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Becoming a rising, resilient business
Employers are used to investing in benefits packages and health insurance as tools for attracting and retaining the right talent, but in the modern day, employees and society expect intelligent alignment with their needs, from social wellness to professional development and mindset growth. And those who do invest in their teams may stand to gain so much more.
Diversitet, lighed og inklusion på arbejdspladsen
At advokere for diversitet, lighed og inklusion (’DE&I’) er ikke et nyt tema for mange organisationer – men eksterne faktorer genforstærker behovet for en robust DE&I strategi og accelerer presset på organisationen for at handle og rapporterer om DE&I-mål.
2021 Global Wellbeing Survey
Indtil nu, har leddet mellem medarbejdertrivsel og selskabets præstation været uklar, men Aon’s 2021 globale trivselsundersøgelse undersøger netop dette direkte led mellem medarbejdertrivsel og forretnings præstation.
Long hours and burnout
Long working hours, increased workload and the pressure to perform elevate the risk of work-related stress — threatening to undermine the resilience of both individuals and organisations in the financial services sector.
Global mobility and remote working: how to build a resilient mobile workforce
Until recently, the concept of global mobility was taken for granted. The potential to experience different cultures, and to share employee experience within a global workforce, was something many employees enjoyed and many companies benefited from.
How social wellbeing can help boost employee resilience
The world of work is ever-changing, and the COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense upheaval and catalysed new ways of working. We take a look at why resilience is so important to businesses - and how companies can help build resilient workforces.
The importance of workplace resilience: why should businesses care?
The world of work is ever-changing, and the COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense upheaval and catalysed new ways of working. We take a look at why resilience is so important to businesses - and how companies can help build resilient workforces.
Continued lifestyle risks drive up medical costs and increase the need for resilience
Medical costs are continuing to rise, and demand for medical services is predicted to return to normal in 2021. What can employers do to manage their medical, health and wellbeing costs?
Creating a culture of lifelong learning without a ‘job for life’
With jobs for life a thing of the past, and an age of change creating promise for those that stay ahead and peril for those that do not – employees and employers alike are changing their attitude towards continual education attainment as a way to stay relevant. In fact, lifelong learning has been penned as one of the answers to creating a resilient workforce.
How great coaches build brilliant habits
Positive habits are not built overnight. But with inspirational leadership, can organisations play a more fundamental role in improving the health and wellbeing of their employees? We explore the role managers can play in coaching their people to achieve personal and professional ambitions, and in doing so, build healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
Building a future-ready business alongside your employees
Business sustainability is being challenged by forces outside of business control and with employee expectations changing, and public scrutiny growing — many businesses are having to undergo great transformations today to make sure they remain resilient tomorrow. Those that succeed in changing course, involve their employees in the process, so that their people, purpose and potential align.
Using digital technology to ensure strong social and team connections
In an age of information and unprecedented change, digital technology is increasingly being used to create social connections. As a result, employees are demanding more from their employers, in the hope that digital technology can help them to manage their home and work lives with more autonomy. So just how can employers ensure these channels are effective?
Delivering excellence by aligning organisational purpose with employee values and aspirations
Finding meaning in your work is one of the most rewarding ways to spend your 9-5 as an employee. To achieve this, employers are increasingly trying to align company objectives with causes their staff care about, which in turn is helping them to attract and retain talent, while also propelling productivity through the pursuit of shared goals.
The secrets of nutrition and improved mental performance
Food – we all know it is the fuel our bodies need to maintain our energy levels. But do you know the role it plays in supporting your brain function too? Whether it is brain fog, the post-lunch slump, or a caffeine crash; what we eat can impact our performance, productivity, sleep, and mood – so it is important to learn how to use it to our advantage.
The physiological repercussions of coronavirus on home workers
The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people to retreat to their homes as countrywide lockdowns were enforced overnight. But what is the impact of this adjustment? And with so many expected to work from home for the foreseeable future, how can we learn to not just cope, but thrive as we adapt to a new way of working?
Building resilience through employee-centric social wellbeing strategies
Resilient businesses are reacting to COVID-19 by ensuring their workforces remain engaged, productive and socially connected. But as the change refuses to abate, employers are realising that we may never return to previous ways of working, and that the way employees interact has changed permanently. So how can we continue to create close social bonds?
The cost of staying fit
When it comes to your retirement, what do you want your life to look like? We are guessing that whatever your plans, health and wealth are an important feature of your vision for the future. With these crucial aspects so interconnected, we explore why maintaining a healthy approach to both fitness and finance today can positively impact your future plans.
