| 03 March 2011
If you happen to come face to face with a tiger in the wild...should you run straight away? ...No. That reaction would just confirm that you are the prey and prompt the tiger to attack.
If you happened to come across a work colleague who made some rude, bitchy or intimidating comments to you, what should you do?...Get angry and upset or sulk and run away?...No. That reaction would just confirm that you are the prey and prompt that colleague to continue these attacks in the future...
| 02 March 2011
When a business talks about business sustainability policies and practices they are typically referring to their environmentally-friendly practices. I have long argued that humans are also part of the environment. Businesses should be human-friendly as well as environmentally friendly...
| 28 April 2010
For me, one of the most important ingredients to a successful career is the skill to enjoy your work. Yes, that’s right, I believe that enjoying work is a skill that can be learnt as opposed a natural gift or inherent part of the character. This gives hope to those like Adam, who find their workplace as a place to feel ostracized...
| 28 April 2010
Sustainability seems to be a real buzz word at the moment. Businesses are seeing the benefits of wiser, more energy-efficient use of our resources combined with recycling and other greener initiatives. But business is yet to really apply this sustainability concept to its most valuable resource...its workforce...
| 07 January 2010
For many years businesses have long considered employee health and wellbeing to be the responsibility of the individual. Although people are responsible for their own health, corporations have only recently come to terms with the impact health has on the company's bottom line. They are realizing that their company's health is influenced by their employees' health.
Smart companies are now starting workplace wellness programs to help workers stay healthy and productive in an effort to lower health-care costs and employee absenteeism. A recent survey of hundreds of U.S. companies found that 41 percent had already launched a health-related strategy... and the results are paying off.
Statistics on bigger companies indicate that the savings can be almost $5 for every dollar spent on making workers healthier. And while larger businesses can afford more formalized health and wellness programs in the workplace, even smaller companies are can get in on the act...
| 28 December 2009
Why do we waste so much time, effort and money trying to find a way to outdo and outsmart Mother Nature? Despite all the marvelous technological and medical achievements that have helped make our lives more comfortable it is easy for us to be seduced into thinking that technology has the answer to everything.
Some more progressive scientists at the University of Washington have reaffirmed rather than looking for some pill or potion to makes us relaxed, it is better to look to nature for a solution. Well according to their research we should be looking AT nature...
| 22 December 2009
How much more enjoyable would your work be if everyone was really motivated? How much more productive and profitable would it be for the company and its workers if everyone was motivated to do their best? Companies spend lots of time and expense recruiting outside speakers and consultants to motivate their workforce. Learn about a low-key and more low cost approach that ensures long-term motivation...
| 02 November 2009
I have read numerous articles about trying to stop workplace bullying, intimidation or aggression and they are all focussed on changing the attitudes of the aggressor. What about the attitudes and behaviour of the victims?Is their inaction or tolerance of certain behaviours at work actually training others to treat them in a poor way? Wouldn't addressing victims behaviour be more effective in stopping workplace bullying?...
| 01 July 2009
Whatever industry you are in it is important to realize that workplace health and safety doesn't end at work. Your home environment, your relationships, your nutrition, your exercise, your rest, your social life and enjoyment all play a massive role in your health and in your performance and productivity at work...
| 01 July 2009
Corporate wellness programs … Do they really improve employees health or are they just an attempt to be seen to be doing the right thing by their workers?
| 01 July 2009
There is a growing demand amongst workers to have greater flexibility in their working arrangements to facilitate a better work life balance. In fact, some people aren’t even interested in having a work life balance. They would be happy enough just having a life outside of their work.
I regularly hear gripes from frustrated workers about the lack of flexibility in the workplace in regard to working hours. In many cases, the frustration has been building towards an animosity and resentment towards the management. So what can YOU do to increase the flexibility of hours at your work?...
| 01 July 2009
With business owners and heads of corporate departments looking at ways of tightening their budgets to cope with the global financial crisis, a new corporate challenge is starting to emerge. That new challenge is how to contain the potential increasing cost of health challenges due to the increasing levels of stress in the corporate world.
So how can corporate departments and business owners address the impending health issues during a time when most businesses are considering cutting back on various corporate training or corporate health programs?
You may be surprised that the answer lies outside the realm of most corporate training or stress management programs. If you manage a small or large team in the corporate arena you can significantly improve your team’s health and wellbeing without getting them to change anything. New research suggests that you can boost the health of your team by simply being a good leader...
| 01 July 2009
So many companies make the mistake of trying to make the claim of "great customer service" as their unique point of difference yet they don’t even deliver the basic service of doing what they say. Simply keeping your word with your customers when you have an appointment or deliver will help alleviate a lot of the stress and antagonism from customers and will certainly help to retain customers.But what do you do when you are unable to honour your committments to your customer?....
| 01 July 2009
As we go about our day interacting with other flawed and emotional human beings it is inevitable that we will come across conflicts and disagreement from time to time. Is doesn't matter if the disagreement is with a spouse, friend or customer. If not quickly resolved, it has the capacity to generate great stress which can impact our health, family and productivity at work...
