We spend over a third of our lives at work, and what happens at work profoundly affects both our physical and mental wellbeing. Increasing amounts of evidence show that work-related factors, ranging anywhere from high workloads to poor recognition and reward, can contribute to mental harm in workers. What [...]
Monitoring and mitigating psychosocial risks are business fundamentals. Of the key psychosocial hazards that businesses are required to manage, workload usually tops the list. Responses from over 17,000 working New Zealanders who have completed our Umbrella Wellbeing Assessment show that workload is the most common work stressor – over [...]
47 seconds. We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention to something else. It then takes, on average, around 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. Constantly switching between tasks, whether it’s during work or our leisure [...]
We’ve all witnessed someone miss the mark on a joke. A well-meaning, but too cutting, remark about someone or something that lands all wrong. We’ve all hopefully witnessed the opposite, too, when a joke lands just right, creating an environment where good-natured banter is thriving. Sometimes, the difference is obvious. [...]