Don’t Underestimate Family and Friends for Stress Relief!
Maybe it was my legal training, maybe it’s getting older or maybe it’s just me but my default setting is to constantly look for what can go wrong. This is fine some of the time (and at times…
Resilience Sprints – Let’s get Agile
How do you create a company-wide resilience ‘sprint’ in an ‘agile’ world? Employee mental health cannot be ignored as the leading cause of long-term sickness in Australia. As co-founder of HealthChase I speak to people, organisations and elite…
Wellbeing programs – Top 4 factors leading to real and measurable behaviour change
You set up a wellbeing program at your company. You paid for education and skills training and invited motivational speakers to share their expertise. Great! You are now trying to tackle a top 5 management problem worldwide –…
Transport Industry Wellbeing: Driver-Led Behaviour Change
An estimated shortage of 15,000 truck drivers is expected by 2020 to meet the increased service demands of road freight in Australia (Latus 2013). To add to the problem, the average age of truck drivers is 43 years…
Is presenteeism costing your business money?
In 2009/10, presenteeism cost the Australian economy $34 billion, with the average employee losing 6.5 days of productivity (Medibank, 2011). Presenteeism is the loss of productivity that occurs when employees come to work but cannot perform properly due…
