Are You Educating Your Female Workforce On How To Manage Their Performance Through Menopause?
A recent headline “Menopause is forcing women to retire early” written in an article by Caitlin Powell on 7 December, got me thinking about this statement. Firstly, no one forces you to retire irrelevant of the symptoms you might be suffering whether menopause related or otherwise. In fact, no one forces you to do anything […]
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 “ […]
7 Simple Steps to Mental Wellbeing
The topic of mental health was already gaining momentum in the workplace prior to the onslaught of Covid. Often looked at in binary terms of those who are healthy and those who have mental illness. The truth, however, is that mental wellness covers a huge spectrum. Even those who are “mentally healthy” can still improve […]
Being Grateful for 2020
I was listening to a concert last night on Radio 2 with Rick Astley and the BBC concert orchestra. Rick led a rocking concert that was further enhanced by the wonderful orchestra. Why do I refer to this concert? In 2018 I wrote a blog around singer/songwriter Rick Astley and the release of his back […]
Authenticity and the New Normal
A Guest Post by Hannah Emanuel In an age that demands a redefinition of ‘normal’, do we also need to redefine what it means to be ‘professional’? To answer this question, we must first acknowledge what our current connotations of the term ‘professionalism’. Suited and booted? Reliable? Articulate? Unemotional? The list could go on I’m […]
Post COVID 19: 5 Steps to Creating Strong Immune Health in the Workplace
With the loosening of lockdown guidelines of the COVID-19 pandemic, HR directors, CEO’s and other organisation managers will be thinking hard and planning the return to work and how to protect themselves and their team members from this particular virus and any other seasonal bug that comes along. In many cases, due to the physical […]
Working from Home? Distracted & Struggling with Motivation?
The present lockdown experienced by the majority working from home has lost its sex-appeal. The novelty of being at home, and often working in a onesie or your pyjamas, no longer has the initial draw and excitement of going back to the inner child. Things have become “business as usual” in the home setting with […]
Nurturing Leadership – The New Norm?
COVID19 has replaced Brexit as the trigger for urgent and critical business change. Organizations have become decentralised as teams and individuals are made to work remotely from home. Or they are temporarily disbanded where staff are furloughed. Most companies will have now completed all the actions necessary to decrease costs, meet the government directive to […]