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Strategies for Supporting Employees with Endometriosis
‘Sorry, not feeling 100%, need to leave the meeting’ was a text that Vicky Gooden had to send her boss who was sitting across the room one Monday morning where the president of the organization she worked for was hosting his weekly all-staff meeting. This was because on numerous occasions, although more typically around the […]
Health Technology: An Emerging Staple of the Modern Workplace?
A couple of years ago when I was at the hospital, the doctor noticed that my heart rate would drop quite significantly and wanted to do further tests. However, I assured him that this was quite normal for me and showed him the data that my health ring had been measuring for the past couple […]
Why Employers Should Be Encouraging Male Connection in Their Workplaces
We spend about a third of our lives at work, and so it’s therefore not shocking to discover that 75% of workers say they have formed lifelong friendships with their co-workers. As humans, we naturally seek out connection. Socialising brings with it a wealth of benefits for our health and wellbeing, including better mental health […]
Creating a Menopause-Inclusive Workplace
Menopause impacts half of the population at a certain point in their lives – in fact, by 2025, over 1 billion people globally will be in menopause. Unlike many other conditions, menopause is something that is guaranteed to affect a vast majority of people. And considering that most women will undergo menopause during their working […]
How Can Employers Support Their Staff Amid Civil Unrest?
In recent days, the UK has experienced the worst civil unrest in more than a decade. After the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in the UK seaside town of Southport, the spread of misinformation around the perpetrator of this crime, as well as far-right and anti-immigration rhetoric, has sparked a […]
Depression Vs. Burnout: Why Employers Need to Know the Difference
Burnout is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an ‘occupational phenomenon’. Whilst it is not a medical condition, it has been classified as a syndrome, meaning a collection of symptoms or signs associated with a specific health-related cause. Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress or […]
Employment Law Changes UK Business Should Expect from the New Labour Government
For the first time in over 14 years, the new Labour government in the UK will get to set the employment law agenda after their landslide victory on 4th July 2024. In the lead up to the election, a large component of their manifesto was the proposed extensive reforms to UK employment law as part […]
National Elections: How to Mitigate Employee Friction
Election fever is currently a global phenomenon. European and Indian elections have already taken place – with UK, French, and US Presidential elections now in full cry. And at a time when politics is becoming increasingly polarized, probably the only thing we can all agree on is that almost everyone will have an opinion on […]
OrgShakers Webinar: Inspiring Inclusion
Taking inspiration from the International Women’s Day 2024 theme – #InspireInclusion – this webinar explores how organizations, leaders, and individuals can create inspiring, equitable workplaces.
Cancer and the Workplace: Part 3, Remission and Return
After the discovery and diagnosis and the treatment and recovery, the day finally came: remission. I partook in my last batch of radiotherapy after recovering from my operations, and then finally came the day that I was declared cancer-free. Oftentimes this might be misconstrued as being back to the version of me I was before […]
Cancer and the Workplace: Part 2, Treatment and Recovery
After discovering, being diagnosed, and then disclosing my cancer to my workplace, then came the big leagues – the start of my treatment. Once I received my results, I was set up with a treatment plan. For me, I found a clear plan comforting. I liked that I could see the journey ahead, that I […]
Cancer and the Workplace: Part 1, Discovery and Diagnosis
In one way or another, we’re all deeply familiar with cancer. There was an estimated 18.1 million cases worldwide in 2020, and so oftentimes if you ask someone if they have a ‘cancer story’, the answer will be yes. Back in January of this year, I was over in New York meeting colleagues and networking […]