Thinking2024-07-02T16:39:14+12:00

Thinking

We pride ourselves on providing our clients with new knowledge from research. We use our articles, media coverage and newsletters to lead the wellbeing conversation in New Zealand.

Burnout is more than disengagement

http://www.hrdive.com/news/study-burnout-is-a-major-threat-to-employee-engagement/433822/ While this headline is accurate, and it’s good to see burnout recognised as a serious workplace concern, it feels important to acknowledge that burnout is so much more than a threat to employee [...]

April 3rd, 2017|

Let’s start making sense of our emotions

How many emotional responses have you noticed so far today? Gratitude and love saying good bye to your family as you leave for work, or frustration as you are stuck in wet weather traffic?  [...]

March 30th, 2017|

Reducing digital overload

Commentary around the perils of technology has never been stronger.  Harvard Business Review has described this overload as possibly “the defining problem of today's workplace”: All day and night, on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, [...]

March 27th, 2017|

Happiness and meaning in life

Is one of your goals in life to be happy? What does a happy life look like to you? If I shared with you what I believed to be a happy life for myself, would [...]

March 27th, 2017|

Transitioning to Hot Desking

As part of a drive to increase efficiency and productivity more and more organisations are transitioning to hot desking or “hotelling” (reserve a space/desk for a certain period of time). The common experience is finding [...]

March 6th, 2017|

Put it into practice

Umbrella can help your organisation put the theory into practice and improve workplace health and wellbeing.  Whether you are looking for workplace mental health or resilience training, coaching, consulting, psychological services or an in-depth wellness assessment and wellbeing program, we can help.  Find out more about what we do.