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- [GUEST ARTICLE: What Thriving Lawyers Can Teach the Legal Industry About Burnout](https://www.bewellwise.com/what-thriving-lawyers-can-teach-legal-industry-about-burnout/) - The legal profession has become fluent in the language of burnout. Scan a few recent headlines and the picture is familiar: poor mental health, relentless hours and a generation of lawyers questioning whether the bargain still makes sense. Recent data suggests the scale: nearly 60% of people working in the legal sector reported poor mental
- [Why Workplace Wellbeing Has Become So Confusing (And Why That's Actually a Good Thing)](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-confusing-positive/) - Workplace wellbeing has become a surprisingly confusing space. Not because organisations care less than they used to. Quite the opposite. Over the last twenty years we've seen an explosion of interest in employee wellbeing, engagement, culture, employee experience, psychological safety, leadership development, mental health, human sustainability, and more recently, psychosocial risk. All of these conversations
- [Maybe Work-Life Balance Was Never the Goal](https://www.bewellwise.com/maybe-work-life-balance-was-never-the-goal/) - Every July, as people head off on holiday, the conversation about work-life balance reappears. Leaders are encouraged to switch off. Employees are reminded to take annual leave. We collectively acknowledge that rest matters. And whilst I agree with all of that, I've increasingly found myself wondering whether we've been aiming for the wrong thing altogether.
- [Psychosocial Risk Is Becoming What Safety Became 30 Years Ago](https://www.bewellwise.com/psychosocial-risk-becoming-safety/) - When Safety Was Seen as “Just Compliance” There was a time when workplace safety was viewed by many organisations as little more than a compliance obligation. A necessary cost. A regulatory requirement. A box to tick. Today, that mindset would seem outdated in most high-performing organisations. Strong safety cultures are now widely associated with operational
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Beyond Burnout: How Adaptive Leaders Build Thriving Cultures in Times of Uncertainty](https://www.bewellwise.com/beyond-burnout-adaptive-leaders-thriving-cultures/) - In the modern corporate landscape, we often treat "uncertainty" as a temporary hurdle. We wait for the "fog to lift" to return to business as usual. However, as the Age of Acceleration intensifies, uncertainty is the new baseline. In this environment, traditional, rigid management structures are failing. The future belongs to Adaptive Leadership. From
- [Why Fragmented People Strategies Are Becoming a Business Risk](https://www.bewellwise.com/fragmented-strategies-business-risk/) - For years, organisations have treated wellbeing, employee engagement, learning and development, health and safety, governance, and organisational strategy as largely separate conversations. Whilst each serves an important purpose, people do not experience work in separate categories. Workload, leadership behaviour, communication quality, role clarity, management capability, culture, organisational change, autonomy, and strategic pressure all interact to
- [The Hidden Performance Tax Inside Modern Organisations](https://www.bewellwise.com/hidden-performance-tax-inside-modern-organisations/) - The Cost Most Organisations Cannot See Most organisations spend enormous amounts of time trying to improve productivity, innovation, retention, agility, and execution. Yet many unknowingly tolerate workplace conditions that quietly erode all five. Not through a lack of strategy. Not through a lack of talent. Not because of a lack of care. But through the
- [Why the Growing Frustration with Employee Engagement Surveys Is Actually a Good Thing](https://www.bewellwise.com/employee-engagement-survey-frustration/) - Employee engagement surveys once felt like a major step forward. They gave organisations a way to listen to employees, benchmark culture, and signal that people mattered. But increasingly, in conversations with HR managers and people leaders, a quieter frustration is emerging. Not outright rejection, but growing concern that many engagement systems no longer reflect the
- [Workplace Stress Has Become A Legal Risk – How to prepare for increasing enforcement across the UK and Europe](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-stress-legal-risk-enforcement/) - For years, many organisations treated stress, burnout, and workplace culture as “soft” people issues. Important, yes. But often secondary to operational performance, compliance, or commercial priorities. That era is ending. Across the UK, Europe, and Australia, regulators are increasingly treating psychosocial risks as core health and safety obligations, carrying the same legal weight as physical
- [Reactive or Proactive? The Leadership Choice That Shapes Human Sustainability](https://www.bewellwise.com/reactive-proactive-leadership-human-sustainability/) - The evidence is no longer difficult to find. Across sectors, geographies, and workforce types, the same patterns keep surfacing. Burnout remains high. Mental health-related absence continues to rise. Engagement is under pressure. Retention is harder. Managers are stretched. Teams are carrying sustained workload strain for longer than is healthy or productive. None of this feels
- [If You Can’t See It, You Can’t Fix It: The Measurement Gap in People Risk](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-measurement-gap-people-risl/) - Most organisations are trying to improve wellbeing, culture, engagement, and performance with good intentions. They are running surveys, tracking absence, monitoring attrition, reviewing engagement scores, and gathering feedback through pulse checks or manager conversations. On paper, there is no shortage of data. The challenge is that much of this information only captures fragments of the
- [Why Progress on Human Sustainability and Wellbeing Stalls](https://www.bewellwise.com/why-progress-on-human-sustainability-and-wellbeing-stalls/) - There is no shortage of effort when it comes to wellbeing, culture, and employee experience. Organisations are investing more time, more money, and more attention than ever before. New initiatives are launched, policies are written, programmes are rolled out, and leadership conversations are happening at a level that simply did not exist a decade ago.
- [GUEST ARTICLE: How Movement Can Support Us in Times of Tension and Trauma](https://www.bewellwise.com/guest-article-movement-support-tension-trauma/) - When I was first invited to contribute to the WiseTalk newsletter series for World Movement Day, I had a very different article in mind. That was before the recent conflict. Since the unexpected unrest across the UAE, many people have been pushed into a heightened nervous system state that, even now, is still slowly “thawing.”
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Is AI Limiting Your Leadership Potential and Ability to Flourish?](https://www.bewellwise.com/guest-article-is-ai-limiting-your-leadership-potential-and-ability-to-flourish/) - I’m going to start with a confession. Recently I had a client meeting and turned on AI Companion. The notes that followed were clear, well-structured, with actions listed and themes summarised. Yet something important was missing. The meeting was intense, emotional, railing like a rollercoaster, with highs and lows. It was in-depth and heartfelt, challenging
- [The Manager Extinction Curve](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-manager-extinction-curve/) - There is a quiet assumption running through many conversations about AI, that as automation increases, the need for management will reduce. Fewer layers, flatter structures, more efficiency. On paper, it makes sense. In practice, something very different is happening. Managers are not disappearing. They are being compressed. Every major technological shift redistributes work. Tasks move,
- [The Organisational Half-Life Problem](https://www.bewellwise.com/organisational-half-life-problem/) - Decay is happening faster than you think In physics, half-life refers to the time it takes for something to decay by half. It is predictable, measurable, and inevitable. Organisations have their own version of this, not in a literal sense, but in how quickly the things that matter most begin to erode. Trust, alignment, capability,
- [Human Energy Is Becoming the Next Economic Constraint](https://www.bewellwise.com/human-energy-economic-contraint/) - For most of modern business history, growth has been constrained by capital, technology, or access to markets. Today, something else is emerging as the limiting factor. Human energy. Not time. Not headcount. Energy. The capacity of individuals and teams to think clearly, make sound decisions, collaborate effectively, and sustain performance over time. And in many
- [If Q1 Was the Warning, Q2 Is the Window To Act.](https://www.bewellwise.com/q1-warning-ai-human-sustainability/) - There’s a particular kind of clarity that arrives at the end of March. The strategy decks are done. The “fresh start” energy has worn off. The year has begun to show its shape. You can already see where pressure is accumulating, where trust is thinning, where capability is holding, and where it is quietly starting
- [Creating the Conditions for People to Thrive and Perform](https://www.bewellwise.com/thrive-and-perform/) - Alright, alright, don’t all roll your eyes and yawn at once! Even we here at WellWise were a little bit unsure how this one would go, but it turned out, surprisingly, to be one of our favourite episodes yet. Why? Because it tackled why we all yawn, eye roll, and disengage
- [Creating the Conditions for People to Thrive and Perform](https://www.bewellwise.com/conditions-for-people-to-thrive-and-perform/) - Bobbi Hartshorne, founder and CEO of Wellwise, talks with Mark Tweedie and Stuart Munro, co-hosts of the Mastering Leadership Podcast: The Psychology Behind Business Performance Podcast.Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on Spotify.Bobbi discusses her journey into workplace psychosocial risk and wellbeing, emphasizing the importance of human sustainability in organisations.Bobbi critiques traditional leadership responses to modern
- [WellWise appoints senior leadership team](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellwise-appoints-senior-leadership-team/) - 4th February 2021, London (UK), Dubai (UAE). Following a successful seed fundraising round in late 2020, WellWise have announced an impressive and experienced senior leadership team including Tim Daplyn (Chief Executive), Bobbi Hartshorne (Chief Wellbeing Officer) and Sarah Ead (Director of Insight). Tim Daplyn (CEO) is a technologist and business strategist with a strong track
- [WellWise and Research by Design form strategic partnership](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellwise-and-research-by-design-form-strategic-partnership/) - 23rd February 2021, London (UK), Dubai (UAE). WellWise and Research by Design (RbD) are delighted to announce a strategic partnership that will significantly accelerate the speed of development of global workplace wellbeing benchmarks across key professions including accountancy, finance, medical, healthcare, consulting, teaching, law, engineering and others. WellWise Chief Executive, Tim Daplyn, commented "This is
- [Wellbeing vs Wellness and why it matters](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellbeing-vs-wellness-and-why-it-matters/) - Wellness and Wellbeing are not the same thing At WellWise we often see and hear the terms ‘wellness’ and ‘wellbeing’ being used interchangeably in casual conversation, in news articles and even in some professional literature. However, there is a subtle distinction that we think is important to understand for those working in this space. While
- [The importance of management](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-importance-of-management/) - Amongst the many things we’ve all learnt in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the important role that middle managers play in overall workplace wellbeing and the ‘squeeze’ that this group faces in terms of managing the wellbeing of their teams and themselves, while simultaneously trying to ensure that deadlines and targets are met.
