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Support your team to make a great start to the work year

Settling back into work immediately after returning from holiday is a process that can be challenging for many of us – the return-to-work blues are real! In this article, our team at Umbrella shares practical strategies to help your team members become re-engaged with work tasks and get the [...]

2022-03-11T16:51:02+13:00January 19th, 2022|

Moving towards flourishing — no matter your pandemic mental state

For many, the pandemic has taken mental health out of the four walls of the psychologist’s office and brought it into the everyday – into dinner table conversations and workplace video-calls. We are more comfortable asking each other how we are, and more comfortable answering honestly when we respond ourselves.  [...]

2021-12-09T15:00:59+13:00December 9th, 2021|

Four thousand weeks: Time and how to use it by Oliver Burkeman

Feeling short on time?  Before you do anything else, read this book.   Many of you will know Oliver Burkeman from his weekly Guardian column. In particular, his last one where this piece of advice ranked first: There will always be too much to do – and this realisation [...]

2021-12-10T16:09:42+13:00November 15th, 2021|

Law and psychology: recommendations for remote working

Remote working has become the new normal in many industries across the world. Organisational leaders have the technological capability to support teams efficiently from afar and people enjoy the opportunity for increased flexibility and autonomy. In this article, we provide six practical considerations for employers who want to get [...]

2021-10-29T10:40:17+13:00October 26th, 2021|