees Are Reworking Work Together Rachel was recently interviewed by Karen Mangia at Authority Magazine as part of their series about how the workplace is changing, how leadership needs to evolve and what employees are looking for in an employer. When it comes to […]
Workplace Wellbeing Series – Productivity and Wellbeing
According to the Health and Wellbeing at Work 2021 survey report conducted by CIPD, wellbeing of employees is growing as a priority for organisations. Below are some results of the survey that help to understand the top 3 causes of stress: Productivity and Wellbeing is a course that has been created to address many of […]
Addressing uncertainty and morale at the start of the new year
The start of a New year is a time of excitement for many as we embrace the new year coming in and let go of the old year and whatever that encompassed. For most organisations the new year is a time for goal setting and budget planning. After the initial shock of the first week […]
Interoception – 7 Ways to Self-Regulate and Limit the Impact of Negative Interoception
“Interoception” is not a new concept, it was already receiving attention over 10 years ago. However, with rising numbers of people suffering from mental health illnesses, often emotion and mood related are triggered by external factors that lead to internalising negative thoughts and feelings frequently to a point of “no control.” Consequently, “interoception” as a […]
Where is the Honesty in Modern Leadership?
Watching and listening to the various world leaders, no less my own, if “Boris” can be referred to as that, how important is it to work and lead your nation, your organisation, your department and most of all yourself with honesty and integrity? It was several days ago that “Boris” was photographed briefing his cabinet […]
5 Ways to Create a Great Customer Experience
Great customer service and a great customer experience is the foundation to any business. It does not matter whether you are in the frontline serving customers or not. Any member of a team is always either serving the customer directly or serving someone who is serving the customer. The Ritz-Carlton company motto perfectly sums this […]
Successfully Adapting To Change
I was out walking recently and heard green canaries chirping in the trees above. This led me to consider the meaning of “adaptability” and how important that is in our world today. Green canaries are not native to the UK. Coming from warmer climates, they have learned to adapt not only to the UK vegetation […]
Take Control of Your Back to Work Fears
This month’s blog is focused on the return to the office working environment and how you might be feeling about going out and about after the long period of social distancing, working from home and generally controlled contact on public transport and in crowded places. Good news – yesterday morning the prime minister, Boris Johnson […]
Suffering from stress at work? 5 steps to building resilience
According to HSE.Gov.co.uk almost one million people (976,000) in the UK are suffering from work-related stress that is making them ill, resulting in sick leave and absenteeism. It is estimated that 12 million working days are lost each year in the UK due to stress-related illness. WHAT IS STRESS? The dictionary defines stress as “ […]