- [E-book: Workplace Wellbeing - How We Got Here](https://www.bewellwise.com/e-book/) - #1. Introduction to the series
- [Let's NOT do the Time Warp again](https://www.bewellwise.com/lets-not-do-the-time-warp-again/) - Rethinking the value of time to our organizations Of all the factors that influence the performance and health of organizations and employees alike, our use of time is both the most holistically impactful and the most frequently overlooked. In this article, I will present my perspective on how our relationship between the concepts of time
- [Our obsession with employee resilience is misguided and risky](https://www.bewellwise.com/our-obsession-with-employee-resilience-is-misguided-and-risky/) - As a result of the rise in complexity and frequency of change and challenge battering our organizations over the past ten-years, the issue of employee and organizational resilience is under the spotlight like never before. What became abundantly clear in 2020, is that resilient organizations would weather the storm and emerge from the pandemic in
- [Whitepaper calls for a radical rethink of workplace wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/whitepaper-calls-for-a-radical-rethink-of-workplace-wellbeing/) - 14th June 2021, London (UK), Dubai (UAE). Despite increased investment and understanding, workplace wellbeing efforts are failing to deliver on their promises Both wellbeing and productivity are top of the leadership agenda. WellWise found that for wellbeing to fuel productivity there needs to be a significant reframing of how it is embedded across an organization
- [Why Your CFO Should be Championing Your Workplace Wellbeing Strategy](https://www.bewellwise.com/why-your-cfo-should-be-championing-your-workplace-wellbeing-strategy/) - Who is responsible for workplace wellbeing in your organization? If you don’t have a Chief Wellbeing Officer (CWO), it might be, somewhat surprisingly, a role for your CFO. Bear with us! If your wellbeing strategy is not strategically integrated across your whole organization, what may be a well-intentioned initiative will struggle to drive measurable bottom-line
- [One Size Does Not Fit All](https://www.bewellwise.com/one-size-does-not-fit-all/) - Finance and accounting professionals face a range of unique challenges — monthly finance cycles and year-end reports, long hours, health issues due to a sedentary occupation, high-level thinking requirements, the pressure of making a high-cost mistake, and more that can negatively impact their wellbeing. The lifestyle of finance professionals such as bankers is also susceptible
- [Green & Health Places Podcast](https://www.bewellwise.com/green-health-places-podcast/) - WellWise Co-Founder and Chief Wellbeing Officer, Bobbi Hartshorne, makes a guest appearance on episode 28 of the Green & Healthy Places podcast to talk about the origins of WellWise and our unique data-driven approach to improving workplace wellbeing. Listen below or follow this link to the view the full episode notes and subscribe.
- [Biophilic Office Design: Can money grow on trees?](https://www.bewellwise.com/biophilic-office-design-can-money-grow-on-trees/) - Going green to strike gold Being ‘green’ may not be as costly an endeavour as one first might think and is also one that generates high rewards. There is scientific consensus that sustainable work practices contribute to a healthier life and a healthier planet. Despite this, companies are consistently missing out on the multitude of
- [Why your workplace mental health solutions are not enough to yield long-term gains.](https://www.bewellwise.com/why-your-workplace-mental-health-solutions-are-not-enough-to-yield-long-term-gains/) - Mental health in the workplace, named by some as the ‘silent pandemic’, continues to be a hot topic, one that rose rapidly to the top of the agenda during the global COVID-19 pandemic. As we collectively adjusted to new ways of working, and navigated extreme uncertainty, employees began to report negative impacts on their mental
- [Whitepaper: Understanding workplace wellbeing 3.0; A strategically integrated approach](https://www.bewellwise.com/whitepaper-understanding-workplace-wellbeing-3-0-a-strategically-integrated-approach/) - In this groundbreaking whitepaper, we share the latest scientific and real world evidence revealing a new approach to workplace wellbeing. It highlights three core insights: Most current wellbeing efforts are underperforming Wellbeing must be seen as a strategic driver, not just a cost Real impact comes from supporting both employees and the wider organisation”In most
- [Can incentives increase engagement with workplace wellbeing programs?](https://www.bewellwise.com/can-incentives-increase-engagement-with-workplace-wellbeing-programs/) - One of the greatest challenges to implementing workplace wellbeing activities is enticing employees to participate.1 If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. Britain’s Healthiest Workplace 2021 Workplace Wellbeing survey found that just 22% of employees know about the wellbeing supports that were available to them and less than a third of those who are
- [The Well-Washing Trap](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-well-washing-trap/) - Regardless of its origin, well-washing is characterized by a lack of strategy, engagement, or measurement. It is often the result of assumptions and knee-jerk reactions as opposed to a careful consideration of reliable data.
- [WiseTalk Ep.1: 4240 Architecture](https://www.bewellwise.com/wisetalk-4240-architecture/) - In this video, Network Manager and WiseTalk host Lucy Cowper sits down with Michele Raftery and Matt Cecere of 4240 Architecture to discuss the relationship between design and wellbeing. The pair detail how architecture can simultaneously meet work and human needs, and how this has changed not just since Covid, but in modern times. They
- [Why do outdated workplace wellbeing approaches feel like catdog?](https://www.bewellwise.com/why-do-outdated-workplace-wellbeing-approaches-feel-like-catdog/) - Ok, ok I've given my age away with this one! For those who are not familiar with CatDog, it's a cartoon about a cat and a dog joined at the hip but often moving in opposite directions and working towards different goals. To all those members of the workplace wellbeing choir, I see you nodding
- [They didn't resign because there weren't enough yoga classes!](https://www.bewellwise.com/they-didnt-resign-because-there-werent-enough-yoga-classes/) - The great resignation has been attributed to many factors, but at the heart of all of them is wellbeing. People simply want a better quality of life, and they increasingly understand that isn't coming from a bigger pay check, longer hours at work, and placing their fate in the hands of a few people operating
- [What is a chief wellbeing officer and do you need one?](https://www.bewellwise.com/what-is-a-chief-wellbeing-officer-and-do-you-need-one/) - In recent years, we've seen a number of new roles added to the C-Suite. This evolution has largely been borne out of necessity. As the world grew more complex and niche, it simply wasn't possible for a classic C-Suite team to hold deep enough knowledge and expertise in a broad enough set of business areas.
- [How much of our investment in employees is lost? And what does cake have to do with it?](https://www.bewellwise.com/how-much-of-our-investment-in-employees-is-lost-and-what-does-cake-have-to-do-with-it/) - Depending on the sector your business operates in, you may spend between 40% to 80% of gross revenues on employee salaries and benefits combined. Salaries alone can account for 18% to 52% of your operating budget, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. At such a HUGE financial cost, to survive and be successful in our businesses,
- [Don't climb a tree to look for a fish: the risks of inexperienced wellbeing personnel are substantially higher than leaders realise.](https://www.bewellwise.com/dont-climb-a-tree-to-look-for-a-fish-the-risks-of-inexperienced-wellbeing-personnel-are-substantially-higher-than-leaders-realise/) - One of the biggest and most common mistakes organisations make when embarking on a fresh workplace wellbeing initiative is to put the wrong people at the helm. Many organisations enable wellbeing to become absorbed as a function within the HR team because they've made the incorrect assumption that the professionals looking after the people side
- [Teams in Workplace Wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/teams-in-workplace-wellbeing-podcast/) - In this episode with teams specialist Andy Fieldhouse from The Team Space, and Bobbi Hartshorne, Co-founder and Chief Wellbeing Officer of WellWise, the discussion centres around challenges, impacts and benefits of strong teams. Bobbi details the importance of high wellbeing for strong functioning teams, whilst Andy illustrates the impact it has at every
- [Teams in Workplace Wellbeing (Psychological Safety)](https://www.bewellwise.com/teams-in-workplace-wellbeing-psychological-safety/) - In this extra sound bite from Episode 1, our guests take a deep-dive into the topic of psychological safety and its necessity for strong teams and healthy organizations. Both Andy and Bobbi give their take on the role of psychological safety, as well as how leaders and employees can master it. The ability
- [Getting Started with a Strategy in Workplace Wellbeing (part 1)](https://www.bewellwise.com/getting-started-with-a-strategy-in-workplace-wellbeing-part-1/) - In this episode our guest Ciprian Arhire powerfully illustrates the fundamental importance of having a wellbeing strategy, and aligning your corporate culture to the right values. Hear about Ciprian’s role at CapGemini Invent and CIPD, as well as what he considers to be the core components of wellbeing strategies, while WellWise CWO Bobbi
- [Getting Started with a Strategy in Workplace Wellbeing (part 2)](https://www.bewellwise.com/strategy-in-workplace-wellbeing/) - In this second part of the episode 'Getting Started with a Strategy in Workplace Wellbeing', our conversation with Ciprian Arhire and Bobbi Hartshorne packs a punch on the right wellbeing investments, hyper-personalization of the employee experience and wellbeing strategy best practices. Ciprian's contacts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciprianarhire/ You can listen to the episode also on Apple
- [Personal Finance in Workplace Wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/personal-finance-in-workplace-wellbeing/) - In this episode with guest Carol Glynn we discuss personal finance in workplace wellbeing, especially why companies invest in empowering their employees, why Carol has chosen to work specifically with women and how financial wellbeing as a stress factor is not only weighting on employees, but consequently on companies too. Carol's contacts:www.instagram.com/consciousfinancecoachingwww.linkedin.com/in/carol-glynnwww.consciousfinancecoaching.comhttps://youtu.be/wxYajDrFhCg You
- [Could we be thinking about hybrid all wrong?](https://www.bewellwise.com/could-we-be-thinking-about-hybrid-all-wrong/) - The debate rages on for hybrid, to be or not to be...and why? Companies like Velocity Global are all in on remote, while Elon Musk would rather we were all in the 'darn' office! As we continue to navigate and adapt to these work models, the question seems to be should we or shouldn't we
