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Corporate Wellness
5 Tips to Maximize Your Productivity
Despite all of the gadgets and apps humans have developed to make themselves more efficient, most people still struggle to accomplish their agendas. In fact, since most workers now carry mobile devices everywhere they go, they often feel…
Could Your Office be Putting You at Risk of a Heart Attack?
Corporate environments are more stressful than ever before. The modern world is fast paced and cut throat, and that kind of ongoing stress can have a strong negative effect on your wellness and wellbeing.
A team of management…
Is Your Job Sending You to an Early Grave?
Of all the things that affect corporate wellness, and your overall well-being, occupational stress is the worst, and the most common. We accept it as a part of life, but workplace stress is not only taking its toll on your emotions, but…
Best Ways To Reduce Work-Related Stress
Stress is a part of every job, indeed it’s hard to imagine a job where there is no stress. This is true because there are so many stressors in our working environment. It can be anything from attempting to meet deadlines, chasing a…
How to Up Your Career While Maintaining a Work-Life Balance
At any point in your career, finding a work-life balance is difficult, but when you’re trying to get ahead? Impossible! You have to work harder and stay later if you want to get noticed, right? But then how does corporate wellness fit in?…
How to Get on Top of Any Workplace Stress and Anxiety
Stress in the corporate workplace is a serious problem. When people feel stressed, this can have a direct impact on their emotional wellness and wellbeing. Stress leads to physical problems too, and can cause absenteeism, which costs…
The Habits That Will Keep You Fit and Healthy at Work
It is very difficult to keep fit and healthy when you are engaged in a corporate lifestyle. Most people spend their working lives hunched over a desk or a computer screen, with very little break of pause in their routine. This can lead to…
Constant Corporate Communication: Has 9 to 5 become 24/7?
These days, your corporate wellness is almost inextricably linked to your entire wellbeing; if things are going well at work your home life is better, while workplace stress sneakily feeds its way into your relationships and personal time.…
How to Create a Happy Office by Making Sure You’re Healthy
A corporate space is a difficult one in which to incorporate physical activity. Nevertheless, numerous studies have shown that employees who have better wellness and a strong sense of wellbeing perform better in the workplace when compared…
Could You Maintain Your Fitness Even When You’re at Work?
For millions of people, going to work means a dull, stationery corporate environment, where people spend a lot of the day sitting down and looking at a computer screen. For this reason, it can be really hard to maintain wellness and…
Proving Your CV Claims: How Exactly Are You a Team Player?
“Team Player” is one of those buzzwords you put on your CV, but what exactly does it mean? Is your potential boss just looking for someone who gets on with everyone, or is he or she after something more? These days, anyone with any sense…
How to Get the Best Ideas Out of Your Creative Team
Corporate wellness thrives on creativity, and so you may feel compelled to assemble a super team of individuals who can come up with creative solutions and ideas for your business. The wellbeing of your business depends on getting the right…
What Everyone Ought To Know About Workplace Wellness
The term ‘wellness’ is used a lot these days, especially in corporate environments. You will hear this word in the media, in insurance documents and within the HR departments of big companies, but what does it really mean?
Many…
Staying healthy in the office during the holiday season
Tis the season for holiday work parties, hot drinks loaded with extra calories, skipping the gym to cuddle up on the couch, and just general coziness! Unfortunately, cozy and healthy don’t always go together, and struggling through the…
Yogue, Strike a Pose: How Desk Yoga Can Keep You Going
A lot of us spend all day sitting at a desk, but did you know this is wreaking havoc on your mental and physical wellbeing. You may be more concerned about corporate wellness, and so don’t care that you’re sitting and typing away all day.…
How to Journal Your Way to a Better Career
You may think that journaling is a practise reserved for aspiring novelists and teenage girls, but keeping a journal is beneficial for anyone’s emotional wellbeing. However, that’s not all; keeping a daily record of your experiences and…
What is the link Between Asbestos and Lung Cancer?
Former England football player Ian Wright is the face of a new campaign to reduce the number of asbestos-related deaths, which have been increasing in numbers over the past few years. The campaign is being carried out by the Health and…
What is a Job Burn-Out and Who is at Risk?
Job burnout is a particular type of stress that creates a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion, combined with fears over your ability and value in the workplace. It’s become something of a phenomenon over the past few years,…
Employee Wellness: 4 Career Breakers to Avoid
As tenuous as the job market is today, employees are doing everything they can to stay in the good graces of their employers. If they get fired or laid off, people know how difficult it may be to find another job. Because of the uncertainty…
Why Employers Should Care How Well Their Workers Sleep
Sleeping may seem like something that has no bearing on the corporate world (after all, you sleep at home and you must be wide awake in the office!) but research is now suggesting that more employers should be talking to their employees…
Could Good Working Relationships Add Years to Your Life?
Studies suggest that good relationships with your co-workers and a supportive work environment could add years to your life. In a trial involving 820 adults with an average age of 41 who were tracked for 20 years, researchers noted that…
7 Simple Health Tips for the Freelancer
Even if you work from home, you can still get sick. And taking a sick-day can result in tons of work and tighter deadlines the next day, not to mention the possible damage on your credibility and payment.
To keep the…
How Can We Tackle Work Stress at an Organisational Level?
The latest findings from a survey of teachers has painted a dramatic picture of teacher corporate wellness; 76% of teachers believe that workplace stress is making them ill, while 56% believe this stress is making them worse at their jobs.…
Early Birds v/s Night Owls: Why Are Morning People Happier?
You may doubt the mental wellness of people who enjoy getting up early, but according to a recent study published in the American Psychological Association journal Emotion, early birds are generally happier than night owls. Researchers…
Why Happy, Healthy Employees Matter
Some people are fortunate enough to be given the chance to get their dream jobs. After all, it has been said that when you love what you do, it doesn’t feel like work at all. But even if you love your job, there are other factors that can…
Could Job Insecurities Lead to a Mental Health Issue?
The recession, job insecurities and increasing pressures in the workplace mean we're all under a lot of stress where our careers are concerned. This is encroaching on our personal lives and relationships as well, which could explain the…
Is there a Specific Solution to Your Job Stress Situation?
‘Chronic job strain can put both your physical and emotional health at risk,’ says Paul J. Rosch, MD, the president of the American Institute of Stress, but when corporate wellness experts and the like talk about this strain, they tend to…
How to Establish Your Seniority when You’re a Young Boss
In today’s crazy employment market, there’s no telling who might end up with the job. A person may have 25 years experience in your profession, but end up with a boss who’s 25 years old. If you’re a young boss, it can be hard to establish…
Three Steps to a Healthier Work Experience
If you work in a desk-based job, you may be aware of the risk to your health from sitting down all day and limiting the amount of physical activity you get. While the structure of many modern businesses are changing, such as including gyms…
5 Critical Things Your Job Injury Could Affect
Most people assume that they will be well taken care of if they happen to get injured at work. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In fact, many workers' compensation claims are either initially denied or stalled for a long time, so…