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Mental wellbeing at work is no longer an afterthought. The evidence for the business case is overwhelming. Physical and mental health should go together. If a member of staff is being physically assaulted, would you tolerate it? Yet a lot of mental assault takes place in the workplace, with little or no provision for promoting […]

By promoting mental wellbeing in the workplace, we are creating psychologically safe environments where individuals and systems are managed in ways that guarantee sustained productivity and performance. Building a culture of organizational wellbeing need not be a cumbersome process. Here are five easy steps that you can begin with as a leader in your organization:

On January 8th, 2024, news broke that the body of a young Nigerian banker was found in the toilet of the bank where she worked. She had committed suicide by drinking a poisonous drink. She said *”my figure are low”* . We do not know what the implications were for not meeting her sales targets! Possibly, her

When the senior management team of an organization meets to discuss the next best strategies for competitive edge, it is highly unlikely that the mental wellbeing of their staff will make the list. But a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) UK, explains why it should be an item on the

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Looking through my archive of publications, I came across my dissertation for my MSC in Business Psychology in 2015. It was an interesting IPA study on how older workers experience work related stress. One of the themes that emerged as a cause of work related stress was ‘manager as problematic’.