- [Most modern workplace leadership is not leadership at all!](https://www.bewellwise.com/most-modern-workplace-leadership-is-not-leadership-at-all/) - If the only way we can get others to follow us is through commanding and controlling them, we are not leading, but managing. This creates a higher workload and greater stress for us, and disempowers and frustrates our team members. It also makes us a blocker not an enabler, because the team cannot operate without
- [Who is quitting and which industries are suffering most?](https://www.bewellwise.com/who-is-quitting-and-which-industries-are-suffering-most/) - In an article published on GO Banking Rates earlier this year provides a fascinating and useful insight into which industries are hardest hit by the current hiring and promotion, recruitment and retention challenges (reporting from the USA). Here's some highlights: We are simultaneously losing the wisdom and expertise of experienced seniors, as well as the
- [Family in Workplace Wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/family-in-workplace-wellbeing/) - In this episode, Bobbi and our guest Jasmine Navarro discuss what family wellbeing is, how family stressors affect employees in the workplace and how employers can contribute to support their employees. Jasmine's contacts Jasmine@withnava.comhttps://www.withnava.comhttps://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/the-foghorn-podcast/id1558179127?l=enhttps://www.instagram.com/withnava/Facebook group for parents: https://www.facebook.com/groups/happyteenshappyparenthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jasmine-navarro/Free guide for parents: https://jasminenavarro.kartra.com/page/Confident-teens You can listen to the episode also on Apple Podcasts (https://tinyurl.com/wellwise-podcast-apple) and Spotify
- [What is a tactical approach to workplace wellbeing and why is it high-risk?](https://www.bewellwise.com/what-is-a-tactical-approach-to-workplace-wellbeing-and-why-is-it-high-risk/) - A tactical approach seeks to tackle the problems. A strategic approach seeks to eliminate or reduce the cause. A tactical approach might plaster over some cracks, but more likely it will create a false sense of security because we see lots of 'good' activity taking place, when below the surface, those cracks to become gaping
- [The myth of controlling information in business](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-myth-of-controlling-information-in-business/) - One common feature of management over the past few centuries has been to control the flow of information amongst employees. The argument goes that giving too many people too much information is risky as it leads to mistakes, confusion, misinterpretation, lack of efficiency and so on. This control happens both vertically with a select
- [Workplace Wellbeing in the GCC](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-in-the-gcc/) - Bobbi and our guest Victoria Baverstock gather together to discuss how wellbeing awareness has changed in the GCC region and how it is now changing the landscape for workplace wellbeing. Furthermore, they question themselves to what degree the region will be involved in innovating solutions to overcome some of today's wellbeing challenges. Victoria's
- [Reasons people believe cause conflict in organisations vs actual causes of conflict and how to address them](https://www.bewellwise.com/reasons-people-believe-cause-conflict-in-organisations-vs-actual-causes-of-conflict-and-how-to-address-them/) - Unless we understand the cause of an issue, it is almost impossible to fix it. Reasons people state for conflict - Personality clashes - Aptitude and capability - Attitude and behaviours The challenge with this belief is that it sort of makes conflict inevitable and something we are unable to fix. Actual causes of conflict
- [This workplace strategy will help our organisations to thrive in a vuca world](https://www.bewellwise.com/this-workplace-strategy-will-help-our-organisations-to-thrive-in-a-vuca-world/) - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) - sounds like the trailer for a thriller movie. When we consider this little acronym is used to describe our reality, it can be somewhat overwhelming. What do we need to not only survive these challenging times, but thrive in them? What do we need from the people working
- [Changing our perspective on our people challenges is critical to overcoming them](https://www.bewellwise.com/changing-our-perspective-on-our-people-challenges-is-critical-to-overcoming-them/) - I speak with many mangers and leaders who are seemingly at a loss when it comes to overcoming the people challenges in their organizations and teams. They look at me with exasperated and frustrated expressions and say things like: "They are so apathetic, they aren't motivated to go the extra mile". "All they do is
- [If a plant were wilting we wouldn’t diagnose it with “wilting-plant-syndrome” – we would change its conditions.](https://www.bewellwise.com/if-a-plant-were-wilting-we-wouldnt-diagnose-it-with-wilting-plant-syndrome-we-would-change-its-conditions/) - This quote from a recent article by Psychologist Sanah Ahsam (https://lnkd.in/drJ7QvTq) is everything we need to understand about workplace wellbeing and performance. For far too long our workplace performance strategies have been about 'engineering' (unsuccessfully most of the time) our employees to thrive under sub-optimal conditions. A route that leaves everyone unsatisfied and businesses heavily
- [Decision-making is changing - hubris is out, transparency is in...](https://www.bewellwise.com/decision-making-is-changing-hubris-is-out-transparency-is-in/) - "The typical management hierarchy increases the risk of large, calamitous decisions. As decisions get bigger, the ranks of those able to challenge the decision maker get smaller. Hubris, myopia, and naïveté can lead to bad judgement at any level, but the danger is greater when the decision maker's power is, for all purposes, incontestable" Harvard
- [The reasons your employees are leaving would be addressed with a strategic approach to workplace wellbeing. It's time to join the dots.](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-reasons-your-employees-are-leaving-would-be-addressed-with-a-strategic-approach-to-workplace-wellbeing-its-time-to-join-the-dots/) - Workplace wellbeing strategist and researchers like myself, look at charts like this and hope we can explain to those not in our profession, that EVERY one of these reasons on this chart is a workplace wellbeing reason. Allow me to explain: 1) Accomplishment and reaching your potential 2) Financial wellbeing, fairness, and trust
- [Workplace Wellbeing Business Case](https://www.bewellwise.com/business-case-use-these-insights-to-build-the-business-case-for-workplace-wellbeing-in-your-organization/) - Use these insights to build the business case for workplace wellbeing in your organization.Combine these insights with the ROI Calculator results to communicate how wellbeing can deliver incredible returns and drive business success.
- [Workplace Wellbeing ROI Calculator](https://www.bewellwise.com/calculator-calculate-your-organizations-roi-potential/) - A strategically integrated approach to workplace wellbeing is proven to deliver impact and returns across almost every metric that organization’s measure.Visit our toolkit to download our free workplace wellbeing calculator to estimate what returns are possible within your organization.
- [Workplace Wellbeing Audit](https://www.bewellwise.com/audit-discover-your-organizations-workplace-wellbeing-maturity-level-against-international-best-practice/) - Learn what it takes to develop a market-leading approach to workplace wellbeing and discover your organization’s maturity level against international corporate wellbeing best-practice.Visit our free toolkit to access the free workplace wellbeing audit tool.
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Business Culture](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-business-culture/) - It is said that culture stays at the heart of a business, and we couldn't agree more! This episode with Bobbi and our guest Zuleka is all about business culture and the importance of recognizing the values of a company for a workplace wellbeing strategy to thrive. Zuleka explains the role that managers
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Supporting Pregnancy](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-supporting-pregnancy/) - For this new episode of our series 'Wise Talk' we highly encourage everyone to listen it, as it will give you some valuable advice on how to deal with pregnancy in the workplace, both from the employer and employee point of view! Our guest speaker is Perihan AbouZeid, an award-winning serial entrepreneur and business
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Corporate Health Insurance](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-corporate-health-insurance/) - Shane Tolley is a qualified insurance broker who specializes in Group Health and General Insurance, he is the Corporate Services Manager at Beneple and has been with the company for over 5 years, having been in the UAE for 8 years. In this episode, Shane explains what his role as a broker looks like,
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Heart Rate Variability Technology](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-heart-rate-variability-technology/) - In this episode, Bobbi and our guest George Kasparis discuss how heart variability technologies are making a transition from the sport world into the corporate one, and the benefits these technologies could bring to a company and how they can help and value employees. George's contacts: Personal LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kasparis-51ab3b35/ Company LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstbeat-technologies-oy/mycompany/ Company
- [Workplace Wellbeing and The Future Office](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-the-future-office/) - In this new episode of our Wise Talk series, our special guest Oliver Baxter from Millerknoll Insight Group and Bobbi discuss how, when and where we work have an impact on our wellbeing. Oliver explains how the pandemic has impacted the workspace, and how people are now more aware about the relation between workspace
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Nutrition for Performance](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-nutrition-for-performance/) - This new episode of our Wise Talk series is all about nutrition and how this is linked to our wellbeing. Our guest speaker today is Sara Babar. Sara is a public speaker, certified holistic wellness coach, spinning instructor and experienced restaurant consultant with a passion for helping individuals to feel their best
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-mental-health/) - In this new episode of our Wise Talk series, the main topic is mental health. Out guest Laura Russell is a registered nurse and corporate wellness with Safe Hands. Her role here focuses on all areas of corporate wellness, managing employee wellness programs for in excess of 50 local and international companies.
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Conquering Limiting Beliefs](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-conquering-limiting-beliefs/) - In this new episode of our Wise Talk series, Bobbi and our guest Flora Castillon discuss common limiting beliefs and how to overcome them. Flora believes that we can all address a lot of what challenges us at a rapid pace by rewiring our belief systems and harnessing how our mind operates.
