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Supporting Returners Mental Wellbeing

Posted on by Sharon De Mascia
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What Issues Are Organisations Facing Now? We are now starting to move out of lockdown which is good news but given that we are still living with risk, there are some factors that organisations will have to give serious consideration to. Some employees will be looking forward to being co-located with others whilst others will be dreading it. Even those who are looking forward to working in the same room/office will have fears and concerns about their health and that of their families.  Some empl...
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Covid 19 Research And Employee Mental Wellbeing

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What The Research Says In this 30 minute webinar about mental wellbeing, we explore the emerging psychological research on the impact of Covid 19 on employees and explore what this means for organisations trying to get people back to work. We know from the research that there has been an impact on overall mental wellbeing. We also know that the situation could get worse before it gets better and that many employees are apprehensive about travelling to work on public transport and many are...
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Is Your Wellbeing Strategy Working Well?

Posted on by Sharon De Mascia
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Many organisations have wellbeing strategies which use practical offerings such as ‘Fruit on Friday’, Mindfulness at lunchtime, subsidised gym passes, etc. There have always been limitations to the effectiveness of these types of isolated approaches to managing wellbeing, however, given the current situation with a significant proportion of people now working remotely, these types of initiatives have little impact. If your wellbeing strategy was organised along these lines then it is time to ...
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Student Mental Health

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  The 'Institute of Public Policy' found  levels of mental illness, mental distress and low wellbeing to be higher amongst students than they are in the general population. In addition, the number of students who "have disclosed a mental health condition to their university has increased dramatically in the past 10 years".  Poor mental health/low wellbeing can have an impact on student's academic performance and in some cases, can lead to students not continuing with their studies and in...
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AVOID RECRUITING PEOPLE WHO GO OFF WITH STRESS

Posted on by Sharon De Mascia
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A large public sector client recently asked me if I could design a training programme to help them avoid recruiting people who go off with stress. What Was the Problem with This Request? There are various reasons as to why individuals may fail to perform well in a job and one of those reasons concerns psychological risk e.g. an individual’s ability to cope with pressure.  We know that stress has an impact on our performance but we also know that stress is a state not a trait, which means that ...
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