9 tips to help your employees combat workplace pressures
Work-related pressure is not always a negative force in the workplace it can actually help to boost productivity, build resilience, and enhance focus and motivation. However, it can also become an issue when the demands placed on people exceed their resilience threshold, having a detrimental impact on their productivity, performance, and overall wellbeing. To strike the right balance follow our nine tips to help your employees handle pressure.
Making fitness fit — physical health for high performers
In high-pressure environments, exercise could be the key to greater productivity and increased wellbeing but how can you support time-impoverished employees to make fitness fit? We explore different approaches to ensuring that your workforce can find time to improve their physical performance, alongside their employee performance.
You are what you eat: filling your cupboards with the good stuff
Working from home has, for many, changed our eating and shopping habits – some for the better, others for the worse. With greater numbers of us working from home either permanently or more frequently, we explore how filling your cupboards with better produce, shopping smartly and planning your meals can help you eat better and waste less.
Are you sitting comfortably? Well, then it is probably time you stood up and moved.
So much of our modern lives involve sitting. In fact, if you took the time to count how much of your day you spent sitting down you would probably be surprised by just how high that number is; even as we work from home. In this article we explore why standing up could be the most important step you take this week and how technology can help get you moving.
When is the right time to talk about money?
In many cultures and for many individuals money is not something that is discussed openly. Yet learning how today’s decisions can affect tomorrow, and what long-term saving strategies are available can have a hugely positive impact on an employee’s state of mind, as well as helping to create a productive and happy workforce in the long run.
Why wealth benefits are a prerequisite to health benefits
As wealth disparity increases, economic crises abound, and unemployment is always a possibility, employees are becoming more in need of financial support. Getting the fundamentals of prevention, intervention, and education in place can reduce the health and wealth gap, as well as creating an employer brand people potentially flock to.
Fostering an emotionally rewarding environment in the workplace
Emotional wellbeing is a personal topic, and the causes of poor emotional wellbeing are as unique and diverse as the individuals affected. In a world of increasing worry, and the wide and varied knock-on effects of this, it is vital that leadership and line managers are poised and equipped to deal with these threats and create a culture that nurtures relationships and emotional safety.
The benefits you would never think of
An above-average pension package, a subsidised gym membership, and maybe if you are lucky, a ping pong table. It is safe to say that many benefit packages are suffering from a homogeneity that leaves little differentiation. So organisations are reimagining their traditional benefits package in order to attract and, more importantly, retain the best talent.
Health in a heatwave — keeping cool at work and at home
As the mercury rises in the sweltering heat of summer, so too can office tensions and discomfort. While office air conditioning debates may be on hold for many this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic changing where we work, summer in our new working environments may be even more difficult than normal.
Bringing micro-moments of recovery into the office: your guide to being zen at work
What if we could find little moments within our days to build in some mental recovery? We have all heard of mindfulness, but do we actually know how to practise it? And do we even have the time?
Forming new habits in 100 days
The desire to change our behaviours in order to optimise health, energy, productivity, happiness and success are common goals that unite us. However, changing old habits and maintaining new ones, as you have probably discovered, is hard. And there is a good reason why.
Uncovering how to support the emotional wellbeing of a global workforce
The impact poor mental health can have on a workforce is increasingly well recognised. The role employers can play has huge potential in supporting emotional wellbeing and offsetting its negative effects, but as businesses grow their workforces globally, how can employers provide cross-cultural health and wellbeing solutions that are inclusive and support diversity?
Stepping back, or stepping up? Getting the right financial support to employees
While the long term financial impact of COVID-19 is not yet known, in the short-term it has had far reaching effects for employees. We explore how employers are uniquely positioned to help their workforces manage their financial wellbeing, and how employees need to understand the key drivers that will ensure they are able to support themselves.
The 12 changes you can make to your diet that will improve your health and your wallet
While you really cannot put a price on good health, there are well founded financial gains to be made through taking a more proactive approach to the nutritional value of your diet. That change itself is not often easy, but we explore 12 ways in which through a mix of diet and lifestyle adjustments you can stand to improve your health and wealth.
Using technology to reach those most in need of benefit
As the ways used to send information to employees increase, how do we break through the noise and distractions to ensure they are engaged with the right benefits and support? Find out how behaviour change can help employees and employers alike, and the apps available that can enable more productive lifestyles.