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-employee-assistance-programmes-eaps/) - Our guest for today's episode is 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵. With over 30yrs in the health & well-being industry Paul is recognised as a leading global EAP & Corporate Well-being expert with vast experience across medical insurance, occupational health management and EAP both UK and Internationally. Highly business focused and resilient individual with
- [Workplace Wellbeing; Lessons from the military](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-lessons-from-the-military/) - Mark is the founder of Soken, who support organisations to support the health, happiness, and engagement of employees. With a degree in Sports Science, Mark has now been in the wellbeing space for over 10-years. Mark spent the early part of his career in the British Military which pave the way for him
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Supporting the Sandwich Generation](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-supporting-the-sandwich-generation/) - Today's episode is all about working carers, or the so called "sandwich generation". Our special guest for today is called Meena Malhotra. Meena is a passionate and devoted advocate for working carers. She is helping organisations to redefine employee centred support for carers. She has always helped support vulnerable people
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Confidence](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-confidence/) - Our special guest for today is Anita van Rooyen. Anita used to be be very shy, but over time she learned, created and tried all kinds of tools to boost her self-esteem. She is today the founder and director of Confidence Hackers, and helps people of all ages to build lasting confidence.
- [Workplace Wellbeing and the Hidden Impact of Low-severity Mental Health](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-the-hidden-impact-of-low-severity-mental-health/) - Our special guests today are Chris Green and Scott Armstrong. Chris is the founder of the platform "Circles", which he describes as an ‘assisted self-care’ channel. After taking up senior leadership positions in businesses he had no hand in building, to deliver transformational change programmes, he became interested in how businesses defined
- [Workplace Wellbeing: Good Lives Don't Have To Cost The Earth](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-good-lives-dont-have-to-cost-the-earth/) - Our special guests today are Nic Marks and David Green. Nic founded the Centre for Wellbeing in 2001, at the London-based think tank the New Economics Foundation. Nic and his team produced a stream of ground-breaking reports including the Happy Planet Index, Five Ways to Wellbeing, and National Accounts of Wellbeing. In
- [Workplace Wellbeing and Retirement Planning](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-and-retirement-planning/) - Alright, alright, don’t all roll your eyes and yawn at once! Even we here at WellWise were a little bit unsure how this one would go, but it turned out, surprisingly, to be one of our favourite episodes yet. Why? Because it tackled why we all yawn, eye roll, and disengage
- [Workplace Wellbeing, Gen Z, and Preparing for the Future of Work](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-gen-z-and-preparing-for-the-future-of-work/) - In this new episode, our podcast host Bobbi and guest speaker Szilvia help make sense of 𝘎𝘦𝘯 𝘡 and give you an insight into what’s likely to continue evolving as they make their mark on the business world. With Szilvia knowledge in people management practices and her experiences working closely with Gen Z workers, we
- [The factors affecting the construction sector](https://www.bewellwise.com/a-culture-of-lazy-and-outdated-management-and-the-construction-sector/) - The global construction sector is suffering more than most from the 'War for Skills' and an aging workforce.
- [Psychological safety, what a load of mumbo jumbo!](https://www.bewellwise.com/psychological-safety-and-its-hardships/) - Except of course, it isn’t! I’ll admit that even as a workplace wellbeing and employee experience expert, as the phrase Psychological Safety crept its way into the common business lexicon, I found it to be a real turn off and frankly as irritating as a persistent fly. However, persistent it was, and it turns out
- [Can we really expect a 4-day week in the UAE?](https://www.bewellwise.com/can-we-really-expect-a-4-day-week-in-the-uae/) - In 2018, Andrew Barnes, CEO of Perpetual Guardian rigorously tested the relationship between time and productivity in the workplace with the support of leading academics from New Zealand and the UK. The results were so compelling that nations and organizations all over the world are now piloting and implementing the 4-day week or a version
- [Why going slower will be an essential success strategy in 2022](https://www.bewellwise.com/why-going-slower-will-be-an-essential-success-strategy-in-2022/) - “Stop running in the corridor!” calls the teacher to an excited student sprinting past the classroom. We’ve all heard these words many times and maybe even uttered them ourselves. The main reason for discouraging running in corridors is to prevent an accident. The message is clear, speed is not always the answer to getting somewhere
- [There's a silver bullet for prioritization in this article - enjoy!](https://www.bewellwise.com/theres-a-silver-bullet-for-prioritization-in-this-article-enjoy/) - The number of conflicting priorities facing leaders in the modern, VUCAH, business world is mind-boggling. I imagine many feel like they are set up to fail, and in many ways they are. Innovation, growth, sustainability, M&A, digitization, transformation, exit strategies, brand, upskilling, restructuring, regulation, cost-management, AI-integration, customer experience, new products, and the list goes on.
- [We've made our Gen Z bed, now we must lie in it.](https://www.bewellwise.com/weve-made-our-gen-z-bed-now-we-must-lie-in-it/) - Here’s some interesting insights into Gen Z that hopefully go some way to explain what’s going on with this generation and their relationship with the workplace. Let’s look back at the period 1996 – 2010 (when Gen Z were born), as reported by Management is a Journey. Gen Z has grown up in a time
- [If organizations were people, they would be diagnosed with perpetual self-harm when it comes to retention](https://www.bewellwise.com/if-organizations-were-people-they-would-be-diagnosed-with-perpetual-self-harm-when-it-comes-to-retention/) - I often speak to HR professionals & leaders who talk about retention in the following way: “Bobbi, all our great people keep leaving, we don’t know what’s going on!?” “Bobbi, it doesn’t matter what we do, we just can’t reduce our staff turnover”. “Bobbi, we’ve really been a victim of The Great Resignation”. Yes, they
- [Despite decades of increased investment and maturing understanding employee wellbeing is in decline. Tackling workplace wellbeing paradoxes - Part 1](https://www.bewellwise.com/despite-decades-of-increased-investment-and-maturing-understanding-employee-wellbeing-is-in-decline-tackling-workplace-wellbeing-paradoxes-part-1/) - Throughout August, I will deep dive into one of the many workplace wellbeing paradoxes each week, helping you to better understand it and set about tackling it. Workplace wellbeing paradox number 1: Despite decades of increased investment and maturing understanding the wellbeing of the working population is in decline. It turns out the pandemic was
- [The employees who need it least - are the one's who engage the most. Tackling Workplace wellbeing paradoxes - part 2.](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-employees-who-need-it-least-are-the-ones-who-engage-the-most-tackling-workplace-wellbeing-paradoxes-part-2/) - Workplace wellbeing paradox 2: The employees who engage with and are thus benefitting most from individual workplace wellbeing interventions are the ones who already make their wellbeing a priority. In this article we unpack the engagement issue and present some recommendations to avoid the most common pitfalls organizations fall into that leave a lot of
- [Languishing leaders can't get on top of the workplace wellbeing crisis. Tackling workplace wellbeing paradoxes - part 3](https://www.bewellwise.com/languishing-leaders-cant-get-on-top-of-the-workplace-wellbeing-crisis-tackling-workplace-wellbeing-paradoxes-part-3/) - Workplace wellbeing paradox 3: Languishing leaders are struggling to prioritise workplace wellbeing. In this article we explore why leaders, who themselves are languishing, are finding it so hard to make wellbeing a priority in their organizations, and why this is creating a precarious downward spiral that few recognise the implications of. Multiple studies since the
- [What bees can teach us about the business life cycle.](https://www.bewellwise.com/what-bees-can-teach-us-about-the-business-life-cycle/) - The beehive analogy The beehive provides a helpful analogy from which to explore the challenge many business leaders and organisations are facing; surviving the now, whilst protecting the org for what's to come in the future. In a beehive there is an organisational structure that is surprisingly similar to modern businesses. Queen Bee = The
- [A common first discussion with an organisation about workplace wellbeing goes like this.](https://www.bewellwise.com/a-common-first-discussion-with-an-organisation-about-workplace-wellbeing-goes-like-this/) - 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 employees are struggling, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, they have many bad habits. W𝘦'𝘷𝘦
- [Shaping an impactful and measurable workplace wellbeing strategy – Lesson 1](https://www.bewellwise.com/shaping-an-impactful-and-measurable-workplace-wellbeing-strategy-lesson-1/) - Realizing the bottom-line benefits of optimized wellbeing demands that the challenge be approached with the same rigour and discipline as any other strategic investment. So, as promised, this week we will explore what it takes to create a workplace wellbeing strategy that delivers impact and returns that can be measured. Let’s begin with clarifying what
- [Shaping an impactful and measurable workplace wellbeing strategy – Lesson 2](https://www.bewellwise.com/shaping-an-impactful-and-measurable-workplace-wellbeing-strategy-lesson-2/) - In last week's episode of the WiseTalk Newsletter, we covered lesson 1 of ‘Shaping an impactful and measurable workplace wellbeing strategy’. In that newsletter we covered how to answer the following questions to help shape a clear and coherent strategy that others can get behind. - Where are we now? - Where do we want
- [The Tricks and Pitfalls of Shaping a Workplace Wellbeing Strategy.](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-tricks-and-pitfalls-of-shaping-a-workplace-wellbeing-strategy/) - The tricks and pitfalls that can either derail a workplace wellbeing strategy or make it take off beyond what you ever thought possible.
- [What makes a great Chief Wellbeing Officer / Workplace Wellbeing VP or Director?](https://www.bewellwise.com/what-makes-a-great-chief-wellbeing-officer-workplace-wellbeing-vp-or-director/) - Ever wondered what skills a CWO should master? From understanding workplace wellbeing health, wee got them all listed and covered for you in this article
- [How we set our workplace wellbeing personnel up to fail](https://www.bewellwise.com/how-we-set-our-workplace-wellbeing-personnel-up-to-fail/) - To understand why our wellbeing strategies struggle to succeed, we need to explore the challenges and frustrations that current practitioners face
- [As leaders, changing our perspective on our people challenges is critical to overcoming them.](https://www.bewellwise.com/as-leaders-changing-our-perspective-on-our-people-challenges-is-critical-to-overcoming-them/) - We look in depth at how many leaders are at a loss when it comes to overcoming the people challenges in their teams.
