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Dealing with the overwhelm – what’s your style?

How often do you feel overwhelmed? At work? In life? Would it be most days? Every day? All the time?!? How do you respond when you feel overwhelmed? Do you speed up and try to do everything faster? Do you ask for help or let someone know you are feeling [...]

2020-02-24T14:00:56+13:00October 31st, 2017|

58 days…

As the annual leave form gets submitted, and there is an increase in TV ads promoting children’s games, it is easy to get caught up with thoughts and planning about Christmas, our holiday, the finances, and the general feeling that yet another year is over. I realised that in the [...]

2020-02-24T14:01:17+13:00October 31st, 2017|

Let’s integrate wellbeing and engagement

Last month, we wrote about the importance of organisations focusing on both engagement and wellbeing to enhance productivity: http://umbrella.org.nz/wellbeing-and-engagement-both-enhance-productivity/ We suggested that: more emphasis needs to be placed on wellbeing as a stronger contributing factor to optimal engagement and performance a more strategic approach is needed, where organisations co-ordinate the [...]

2020-02-24T14:30:22+13:00October 3rd, 2017|

Managing hazards from mental ill-health

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015), employers are well aware that they are required to take all practicable steps to prevent harm occurring to employees. The Act requires employers to adopt a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and controlling hazards at work. Since impairment can arise from [...]

2017-10-03T12:00:13+13:00October 3rd, 2017|