Vaping in the work place – developing policy guidance
Develop effective e-cigarette policies for your workplace. With over two million regular users in England and growing adoption as a smoking cessation tool, most UK businesses lack clear vaping guidelines. This guidance helps organizations create balanced policies considering employee health and the relative risks of e-cigarettes versus tobacco.
Five myths about personality profiling
Personality profiling measures core traits that remain consistent throughout adulthood, though behavior can adapt in specific situations. Common myths suggest personality changes with mood, some types are “better,” and cross-cultural comparisons are impossible—all are false when proper testing methodology is used.
Boris Johnson ‘committed’ to helping his staff manage stress
London mayor Boris Johnson’s office is providing free wellbeing resources to staff, including mindfulness podcasts and health advice, through City Hall’s intranet portal to help employees manage stress and maintain work-life balance.
Wellness and personal performance made easy: Part 3
Learn practical strategies to improve health and performance, including managing technology use before bed, optimizing your sleep environment, eating sleep-promoting foods, and using lists to support wellness goals.
Health and safety: Why HR managers need to think like marketers to win over colleagues
HR managers can boost health and safety adoption by adopting marketing strategies to segment audiences and tailor messages to colleagues’ specific needs and motivations, rather than relying solely on compliance messaging.
Wellness and personal performance made easy: Part 2
Discover practical lifestyle changes that boost energy and productivity, including sleep preparation rituals, closing out unfinished business before bed, setting clear healthy eating objectives, and creating consistent meal timing habits to maintain focus and performance throughout your day.
Wellness and personal performance made easy: Part 1
Discover practical strategies to improve your wellness across sleep, fitness, and nutrition. This first part of a three-part series reveals easy-to-implement tips for better rest, energy levels, and balanced living that enhance overall personal performance and well-being.
Flexible working changes – a smorgasbord of opinions on right to request
From today, 20 million UK workers have the statutory right to request flexible working. While business benefits include improved staff relationships and productivity gains, success depends on line manager attitudes and organizational culture rather than legislation alone.
Leading the way: Tackling stress from the top
Business leaders must tackle stress openly and lead by example to create a workplace where mental health support is normalized. With managing directors experiencing the highest stress levels, leaders who prioritize work-life balance and mental wellness can help employees seek help earlier and reduce organizational impact.
Men’s Health Week: better sleep is four simple steps away
During Men’s Health Week, learn four simple steps to better sleep: establish a consistent bedtime routine, make lifestyle choices that support rest, eat regularly throughout the day, and exercise to manage stress levels. Prioritizing quality sleep improves focus, mood, and overall performance.
Men’s Health Week 2014 – Is there a role for business to tackle men’s mental health?
Men are less likely than women to monitor their health or seek help, leading to more serious health outcomes and increased costs for businesses through sickness absence and presenteeism. During Men’s Health Week, this article explores why men hesitate to address mental health issues and what role businesses can play in creating supportive workplace environments.
Employee wellbeing: supporting personal issues at work
Organizations can better support employees facing personal challenges like relationship issues, debt, or bereavement by training managers to recognize signs of struggle and offer flexible support. An Employee Assistance Programme combined with manager awareness workshops helps prevent personal problems from escalating into sick leave or performance issues.
Why do women take more sick leave than men – and what can we do about it?
Women take 63% more sick leave instances than men annually, according to recent studies. Research suggests this gap may stem from occupational stress combined with lack of workplace control, rather than caregiving alone, with women concentrated in lower-authority roles offering less autonomy.
How can I cope better with setbacks?
Resilience is the ability to adapt well during adversity and can be strengthened through practice. While some capacity for handling stress is inherited, research shows you can build resilience through strategies like emotional regulation, reappraisal, and mindfulness meditation.
Personality profiling – a pigeon hole in disguise
Personality profiling tools are widely used in learning and development, but they carry risks when misused. Without proper guidance, these assessments can become self-fulfilling prophecies, encourage inaccurate responses, or cause lasting harm if feedback isn’t handled sensitively by trained professionals.
The HR of today v the HR of tomorrow
Human Resources must evolve beyond internal operations to support entire businesses through corporate communications, sales strategies, and customer service. Modern HR should align with industry changes and organizational goals while learning from business practices across departments and cultures.
Corporate psychopaths and mental health
Corporate psychopaths lack empathy due to brain connectivity issues, leading to self-oriented, egocentric behavior that creates toxic workplace environments. Their frequent bullying and disregard for others’ rights significantly harm employee mental health and organizational well-being.
How to make Happy Hour from 9-5
HR’s ultimate role extends beyond benefits and processes to creating a happy workplace, which boosts productivity, reduces absenteeism, and increases profitability. Employee happiness depends on meaningful work and strong relationships rather than raises or perks, requiring HR to integrate happiness into hiring, training, and management decisions.
Stress is helpful – but if you think it’s not, it’ll mess with your head
Research shows stress can enhance performance up to an optimal level—but excessive stress harms productivity and wellbeing. The key is finding the “flow” state where challenge matches your abilities, rather than eliminating stress entirely.
Which jobs make you happy?
Cabinet Office research reveals which jobs are most likely to make people happy, with clergy, chief executives, and agricultural proprietors ranking highest, while publicans, construction workers, and debt collectors report the lowest job satisfaction levels.