- [The Risks of Workplace Wellbeing or Mental Health Champions and Recommendations for Avoiding them](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-risks-of-workplace-wellbeing-or-mental-health-champions-and-recommendations-for-avoiding-them/) - The multiple potential risks of recruiting current employees as Workplace Wellbeing/Mental Health Champions/Advocates/Ambassadors
- [5 real cases when short-term people decisions led to long-term costs and how to avoid them](https://www.bewellwise.com/5-real-cases-when-short-term-people-decisions-led-to-long-term-costs-and-how-to-avoid-them/) - Immediate results can sometimes lead organisations, leaders, and managers to make shortsighted decisions that create long-term costs and problems.
- [Navigating Men's Health Risks in the Workplace](https://www.bewellwise.com/navigating-mens-health-risks-in-the-workplace/) - In this article, we delve into the specific risks that men face in the workplace, how that varies according to seniority and give relevant tips.
- [The lightbulb moment around the leadership crisis and its impact on workplace wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-lightbulb-moment-around-the-leadership-crisis-and-its-impact-on-workplace-wellbeing/) - What the potential causes of the current leadership crisis are and how they are causing harm to businesses, employees and overall workplace wellbeing.
- [Creating the Business Case for Investing in a Strategic Approach to Workplace Wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/business-case-strategic-wellbeing/) - One of the most common questions I get asked by HR, culture, and employee experience professionals is ‘How do I persuade the senior leadership team in my company to invest in a strategic approach to workplace wellbeing?’. This is no surprise given that the subject of wellbeing continues to dominate HR conferences, articles, conversations, and
- [What business, leadership, and management should learn from activism](https://www.bewellwise.com/what-leaders-should-learn-activism/) - The ideal employee I’m going to attempt to describe the ideal employee. Play along by considering if you agree with the characteristics I’ve listed below. In addition, if you think I’ve missed anything, then please add it to the comments, so we can grow this list together. The clearer we can get on what characteristics
- [The Storm Before the Calm in HR: Navigating Employee Challenges and Embracing a Brighter Future](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-storm-before-the-calm/) - This article has been somewhat inspired by the 2020 book by noted forecaster and bestselling author George Friedman who examined the cycles through which the United States has developed, upheaved, matured, and solidified, and how for the first time, these cycles have reached a simultaneous crescendo causing significant turbulence. Throw in a pandemic, increasing global
- [Adapting Recruitment and Corporate Culture for Today's Younger Generations and Why this is increasingly Essential for Business Success](https://www.bewellwise.com/adapting-recruitment-younger-generations/) - Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of business, one significant shift has been the growing inclination of younger generations towards entrepreneurship. Empowered by technology and fuelled by their desire for autonomy and purpose, millennials and Gen Z are increasingly drawn towards the prospect of starting their own businesses or pursuing side-hustles rather than opting for traditional
- [The end of year burnout risk, it's costs to the following Q1, and how to avoid both](https://www.bewellwise.com/avoiding-burnout/) - I'm the Workplace Wellbeing Strategist who burnt herself out in 2023. I've only myself to blame because I work for myself and frankly, given my knowledge and expertise, I should have known better. Fortunately, I was able to spot the signs relatively early and avoid a full-blown catastophe, but I confess, I got pretty close.
- [Beyond the Paycheck: Rethinking Career Priorities for Lasting Happiness and Health](https://www.bewellwise.com/rethinkin-career-priorities/) - In the hustle and bustle of modern life, it's all too easy to fall into the trap of prioritizing career success above all else. The pursuit of higher earnings, climbing the corporate ladder, and achieving professional milestones often takes precedence, leaving little room for other aspects of life. But as we strive tirelessly for career
- [Navigating the Expatriate Experience: A Guide for Employees and Employers](https://www.bewellwise.com/expatriate-experience-employees/) - Since moving to a new country for the 2nd time in my life, I've been reflecting on the unique challenges and opportunities the expatriate life brings. Having left the UK in the summer of 2012, I have never had a desire to go back. I did however, have the curiosity to try expat life elsewhere.
- [Leading Through Burnout: Strategies for Ambitious Business Leaders and Their Organisations](https://www.bewellwise.com/leading-through-burnout/) - In the relentless pursuit of success, ambitious business leaders often find themselves walking a tightrope between achievement and exhaustion. I know, because until recently, I walked this tightrope myself, with unpleasant consequences which I discussed in a previous WiseTalk article. The drive to excel, coupled with the demands of leadership, can lead to burnout. This
- [The heavy cost of a 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' culture in the workplace](https://www.bewellwise.com/costs-workplace-culture/) - A peculiar incident that took place a few weeks ago in which a friend found a unitentified and potentially dangerous object buried in their garden. The discovery triggered a chain of events that spiraled into a frenzy of false urgency and unnecessary disruption. Police cars blocked the street, neigbours were evacuated, and the bomb squad
- [Why happiness is fast becoming the mission of the most progressive businesses](https://www.bewellwise.com/happiness-progressive-businesses/) - Dubai’s Happiness Agenda prioritises happinessas a primary objective of it's ongoing smart transformation. Supported by a multidisciplinary partnership network and influential thought leaders, we are helping to create a cultural shift to happiness for the city. It’s no accident that the Government of Dubai has acknowledged Happiness as a strategic imperative for Dubai’s ongoing success
- [What is ambition and how what role to it play in success and thriving?](https://www.bewellwise.com/ambition-and-success/) - In a recent statement, Nicolai Tangen, the Norwegian CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, remarked on his percenptions on the difference in ambition levels between Europeans and Americans, suggesting that; "Americans just work harder." It sounded more like the product of ‘group think’ rather than a well-considered hypothesis, but it garnered a lot of attention,
- [Why a 'people-over-profit' business strategy may not be the key to a high-wellbeing workforce](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellbeing-business-strategy/) - The most successful companies are, and will continue to be, those that skillfully balance the needs of their people with the pursuit of profit. This delicate equilibrium is essential for fostering an environment where both employees and the business can thrive. While the right amount of stress and pressure can enhance wellbeing and performance, an
- [How to tell if your wellbeing strategy has been designed for convenience or for driving tangible impact...](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellbeing-strategy-tangible-impact/) - Workplace wellbeing is too often treated as a corporate arms-race rather than an intentional strategy with clear objectives. This is one reason why we frequently see a lot of investment, but not a great deal of return, and as a result we experience frustration and low engagement amongst employees and leaders. The concept of convenience
- [The Often Overlooked but Critical Role of Demographics in Addressing Workplace Wellbeing Challenges](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellbeing-challenges-demographic/) - Workplace wellbeing has become a significant focus for organizations aiming to enhance engagement, reduce absenteeism & voluntary turnover, and improve productivity & innovation amongst other things. In short, good health and wellbeing is good for business It is now abundantly clear (but always, IMHO, obvious) that understanding and addressing wellbeing challenges in the workplace, requires
- [What can overtourism is Europe teach us about the shifting trends in HR and corporate culture](https://www.bewellwise.com/overtourism-and-corporate-culture/) - In recent years, the impact of overtourism has become a pressing concern for residents of popular European destinations. Similarly, employees in various industries are increasingly vocal about the detrimental effects of harmful and unsustainable work cultures. These two seemingly disparate issues share a common thread: the realization that too much of a good thing can
- [Why transforming Internal PR for HR is The Key to Embedding Emerging People Strategies](https://www.bewellwise.com/transforming-internal-hr-strategies/) - Human Resources (HR) has historically been perceived in a myriad of unflattering ways: as a bureaucratic entity, an enforcer of unpopular policies, or a secondary function with limited strategic importance. This negative perception has stymied the ability of HR to drive meaningful change within organizations. For HR to successfully embed emerging trends in people strategy
- [Perseverance and Wellbeing: The Twin Pillars of Success](https://www.bewellwise.com/perserverance-wellbeing-success/) - Many challenges, whether in business, fitness, or personal development, can seem insurmountable at first. The odds often feel stacked against us, and the journey can feel like an uphill climb with no clear end in sight. When I first started WellWise, I frequently felt like I was climbing a mountain alone. The skills I needed
- [Change: the surprising feature of enhanced wellbeing for working professionals](https://www.bewellwise.com/enhanced-wellbeing-working-professionals/) - Change is a constant in life, yet its impact can be profound and multifaceted. Reflecting on my own life over the past six months, I have navigated a whirlwind of changes: relocating to a new country, embracing a completely new lifestyle, undertaking a significant property renovation, and celebrating the joyous occasion of my marriage. This
- [Ryan Serhant: Lessons in Leadership for wellbeing and performance in business](https://www.bewellwise.com/lessons-in-leadership-ryanserhant/) - I recently came across Ryan Serhant on ‘Owning Manhattan’ a Netflix series about Real Estate. What struck me was his approach to leadership in an exceptionally fast-paced, high-stakes and 'traditional' industry. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Ryan, his name is synonymous with innovation, success, and dynamic leadership in the real estate industry.
