I stumbled across a really interesting Harvard Business Review article the other day about burnout. The premise was that maybe we think about burnout, stress and metal health in the workplace backwards. To quote: According to the foremost expert on burnout, Christina Maslach, social psychologist and professor emerita of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, we are…
Hannah’s advice for the Holiday season when it comes to networking is right on. Reach Out The holidays are the perfect excuse to reach out to people and wish them well. Take extra time and effort to add a note with your holiday greeting cards to update people. Stay positive and be specific. …
Unfortunately, too many people will read something like this and put in a new foosball table. That’s not what makes work fun! A regression analysis suggests that a perceived lack of fun is the second-most important driver of turnover intentions, after number 1, lack of career opportunities. Moreover, the fun factor is the: most…
This is probably not something we think about often, but they’re finding it in Australia, and even thinking it could be a problem. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, our new research suggests there’s now an additional task to do in our families and friendships. We need to work harder than before to get…
Hmm, this seems a bit too familiar. Doesn’t it? Dave’s organisation has a wellbeing policy. They are on it. They have Mental Health Champions, an Employee Assistance Programme and a whole section on the intranet about ‘sleep hygiene’, healthy eating, the office choir and cycling to work. But is it all just window dressing? Are…
The Dumb Little Man website took this nice little nugget and tried to explain why: “According to a Mercer study, a whopping one-third of all the new employees plan on just quitting their job in the next 12 months. “ This is a pretty drastic change in workplace culture. As you look around at your…