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Rise and Grind: Should Napping at Work be a Wellbeing Strategy?
Napping at work is not a new phenomenon. 42.7% of US employees have admitted that they regularly nap at work, and a separate study found that the average remote-working Briton was taking three lunchtime naps per week. This aligns well with results from our own poll, which found that 66% of respondents were either already […]
Employers! It’s Time to Talk About Time
Time and time again, the hours in the day can prove to be elusive. Many of us may find ourselves asking, where did the time go? when we look up from our desk and suddenly see that the sky has darkened. What’s interesting about this is, a lot of employees are now much more aware […]
Is Dissociation at Work on the Rise?
Dissociation is a way the mind copes with stress – and it is a way more common problem than most employers think, with up with to 75% of people experiencing a dissociative episode at some point. In fact, even if you have never heard of dissociation, you will almost certainly have seen its impact on […]
Are Employers Flying Blind When it Comes to Mental Health?
Recently, I was out with a friend, and she mentioned how she hadn’t been into work that day. I asked her why she didn’t go, and she told me, “I just wasn’t having a good mental health day, so I called in sick.” When I asked if she’d told them the truth about her mental […]
Are Managers Undermining Themselves by Laughter Padding?
Managers who know when to have a laugh and not take themselves too seriously tend to be some of the best. Their joie de vivre makes for a happy workplace and fosters healthy relationships with their team. We will all have experienced occasions, however, when a manager has inappropriately bookended a far from light-hearted message […]
No More Non-Competes? This is Why Employers Shouldn’t Panic
At the beginning of January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new law that would ban the use of non-compete clauses, as well as rescind any previously signed agreements. This may seem like a drastic change – especially with nearly a third (31.8%) of employers making all their employees sign a non-compete – but the banning of these clauses […]
Coming Out at Work: The Closet with a Revolving Door
Let me ask you something – if you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community, how many times have you had to ‘come out of the closet’? The answer will always – always – be more than once. But why is that? It might be a common misconception that once a person ‘comes out’ it’s […]
The Importance of Black History Month in the Workplace
Black History Month aims to recognize the achievements of Black people and their contributions made to history, and this year in the UK, the celebrations are centred around the contributions of black women, as well as coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush. First celebrated in the UK in 1987, […]
Cameras On Vs. Cameras Off: The Rise of Zoom Fatigue
Zoom Fatigue refers to feelings of tiredness, worry or burnout due to the overuse of video calling platforms. To help those who fall victim to this, we first need to understand what’s driving it. It has become a norm for employers to ask their team to have their cameras turned on during a meeting. Whether […]
Finding the Balance Between Coaching and Mentoring
As coaching continues to grow and many organizations are increasingly happy to invest in bringing in external coaches, the reach of this valuable tool can be significantly increased when we also take time to build the coaching capability of managers. Research from an ICF Global Coaching Study found that 99% of workers who had been […]
‘Quiet’ This, ‘Quiet’ That: Is it Time to Stop Being so Quiet?
There has been a bit of a theme emerging in the world of work. First it was the ‘quiet quitting’ phenomenon that swept across the 2022 workplace landscape. Hot on its heels came the trend for ‘quiet firing’ which emerged in response to workers quietly quitting. And so, to the newest edition – ‘quiet hiring’. […]
Is 2023 the Year of the Chief Remote Officer?
With the pandemic altering the fundamental structure of work, many employers have been wading through several stages of grief as they realize there is no “returning to normal” and remote/hybrid working models are here to stay. As we venture into a new year – three years after the pandemic began – employers appear to be […]
