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Being stressed at work is not a mental illness; it’s part of life

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Are we creating unhelpful links to phrases like ‘workplace stress’ and ‘anxiety’ and, in doing so, amplifying normal levels of human experiences to the point where people start to associate them with mental illness? How do we know when worry and anxiety are serious enough to stop us from working? Research suggests it’s younger people in particular who are most likely...

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Loving leadership? Or are you overworked and out of your depth?

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Let’s be honest: even if you love being a leader the majority of the time, there’ll be tricky weeks, days or moments. That’s the nature of leadership, right? My background is in education, and over seventeen years, I went from class teacher to head teacher - quite the journey, I can tell you! As a new head, I had to oversee...

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Is your job safe? Not according to waxy-faced Elon Musk

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Mix yourself a Negroni, put your feet up, grab a copy of Closer magazine. It’s Monday morning and there’s absolutely nothing to do because the robots have taken over.  Who says? That waxy-faced billionaire soothsayer Elon Musk, that’s who, so it must be true. Elon revealed his dystopian prediction that artificial intelligence will eventually make paid work redundant during a Q&A...

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Winter wellbeing - get yours with a daily dose of happiness

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Dark winter nights are drawing in, and end-of-year fatigue might be cropping up for you and your team. The change in seasons can have a negative impact on winter wellbeing, especially if you are one of the 2 million UK people who struggle with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). If this sounds like you, then read on to find out about one...

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Is it a good idea for leaders to facilitate friendships in the workplace with team building days?

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Gallup research states that having a “best friend at work” is closely associated with positive factors such as greater employee engagement, higher retention and better safety records, now call me cynical but surely that’s straight from the University of No Sh&t, Sherlock aka common sensicles. Friends are good for you. They are why Ross, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe and Chandler remained in...

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Baking the blues away! Small, practical things that can make a big difference to your mental health

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There are very few things in life that cake can’t help with. You may think this is quite a broad statement, but I stand by it. It’s not just the eating of it, though. There are various enjoyable stages: planning which cake you’d like to bake or eat, exploring new ingredients, the baking process and then… the best bit. Nope, not...

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Learning trends in 2023 - creating a great learning experience for people and teams

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Working and learning patterns have changed since the pandemic, but you don’t need us to tell you that. Working patterns were turned on their heads, and those changes are now permanent. Since then, organisations have had to evolve and adapt their L&D functions accordingly. We spoke to senior learning and development (L&D) leaders in various organisations and asked for their opinions...

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The P word - what is the real meaning of privilege?

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I was speaking to a Canadian relative recently who has the pleasure of working from anywhere in the world, so she normally chooses countries in the Caribbean, South America or Africa. She’d rather be in the sunshine despite her deep love of poutine. This is one of Canada’s national dishes and is made up of chips drenched in gravy and cheese...

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Creating Comfort: Promoting psychological safety through personality profiling

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Have you ever done one of those personality profile tests where you’re given a colour? And no, I don’t mean one of those quizzes to find out which house you’d be in at Hogwarts. What I’m talking about is where some magic monkeys, also not at Hogwarts, perfectly sum up my personality and communication style based on the 25 questions I...

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