- [A choice for leaders: Destructive polarization or creative collaboration](https://www.bewellwise.com/polarization-or-creative-collaboration/) - Regular readers know that I often take inspiration from current affairs to inform these articles and this week is no different. It’s almost impossible to avoid the polarisation of politics at present, and I personally find the political extremes at play quite disconcerting, especially when destruction and not creation are the outcomes. The destructive
- [Knee-jerk policies are undermining your leadership capabilities and killing your culture!](https://www.bewellwise.com/policies-undermining-leadership/) - Leaders face immense pressure to respond swiftly to issues as they arise. This urgency can lead to knee-jerk policies that disproportionately respond to the actions of a few, resulting in overbearing and controlling measures. These poorly thought-through policies often cause more harm than good, damaging company culture and undermining leadership capabilities. In this week’s episode
- [Voluntary childlessness is on the rise. Should we be concerned?](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-childlessness/) - In recent years, voluntary childlessness has become an increasingly prominent trend, with more individuals actively choosing not to have children. As someone who shares this decision, I’ve begun to reflect on the broader implications and rhetoric surrounding this shift and what it may reveal about human wellbeing. While childlessness offers personal benefits, it raises important
- [Is There Really Such a Thing as a Great Place to Work?](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-happiness/) - The idea of a "great place to work" conjures up images for all of us, but are those images all the same? Is there really such a thing as a universally great workplace? Recently, I've been having many discussions with leaders and HR professionals that they are struggling to create and then maintain a thriving
- [Could this simplified way of understanding workplace wellbeing make organisational efforts significantly more effective?](https://www.bewellwise.com/could-this-simplified-way-of-understanding-workplace-wellbeing-make-organisational-efforts-significantly-more-effective/) - The landscape of workplace wellbeing is becoming increasingly complex. With an ever-expanding range of concepts, theories, and solutions, many HR professionals and senior leaders find it challenging to keep up. As someone deeply immersed in this field, I empathize with the sense of overwhelm that can come from the sheer volume of information. The nascent
- [These misunderstandings mean that organisations keep canabalising their own profit-margins.](https://www.bewellwise.com/profit-margins/) - With the rise of burnout, stress-related illnesses, and declining productivity levels, it is evident that there is a pressing need to address the root causes of declining workplace wellbeing. However, there are common misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding the factors that are contributing to this decline, as well as the impact it has on individuals, teams,
- [Why Business and Gen Z are struggling to get along and what we need to do about it](https://www.bewellwise.com/gen-z-turnover/) - Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2010), now entering the workplace in large numbers, has distinct preferences, expectations, and behaviors that often clash with traditional work environments. As a result, many organizations are experiencing high rates of voluntary and involuntary turnover among Gen Z employees, creating a plethora of short and long-term challenges including
- [There's an overlooked talent pool right under our noses - but we may be too blind to see it!](https://www.bewellwise.com/talent-pool/) - Companies across sectors are scrambling to fill vacancies and maintain retention rates. Amid this struggle, many organisations are overlooking a vast, untapped resource: workers in roles traditionally viewed as "dead-end" jobs - such as cleaning staff, security personnel, and porters. These workers, often outsourced and undervalued, possess many of the traits that employers actively seek
- [2025 People Strategies are proving to be much more that a 1-year plan. Here’s what you need to know.](https://www.bewellwise.com/people-strategies/) - As we move into 2025, business leaders and HR professionals are navigating a transformative era in employee experience and workplace expectations. This isn’t just about a one-year plan for immediate success; it’s about laying a sustainable foundation to adapt to a rapidly changing future. In the evolving world of work, employee wellbeing, experience, relations, and
- [Corporate despotism: The hidden tyranny in business](https://www.bewellwise.com/corporate-despotism/) - When we think of despots, political figures like Pol Pot or Ivan the Terrible come to mind - ruthless leaders who consolidated power, silenced dissent, and ruled through fear. A similar dynamic can manifest in the corporate world, though less visible. Corporate despotism occurs when leaders use unchecked control and authoritarian tactics to dominate every
- ["Adapt or die'" - The latest warning to business leaders regarding The New Social Contract in work.](https://www.bewellwise.com/adaptability-social-contract/) - A fundamental shift is occurring in the relationship between employers and employees, signalling the rise of a new social contract. For business leaders, adapting to this change is not optional - it’s essential for future success. The end of the traditional social contract The old social contract between employers and employees was straightforward: companies
- [Pros and Cons of Excluding New Joiners from the Annual Employee Survey - and How to Navigate This Challenge](https://www.bewellwise.com/annual-organisational-survey/) - In a recent discussion with a client, I was discussing whether or not to include their new joiners in the WellWise Employee Survey. I thought I'd share some thoughts on this that might help others to make the right decision for their organisation. In many organizations, annual employee surveys provide essential insights into workforce engagement,
- [The silent but pervasive issue that is quietly eroding the foundations of our organisations](https://www.bewellwise.com/ignoring-workplace-wellbeing/) - This week, we're diving straight into a critical issue, inspired by the following powerful quote: "The warning signs felt like butterflies, so I ignored them." This quote resonates deeply because it perfectly encapsulates the negligence we see in so many organisations today. They either continue to ignore the glaring crisis in workplace wellbeing or respond
- [2025 should be the Year HR FINALLY Steps Into It's Power! Here's how!](https://www.bewellwise.com/strategic-hr-revolution/) - Human Resources (HR) has often been perceived as a support function rather than a strategic one. Over the past decade, this underestimation has taken its toll, with HR professionals grappling with disengagement, disillusionment, and a sense of hopelessness. Perhaps this resonates with you or your colleagues. However, not everyone in HR is struggling. In fact,
- [Workplace Wellbeing 2024: A Year in Review and a look-ahead to 2025](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-review/) - Evolving trends in 2024 2024 marked a pivotal year for workplace wellbeing, with organisations worldwide facing mounting challenges and uncovering innovative solutions to address evolving employee needs and disengagement. The past year has reshaped how senior leaders and HR directors think about employee experience paving the way for big changes in 2025. Here, we review
- [It's high time we stopped wasting resources and started delivering results in workplace wellbeing – here’s how!](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellness-issues/) - The Reality Check Despite increased spending on workplace wellbeing, employee productivity and engagement are declining. In the UK, sick days have nearly doubled since 2018, averaging 6.7 days annually. Research by Dr. William Fleming at the University of Oxford found that popular interventions like wellbeing apps and mindfulness workshops have had minimal impact. Alarmingly, employee
- [The hidden cost of internal employee surveys](https://www.bewellwise.com/internal-employee-surveys/) - In today’s workplace, understanding the sentiments, needs, and engagement levels of employees is more critical than ever. With disengagement and distrust reaching concerning levels, organisations are using employee surveys and other listening techniques to guide their strategies. Some organisations design, deliver, and analyse these surveys in-house as a cost-saving measure. While this approach might seem
- [An open letter to forward-thinking CEOs with a disengaged workforce](https://www.bewellwise.com/ceo-disengaged-workforce-advice/) - Dear CEO, I understand that leading a company can be incredibly demanding, and it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Both you and your team might be experiencing a period of low energy, and it's completely understandable given the pressures of today's business and global landscape. I know how challenging it can be, as I've walked a
- [Much more than a 'faster-horse', this is how we future-proof business](https://www.bewellwise.com/much-more-than-a-faster-horse-this-is-how-we-future-proof-business/) - Whether you're a fledgling startup, a rapidly scaling business, or a large established enterprise, you need high-performing employees, a strong and loyal client base, and possibly investment. These are the three critical reasons why wellbeing is fast transitioning away from HR as an operational nice-to-have, and towards the C-Suite as a strategic imperative for future-proofing,
- [Speaking the CEO’s Language: Making Your Business Case for Wellbeing, Experience, and Culture](https://www.bewellwise.com/ceo-wellbeing-culutre/) - Securing C-suite buy-in for workplace wellbeing and employee experience initiatives requires a strategic approach that resonates with their priorities and speaks their language. Here's a 'how-to' guide to get you started. Understand your audience Understanding the individual characteristics of your C-suite – their leadership style, concerns, and motivations – is crucial. Are they data-driven
- [The Workplace Wellbeing Myth: Why Removing All Stress Isn’t the Answer (or Possible)](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-myths/) - In the quest for workplace wellbeing, many assume that the ultimate goal is to eliminate stress, pressure, and challenges altogether. This belief, however, is not just impractical - it’s misguided. Research consistently shows that the right amount of challenge is essential for personal and professional growth, resilience, and overall wellbeing. The Science Behind Healthy
- [CFOs - staff are making chimps out of you and it's costing millions!](https://www.bewellwise.com/cfo-workplace-advice/) - Dear CFOs, Let’s talk about a costly misconception that’s draining your bottom line: the belief that employees leave primarily due to salary concerns. It’s a convenient, comfortable explanation - but it’s false, and it’s costing you a fortune. The Chimps Are Running Amok If you’ve read The Chimp Paradox by Dr. Steve Peters, you’ll
- [The plight of the accidental manager and how to turn them into real leaders](https://www.bewellwise.com/accidental-manager-leadership-tools/) - In the bustling landscape of modern business, a silent crisis unfolds within the ranks of management: the plight of the accidental manager. These individuals, through various circumstances, find themselves thrust into leadership roles without the necessary training or experience. They may have stepped in when their manager left, been promoted for their stellar performance in
