Observations from the field: Workplace Wellbeing Trends from a Global Tour Photo Credit: Ave Calvar Author: Rachael Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC; General Manager – Environmental Strategy & Wellbeing SME, Maritz In a November LinkedIn post, I shared my experiences from a whirlwind global tour, highlighting key observations and trends in workplace wellbeing. This journey, spanning five cities across two continents over six weeks, provided me…
Burnout: A Multidimensional Challenge Requiring Multidimensional Solutions
Burnout: A Multidimensional Challenge Requiring Multidimensional Solutions Author: Talya Landau In a world where ‘busy’ is worn as a badge of honor, burnout has become the silent epidemic ravaging our workforce. I sometimes hear leaders say that it’s the employees who need to learn how to deal with the demands of work and life, and I also hear employees who say that it’s the sole…
Reframing Health at Work: Shaping a Prevention Economy
Reframing Health at Work: Shaping a Prevention Economy Author: Elizabeth Bachrad, MA, MSc Companies are increasingly interested in defining their social purpose and impact in wider society, but there is reluctance on the part of businesses to increase their responsibility for the health outcomes of their workforce. Why is this so important to get right? Because the UK, and arguably countries across the world, have…
June 2024 – A Celebration of Workplace Wellbeing Month
June 2024 – A Celebration of Workplace Wellbeing Month In June this year, the Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI) Workplace Wellbeing Initiative launched a global online summit to bring greater recognition to Workplace Wellbeing and to present the expertise of a powerful line-up of International Experts who delivered relevant and often ground-breaking content. As is always the case, GWI is about stepping into the future…
FinWELL (Financial Wellbeing) Guide For Employers
FinWELL (Financial Wellbeing) Guide For Employers Five Steps by FinWELL Step 1 – Ask your people what they want The biggest barrier we see with employers of all sizes when it comes to approaching financial education and wellbeing is where to start! But it doesn’t have to be complex or complicated. The best first step is to simply ask your people what they want. This can…
Mind, Mood, & The Microbiome: A Healthy Gut at Work (& Why It Matters)
Mind, Mood, & The Microbiome: A Healthy Gut at Work (& Why It Matters) By Gloria Treister, HHP “All disease starts in the gut.” Hippocrates made this profound statement more than 2,000 years ago, and we are just now beginning to understand how right he was. Research over the past two decades has revealed that gut health is critical to overall health and that an…
