Burnout is a health hazard in the workplace. Paul Friday, Director of Strategic Relationships at leading HR and payroll provider MHR explores how HR can help protect employees from stress before it spirals out of control.
Category: Freelance Lifestyle & Mindset
Tips for staying motivated, avoiding burnout and building balance as a freelancer or self-employed professional.
Combatting the male mental health crisis in corporate culture
Corporate culture and practice have gone through significant change over the years.
How to reduce stress on your commute
According to research conducted by the TUC, the average daily commute now sits at 58 minutes, meaning that people are spending 27 working days a year commuting to work.
How do stressful conditions lead to poor staff performance?
If you run your own business or are employed in a managerial position in someone else’s, then looking after your team is key.
Is your working life working for you?
For most of us, work takes up a significant proportion of our life. Nobody sets out to deliberately raise their stress levels at work or anywhere else,
Why is positive thinking key to stress management?
Today, we live in societies where stress has become a ‘norm’. Managing stress has entered our daily routines and stress-free life only reminds us of our childhood fairytale book.
Bad posture and ‘tech neck’: a growing problem in our digital age
Did you know, your favourite position in your office chair may be your most comfortable but, it may in fact be causing long-lasting damage to your body, without you even realising it?
Helping to turn resolutions into reality
A New Year often heralds the promise of a new start, providing us with an opportunity to take a moment to sit back and take a fresh look at what we would like to achieve in the brand new year ahead.
Experiencing imposter syndrome? You’re not alone
Imposter Syndrome is the fear that you’ll be exposed as inadequate, or a failure, despite evidence proving you’re successful.
How to help employees through traumatic events
Traumatic events, if left unacknowledged or untreated, have the ability to alter our health and mental wellbeing permanently.
Improve your mood with feel-good food
Feeling well, both physically and mentally depends on having a varied, well-balanced diet that includes all of the essential nutrients our body and mind need to function at their best.
Talking about cancer at work
Research reveals a significant number of managers are uncomfortable speaking with their employees about illness and feel most uncomfortable discussing cancer
Managers, how comfortable are you with discussing your employees’ mental health?
Emma Bullen from MHR provides practical advice on how managers can initiate conversations about mental health with employees and create a positive culture around mental well being in the workplace.
Best ways to tackle mental health in the workplace
Work life creates great deal of mental health issues. The major reason could be that a great deal of our daily life is spent in the workplace
Burnt, Bored or Worn – When abnormal becomes the new normal
How are you feeling today? Exhausted, overwhelmed, cynical, bored, apathetic, dissatisfied, despondent, anxious, annoyed, unstimulated? Did you have similar emotions a week ago? How about a month ago?
