Employer of the Year award reader vote: Health@Work
As Health@Work trains some employees in neuro?linguistic programming and cognitive behavioural therapy, it believes it is worth of Employer of the Year.
Tag: Stress
Job satisfaction: A staff happiness breakdown by industry, country and company size
A study of professionals globally has revealed that job satisfaction varies largely, depending on the sector, country and company size in which employees work.
Fitness increases your ability to cope with a high-paced work environment
By Andrew Low
Over one third of adults globally are classified as overweight or obese but this figure rises in more affluent countries, reaching 58 per cent in Europe and 70 per cent in the US!
Tried and tested measures to prevent business burnout
By admin
Being a business owner, chances are you never really stop thinking about your bottom line, customers, staff or your next strategy. It’s understandable; this business is part of you after all and we’re betting you’re really passionate about it.
Mental health is biggest threat to staff so help do something about it
It’s been suggested that UK companies are less competitive due to a culture of silence around mental health in the workplace – and the time is now for business leaders to show the way in encouraging conversation around the issue.
Ignoring staff efforts will unlikely boost your firms productivity level
“The culture of presenteeism is going to kill British workers” – that’s an actual title from an article in The Guardian outlining how working longer hours definitely doesn’t make us more productive. Now it seems staff feel their extra efforts have been in vain.
Do you live to work or work to live
By Andrew Low
Eight hours a day (if you’re lucky); five days a week (if you’re lucky); with eight bank holidays and four weeks’ annual leave makes 233 working days a year. Assuming a 40-year career that’s around 9,000 days or 30 per cent of your lifetime – more or less.
David Cameron’s push for Brexit could end up creating “burnout Britain”
The British workforce already has a penchant for working late hours, but research has suggested that a Brexit could make things far worse.
Enjoy the journey: Entrepreneurs need balanced lives for businesses to truly succeed
By Julian Hall
Until recently, the words “balanced” and “entrepreneur” were rarely found in the same sentence. However, equilibrium is indeed required for business success and enjoyment on the road to get there – just ask Richard Branson.
Why SMEs should think of todays employees as consumers
You’re paying your staff, so they should be satisfied with that, right Wrong. Real Business has discovered that today’s employees should absolutely be viewed by bosses as consumers if they truly want to make their businesses successful hubs of productivity.