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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.
Research we like – Positive mental health at work
We support organisations that are implementing strategies to reduce mental illness at work and to support employees who suffer from mental ill-health. In our view, however, such initiatives are simply the starting point. Rather than [...]
Building resilient teams – sustaining resilience over time. Part 3 of 3
How do organisations best provide targeted training, appropriate nudges and effective frameworks to strengthen resilience in teams? And ensure that resilience habits and skills are integrated into business-as-usual activities? In part 1 of this series, [...]
Manage energy not time
The idea of managing energy rather than time isn’t a new one. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz highlighted the importance of energy management in their seminal paper, “The Making of a Corporate Athlete”. More recently [...]
Building resilient teams – strong scaffolding. Part 2 of 3
How do organisations best provide targeted training, appropriate nudges and effective frameworks to strengthen resilience in teams? And ensure that resilience habits and skills are integrated into business-as-usual activities? Last month we highlighted the importance [...]
Recharge your resilience batteries
Our southern hemisphere tradition of time off work, school and other commitments are ideal for providing us with a block of time to recharge. It can also be a busy time in different ways – [...]
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