- [An open letter to board members: if you wait for these strategic imperatives to be brought to you, it will be too late](https://www.bewellwise.com/board-member-responsibility/) - Dear Board Member/NED, The world outside office windows is shifting rapidly, and with it, the very foundation of business resilience. The organisations that will thrive in the coming years are those that grasp a fundamental truth: people challenges are no longer ‘soft’ HR concerns - they are strategic imperatives that require board-level attention. Yet, too
- [The Absolute Inevitability of a Four-Day (or Less) Work Week](https://www.bewellwise.com/four-day-week-wellbeing/) - The traditional five-day work week, established during the industrial era, is increasingly being challenged by evolving societal norms, technological advancements, and shifting employee expectations. A convergence of macro and micro trends is driving the momentum toward a shorter workweek, making its widespread adoption not just a possibility but an inevitability. Macro Trends Driving the
- [Will 'workplace wellbeing' follow DEI down and off the corporate priority list?](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-declining-trend/) - The corporate landscape is a fickle one, subject to the whims of economic pressures, shifting social trends, and the ever-evolving priorities of leadership. Recently, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, once heralded as essential cornerstones of modern business, have faced significant pushback and, in some cases, a retreat. This raises a crucial question: will workplace
- [The Three Types of Leader in 2025](https://www.bewellwise.com/leadership-types/) - Humour me for a moment. I know that categorising leaders into just three types is a simplified view of reality. The truth is, human behaviour is complex, and leadership is nuanced. However, arguably, most leaders in 2025 could fit into one of these broad categories: The Tyrant, The Contrarian, and The Enlightened. These leaders all
- [I’ve started 'leaning OUT' – and everyone’s doing better as a result](https://www.bewellwise.com/personal-wellbeing/) - Contemporary leadership development emphasizes personal growth through self-reflection, self-awareness, and continuous self-improvement. This involves consciously examining your daily life: how you allocate your time, the people you interact with, and critically evaluating what actions benefit you and others versus what hinders progress. It also entails clarifying your core values, defining your priorities, and ultimately, envisioning
- [The Infantilisation of Employees: How Control Creates Anarchy](https://www.bewellwise.com/the-infantilisation-of-employees-how-control-creates-anarchy/) - In many modern workplaces, the employer-employee relationship subtly mirrors a parent-child dynamic. This "infantilisation" of employees—where individuals are treated as if they lack the autonomy, maturity, or capability to make responsible decisions - stems from rigid control structures and hierarchical systems embedded in corporate cultures. While these mechanisms may have originated as a way to
- [Musk, Keanu, and the Tipping Point of Capitalism](https://www.bewellwise.com/musk-keanu-and-the-tipping-point-of-capitalism/) - A recent AI-generated debate between Keanu Reeves and Elon Musk has been making the rounds online. While entirely fictional, the conversation struck a nerve. There were some striking reflections that followed. This one in particular captured my attention. “As a woman I would choose Keanu. As a business person I would explore Musk. As a
- [If You Thought Gen Z Were Bad? Meet Gen Alpha!](https://www.bewellwise.com/gen-z-alpha-workforce/) - Ah, Gen Z. The avocado-toast-loving, work-life-balance-demanding, TikTok-dancing generation that has been giving traditional workplaces a collective headache since they first clocked in. Just when you thought you'd figured out how to handle their "quiet quitting" and requests for mental health days, along comes their even-more-digital, hyper-aware, and socially-conscious successors: Gen Alpha. If your organisation is
- [Leadership Under Fire: Are We Unfairly Painting Everyone With The Same Brush?](https://www.bewellwise.com/leadership-accountability/) - The digital arena roars with discontent, casting leadership in a harsh light. Social media narratives, fuelled by personal accounts, reveal a stark disconnect between executive perception and employee experience. While individual leaders may feel unjustly targeted, the sheer volume of criticism demands a critical examination. Data Speaks: Quantifying the Trust Deficit The data reveals
- [The Unintended Fallout: When RTO Mandates Backfire](https://www.bewellwise.com/return-to-office/) - Return-to-office (RTO) mandates, often touted as a necessary step for productivity and company culture, are increasingly revealing their unintended consequences. Driven often by a perceived loss of control rather than concrete data, these mandates, particularly those implemented without employee consultation, are breeding resentment, eroding trust, and sparking a talent exodus. The core issue lies in
- [Beyond the Resume: How Businesses Are Failing the Very Skills They So Desperately Need](https://www.bewellwise.com/beyond-the-resume-how-businesses-are-failing-the-very-skills-they-so-desperately-need/) - LinkedIn's Skills on the Rise 2025 report reveals a significant trend: a majority (7 of the top 10) of the most in-demand skills are 'soft' skills. This reflects a changing workplace where, while technological advancements automate many technical tasks, the uniquely human abilities to leverage and monetize those advancements are becoming increasingly vital. Here’s
- [The Hidden (or Overlooked) Hazards Eroding Your Business Performance](https://www.bewellwise.com/psychosocial-risk/) - You can walk into a room, shake hands, exchange pleasantries, and within minutes of hearing how “everyone respects personal time here” or how “we don’t really suffer from toxic management,” you know there’s something festering under the surface. It’s a pattern I’ve seen more times than I can count: leaders invite me to discuss diagnosing
- [Intent Is Everything in Successful People and Culture Initiatives](https://www.bewellwise.com/meaningful-wellbeing-culture-tactics/) - When it comes to workplace wellbeing and culture initiatives, the intent behind the tactic will make or break its success. Many organisations are quick to roll out new benefits, policies, or programs, but too often these are little more than surface-level gestures designed to appease employees rather than genuinely improve their experience. When intent is
- [When the Roots Are Deep: Building a Workforce That Withstands the Winds of Change](https://www.bewellwise.com/organisational-roots/) - An African proverb wisely states, “When the roots are deep, there is no need to fear the wind.” This sentiment resonates profoundly in today’s business landscape, where change is the only constant. Organisations that invest in deeply rooted foundations—particularly through their people—are better equipped to navigate the storms of disruption, whether from technological advancements, economic
- [GUEST WRITER: Not Everyone Wants to Lead, Some Want to Grow](https://www.bewellwise.com/greowth-career-path/) - Welcome to the first in our new monthly guest series on Wise Talk — spotlighting fresh, bold perspectives from people shaping the future of work. This month, we’re kicking things off with Tetiana Mykhailiuk, SVP of People & Culture at Bayzat, as she challenges one of the most persistent myths in career development. When I
- [Airbnb Case Study: Belonging, Wellbeing, and the Business Case for Human-Centred Culture](https://www.bewellwise.com/airbnb-wellbeing-culture/) - As holiday season approaches, many of us will use Airbnb to book getaways, family visits, or summer adventures. But beyond the app and the quirky rentals, Airbnb offers something business leaders rarely pause to consider: a blueprint for how to build a workplace where people truly feel they belong. In the following, we shift focus
- [If You're Not Rethinking Your Organisational Health Diagnostics in 2025, You're Already Behind](https://www.bewellwise.com/organisational-health-diagnostics/) - Five years ago, we were in the thick of the first wave of COVID-19 Offices were closed. Strategies thrown into chaos. People were in survival mode. Looking back, it feels more like a weird dream rather than our lived reality. Since then, almost everything has changed - how we work, where we work, the type
- [From Noise to Insight: How to Fix Your Employee Survey Strategy](https://www.bewellwise.com/employee-survey-strategy/) - Most employee surveys tell you how people feel — not why they feel that way. And if you don’t understand the why, you can’t fix the what. For years, employee engagement has been treated as a vital sign of organisational health. Companies launch surveys, track scores, and roll out initiatives in pursuit of a more
- [Summer, But Not Off-Duty: Rethinking Flexibility in a Time of Competing Pressures](https://www.bewellwise.com/rethink-flexible-working/) - In large parts of the world, July and August are billed as the months we all collectively exhale. But for many employees, they’re anything but restful. Childcare disappears. Deadlines don’t. Inbox guilt piles up. And while organisations proudly promote “flexible working,” what that often translates to is: “Just make it work.” In reality, summer exposes Summer exposes a structural truth many workplaces prefer to ignore: rest isn't just about time off - it’s about permission, systems, and culture.
- [Forget Trust Falls: How Nature Builds Real Team Connection](https://www.bewellwise.com/employee-nature-connection/) - Guest article by Susana Filipa Ribeiro In a world where connection is often reduced to video calls and team-building means awkward icebreakers, Susana Filipa Ribeiro brings a refreshingly grounded perspective. As a certified Forest Mind® Instructor and experienced facilitator in human development, Susana helps individuals and teams reconnect — not just with each other, but
- [What Leaders Should Really Be Doing While Everyone’s on Holiday](https://www.bewellwise.com/leaders-holiday/) - It’s August. Out-of-office replies are everywhere. Meetings are sparse. Staff are scattered across holiday destinations or quietly working at reduced capacity. And while many organisations accept this as a throwaway month, smart leaders know this lull isn’t useless. It’s underrated. In fact, these quieter weeks are often the best time to do the kind of
- [The Four-Day Week: Smart Strategy or Fantasy Fix? It Depends.](https://www.bewellwise.com/four-day-strategy/) - For knowledge workers, the five-day week is a relic. We’re not paying people to stand on a production line anymore - we’re paying them to solve problems, generate ideas, and process complexity. But instead of protecting the very systems that support that kind of thinking - the brain, body, and psyche - we’re stretching them
- [The Time Trap: Why Reclaiming Control Over Our Hours Is Essential to Performance Improvement](https://www.bewellwise.com/employee-performance-improvement/) - I just need more time. It’s a common refrain in business meetings and strategy sessions. Targets are missed, teams feel overwhelmed, and everyone’s calendar is full, yet output plateaus. The instinctive fix? More people, more tools, more pressure. But what if the issue isn’t how much time we have — it’s how little control we
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Frustration in the Workplace - Where it comes from and what to do about it.](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-frustration-expert-advice/) - “What do you do?” asked a friend of mine as we drove to a music festival in Bilbao, 10 years ago. I had taken two calls from the car. In the first, I was part of team negotiating a €15M deal; on the second, I was asked to approve the purchase of a washing-up liquid.
