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Preventing Procrastination

Before sitting down to write this article, I decided to make a coffee, check my emails, and rearrange the feng shui of my home office setup. Whilst I would like to believe I was doing all I could to create the conditions required to optimise my workplace performance, in all honesty I was simply procrastinating, and as you sit down to read this article, perhaps you are too?

Simon Cook

Thu 30 Sep

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Creating a Happiness Manifesto

What does it mean to be happy? From ancient philosophers to modern day psychologists, attempts to answer this very question continue to stimulate debate and discussion. Nonetheless, despite potential differences in how its defined within our places of work, we all remain united by the continued pursuit of happiness within our professional lives.

Camilla Temple

Fri 24 Sep

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Let’s Talk About Lifelong Learning

Whether you possess an unquenchable thirst for knowledge or show little interest in educational ventures, I think we can all agree that there is something both profoundly powerful and deeply fascinating about the human brain’s capacity to continually learn and evolve over the course of a lifetime.

Paul Snell

Fri 17 Sep

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A Time for Transparency

As organisations and communities come together to discuss the continued threat posed by rising rates of suicide, we feel it important to remind ourselves of the pivotal role each one of us plays in helping to establish and champion a supportive and fully transparent mental health culture within our places of work.

Dan Sly

Fri 10 Sep

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Working Toward Work-Life Balance

In an ever-demanding professional climate, the attainment of a healthy work-life balance may at times feel elusive or even unobtainable. Nonetheless, at a time when burnout and work-related stress are at an all-time high, we would advocate that maintaining a sense of harmony between our professional and personal identities isn’t just desirable; it’s essential.

Jamie Ewen

Fri 03 Sep

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Blueprint for wellbeing in the workplace: how do you create a safe workplace?

What does it mean to be a ‘safe’ working environment? The perception and application of ‘safety’ has significantly shifted in the past years, with most organisations swiftly moving to a full remote working world.

Rossana Zetti

Fri 27 Aug

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Olympic Leadership Lessons

As well as serving as a timely reminder of triumph of the human spirit, here are some other important leadership lessons we can extract from this year’s Olympic competitors:

Dan Sly

Fri 13 Aug

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Overcoming Uncertainty: A Manager’s Guide

In all honesty, we’ve probably lost count of the number of times we have heard the phrase “times of uncertainty” since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, despite its overuse, the truth of this sentiment cannot be denied. With that in mind, it’s seems rational to question “How do we create more certainty in our lives and work?” In truth, the answer is quite simple; we don’t, we learn to accept, and dare we say, even embrace it.

Dan Sly

Fri 06 Aug

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Teaching your staff personal finance skills

76% of employees are living paycheck to paycheck. 62% of employees say paying monthly expenses is their biggest financial concern. 51% of employees consistently carry balances on their credit cards.

Paul Snell

Thu 05 Aug

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The Hybrid Workplace

Dare we say it, we may be on the cusp of a return to (relative) normality. However, will the workplace as we once knew it ever be the same again? If recent research is to be believed, the good old days of office 9 to 5’s may soon be forced to make way for the new world of hybrid working.

Dan Sly

Wed 14 Jul

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