Why work-related stress is getting critical. And what to do about it
January 4, 2021
Work-related stress is on the increase, but how do you strike a balance between prevention and paternalism? In this 'how to' style piece, Carl Laidler, Director of Wellbeing at Health Shield, focuses on how OH, Risk and HR can better work together. Read More
Supporting yourself and your team during coronavirus
December 4, 2020
Dane Krambergar, Head of Workplace Wellbeing Services at mental health charity Mind, explores how employers can address mental health and wellbeing in the workplace as many of us continue to work remotely and how e-learning can benefit you further. Read More
Stress Awareness Day: 10 tips for working from home
November 4, 2020
As England heads into a second national lockdown, ISMA’s Carole Spiers provides some helpful guidance for working at home during this stressful time. Read More
5 tips to avoid burnout out whilst working from home
September 25, 2020
As the government announces its latest set of guidance encouraging workers back home and away from the office, staff burnout has become a very real prospect and one in which employers are now keen to avoid during their transition to a remote working model. Read More
‘Watch out for burnout!’, ex-Olympian Rebecca Adlington draws parallels between business and elite sport
September 1, 2020
Former swimmer and double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington OBE compares burnout in the workplace to the experience of elite athletes. Read More
What makes us susceptible to burnout?
August 27, 2020
In episode 2 of the Safety & Health Podcast, 'Burnout, stress and being human', Heather Beach is joined by Stacy Thomson to discuss burnout, perfectionism and how to deal with burnout as an individual, as management and as an organisation. Read More
Updating your wellbeing business case for 2020
March 4, 2020
Heather Beach looks at two reports, published to support your business case for organisational wellbeing – one from Deloitte and one from Robertson Cooper. Read More
Burnout, stress and being human
November 29, 2019
In May 2019, the World Health Organization announced that in the ICD11 (international classification of mental illnesses) there would be a new category of “burnout” as an occupational phenomenon – not a medical condition. Heather Beach discusses... Read More
Is staff fatigue your biggest health and safety risk?
September 29, 2016
Jade Tolley, senior content editor at Safeaid explores fatigue; how it affects us all differently and the serious implications it Read More