- [Work Isn’t Working: And Why the ‘Problem’ Might Actually Be the Solution](https://www.bewellwise.com/leadership-human-sustainability/) - For a long time, workplace behaviours were shaped more by tradition than effectiveness. Things like dressing formally every day, working long hours to “show commitment,” or always being available, were seen as signs of professionalism. But younger generations, particularly Gen Z (born roughly between 1997 and 2012), are beginning to question whether these habits actually
- [What if Gen Z isn’t demanding too much, but seeing more clearly?](https://www.bewellwise.com/genz-workplace/) - Their critiques of work; excessive control, outdated rituals, burnout as a badge of honour are not new, but they are becoming impossible to ignore. Crucially, many of the values Gen Z champions, including autonomy, inclusion, clarity, and purpose, align with global psychosocial risk frameworks designed to build healthier, higher-performing cultures. So, what if we stopped
- [Why Innovation Is Stalling in HR. And what we need to do about it](https://www.bewellwise.com/innovation-hr/) - I was speaking to a potential new client the other day. A senior HR professional, part of my network, who reached out with some organisational health concerns. The usual things: decent engagement scores, yet high absenteeism; a respected quality mark, but scathing Glassdoor reviews; strong values on paper, but no leadership buy-in; a sense of
- [Why ‘Quiet Cracking’ Is the Pervasive Workforce Risk You Can’t Easily Detect — But You Can Fix](https://www.bewellwise.com/detect-quiet-cracking-workplace-impact/) - You’ve dealt with burnout. You’ve managed quiet quitting. But the most dangerous threat to your workforce may be the one you can’t yet see. It’s called quiet cracking — the slow, silent fragmentation of people who keep showing up, delivering, and coping. On the surface, they look fine. Beneath it, they’re overwhelmed, uncertain, and quietly
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Exploring Transformative role of Reiki in Workplace Wellbeing](https://www.bewellwise.com/reiki-workplace-wellbeing/) - In today’s fast-paced and emotionally demanding professional landscape, the conversation around employee wellbeing has never been more important or more complex. Mental health challenges, emotional fatigue, and burnout have become common, particularly in high-stakes, high-stress sectors. While corporate wellness initiatives often address surface-level needs, there is a growing awareness that deeper, more holistic interventions are
- [Rethinking the RFP: Why “Knowing Exactly What You Want” Might Be the Problem](https://www.bewellwise.com/workplace-wellbeing-request-for-proposal/) - There’s a paradox at the heart of most Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, especially in areas such as people and culture. Often, companies go out to market for expert help. And then tell those experts exactly what to do. The intention is sound (from a procurement perspective): define the scope, control the spend, and ensure
- [The Contract No One Signs. And Why It Needs Rewriting](https://www.bewellwise.com/rewriting-social-contract-workplace/) - Done right, every employee signs a contract when they join a company. But the real deal that shapes daily experience is not written down. It is the psychological contract: the expectations and obligations between employee and employer. First discussed in the 1960s by Chris Argyris and Harry Levinson, and later formalised by Denise Rousseau, the
- [The Hidden Cost of Relying on Resilience](https://www.bewellwise.com/resilience-hidden-cost/) - In October, leaders start urging their teams to “dig deep” for the final push to year-end. It sounds like the sort of thing a leader should do, right? Unfortunately not! Resilience gets praised as the magic ingredient that will see people through pressure. But here’s the problem: resilience is not an endless resource. Rely on
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Why every employee wellbeing strategy should start with recruitment](https://www.bewellwise.com/wellbeing-recruitment/) - We spend a lot of time talking about wellbeing at work: mindfulness programmes, gym memberships, flexible work policies, EAP hotlines, and engagement surveys. These things matter, but they’re often just well-intentioned attempts to fix issues that were baked in long before a person’s first day. The truth is, employee wellbeing doesn’t start with yoga classes
- [From Industrial to Intuitive: The Rise of the “Woo Woo” Leader](https://www.bewellwise.com/intuitive-leader/) - I was speaking recently with a breast cancer survivor who had introduced a naturopath into her life. A naturopath, for context, takes a holistic approach to health, blending nutrition, plant-based remedies, and lifestyle guidance to support the body’s natural healing systems. You are probably wondering what any of this has to do with workplace wellbeing,
- [You Can’t Out-Exercise a Poor Diet: Why Broken Organisations Stay Broken](https://www.bewellwise.com/why-organisations-stay-broken/) - Many organisations are missing the real key to building human sustainability and high performance. They are throwing good money after bad by investing in the wrong solutions, delivered at the wrong time, to the wrong people. I see it repeatedly. Companies introduce mindfulness apps, resilience workshops, or “fun at work” campaigns, hoping to re-energise tired
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Beyond Wellbeing Initiatives: How 'HOP' Thinking Can Transform Leadership Strategy](https://www.bewellwise.com/hop-thinking-transformative-leadership/) - This week's article was written by a great peer of mine Helen Hayes. Helen works in Human and Organisational Performance (HOP), helping organisations redesign systems to put people at the centre of culture and performance. With a background in clinical practice, wellbeing consultancy and communications, she helps create cultures that enable people and their wellbeing
- [From Wellbeing to Human Sustainability: How 2025 Redefined the Workplace and What 2026 Must Deliver](https://www.bewellwise.com/redefining-workplace-human-sustainability/) - If the past decade was about proving that wellbeing matters, 2025 was the year the conversation grew up. The language of “wellbeing” began to give way to a broader, more strategic idea: human sustainability, the capacity of people and organisations to thrive together over time. The Great Maturity Shift For years, workplaces have focused
- [The Business of Recovery: Why Organisational Rest Should Be a Year-End Priority](https://www.bewellwise.com/recovery-organisational-reset/) - As the year draws to a close, many people find themselves counting down not just to the holidays, but to a much-needed pause. The final weeks of the year are often described as a time for reflection and renewal, yet for many employees, “time off” simply becomes “different kinds of busy.” Family obligations, social events,
- [Skip the Chief Wellbeing Officer. Appoint a Chief Human Sustainability Officer.](https://www.bewellwise.com/chief-human-sustainability-officer/) - For a moment, it looked like Chief Wellbeing Officer might become the next must-have C-suite title. But it never really landed. Too often the role was positioned as custodian of yoga classes and step challenges rather than a strategic owner of how work is designed and delivered. It rarely made it to the board, and
- [A Gift For the Humans Who Sense Change Coming and Want to Meet It With Courage](https://www.bewellwise.com/gift-change-coming/) - Every now and then a book arrives that does not simply offer ideas. It cracks open a space inside you where truth has been waiting. The kind of truth you feel in your chest before you can put it into words. I read this book recently and it felt less like reading and more like
- [Why the Future of Work Is Human Sustainability and What That Means for Organisations in 2026](https://www.bewellwise.com/future-of-work-human-sustainability-2026/) - For years we talked about the future of work as if it were a distant horizon shaped by technology, hybrid models, and shifting expectations. Useful, but vague. What we were really circling was a much simpler question: can our organisations sustain human beings over time without draining their health, trust, skills, or ability to perform.
- [The Manosphere Is a Growing Business Risk: What Leaders Need to Know](https://www.bewellwise.com/manosphere-growing-business-risk/) - As we enter 2026, I expect one topic to move sharply up the business agenda: the influence of the “manosphere” and what it means for organisational culture, trust, and leadership responsibility. Growing evidence shows that the so-called “manosphere,” a network of online spaces promoting extreme or distorted views of masculinity, is shaping the attitudes of
- [GUEST ARTICLE: The Missing Layer in Workplace Wellbeing: Cultural Intelligence](https://www.bewellwise.com/missing-layer-workplace-wellbeing/) - By Emma Jordaan – Founder and CEO of Infinite Consulting​ ​ As we step into 2026, there is an inherent focus on wellbeing initiatives that need to be delivered in the workplace for the year ahead. But how many of us have pause for a moment, to consider whether the initiatives we are about to propose are suitable
- [Most Performance Problems Are Not People Problems](https://www.bewellwise.com/performance-problems-not-people/) - The Risk of Misdiagnosing the Cause When results start to slip, energy dips, or burnout and attrition rise, organisations instinctively look to individuals for the explanation. Leadership capability. Mindset. Resilience. Engagement. The assumption is simple and deeply ingrained: if performance is failing, someone must need fixing or removing. This prevailing assumption is often a misdiagnosis. Across psychology, neuroscience, occupational
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Neurodiversity: Why Difference Needs Better Design](https://www.bewellwise.com/neurodiversity-better-workplace-design/) - By Lorna King, CPCC, ACC, co-founder of EXE: Employee Experience Exchange and UAE-based workplace culture consultant. After years of working with organisations and listening closely to neurodivergent people, certain themes start repeating themselves. They don’t show up in clinical language or diagnostic criteria, but in conversations about burnout, brilliance, frustration, ambition, and belonging at
- [What Business Should Learn from Politics and Why It Matters Now](https://www.bewellwise.com/business-learn-politics/) - The difference between governments and organisations is not power. It’s obligation. Governments cannot ignore the social contract. Their authority rests, at least in part, on consent, trust, and legitimacy. When those things begin to fray, the consequences surface quickly and visibly. Many organisations, by contrast, have behaved as though the social contract were optional. For
- [What this week’s Middle East crisis quietly revealed about workplace wellbeing, culture, and a growing leadership risk](https://www.bewellwise.com/middle-east-crisis-wellbeing/) - Watching how people respond to crisis tells you a lot about human nature. Watching how organisations respond tells you even more. On Tuesday, the UAE leadership quietly walked through Dubai Mall, stopping for coffee and greeting families without the ceremony many might expect. For many people, it felt like a simple but powerful signal of
- [When Work Stops Being Essential, What Will Leadership Become?](https://www.bewellwise.com/future-of-work-leadership/) - For most of modern history, work has been tied to survival. People needed income, and income usually required employment. That quiet dependency sits beneath much of organisational life: performance management, attendance culture, compliance-based leadership, and the assumption that people will tolerate mediocre systems because the alternative is financial insecurity. But that foundation is starting to
- [GUEST ARTICLE: Leadership Behaviours Shape Culture: The Time to Act is Now](https://www.bewellwise.com/behaviours-shape-culuture/) - Organisational culture is often described as “the way we do things around here” but that undersells its power. Culture is the invisible operating system that determines how people think, behave and collaborate when no one is watching. It matters more than strategy, structure or systems because it shapes the everyday choices that determine performance. Cultural
- [What Comes After HR as We Know It? Imagining the Alternative](https://www.bewellwise.com/hr-alternative-future/) - HR was designed for a different world. A world of hierarchy, predictability, long careers in single organisations, and a largely unquestioned belief that institutions knew best. In that context, HR’s role made sense. It balanced risk, compliance, and people management on behalf of the organisation. That world has gone. Yet, HR, in many organisations, has

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