Well-being

A series of tips and hints on energy and well-being taken from a new pocket book written by Gillian Burn, one of our expert trainers and a specialist in health and well-being.
KEEPING HYDRATED

The body loses two and a half litres of fluid in normal body functions daily. This needs replacing.
Try and drink 8-10 glasses […]

Facts and Figures

Absence costs British Industry £10.7 billion per year (CBI Absence Survey data)
A loss of 192 million working days
3% working time lost
Average of 7 days per employee in absence
Industrial Society survey (2001)- 9 out of 10 workplaces are affected by excessive stress
Main causes of absence is from stress and back problems
Stress…

- affects one in […]

Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work-life balance? Are we really prepared to give up financial rewards for a healthier lifestyle?
This is an important question for organisations and staff. The costs of work-life imbalance are real. Exhausted people can’t concentrate, don’t have creative ideas and communicate poorly. But even in organisations where there […]

Taking time out for some simple exercise creates a great way to relax in a busy day. Regular short breaks help keep your mind and body alert and recharge you before the next task.
Create a pause in your busy day, as if you were pressing the pause button on your remote control, to allow your mind […]

Achieving the balance between work and life is a key challenge of our time. Our clients constantly report how difficult it is to manage all their work tasks efficiently and get home in a fit state to have quality time outside the workplace.
Work-life balance has often been regarded as a soft-issue, a nice-to-have, but those […]

How can you develop your emotional intelligence? Here Anthony Landale takes a look at the practical and proven ways that help people to build their EQ and what benefits this can have on themselves, their colleagues and the business.
How can you develop your emotional intelligence? Here Anthony Landale takes a look at the practical and […]

Hallmark Cards is the UK’s leading greeting card company producing some of the most innovative ranges on the market. So how come its people need training in creativity?  Anthony Landale takes a look.
Did you know that Britain is the ‘greetings card’ centre of the world? In total we send an astonishing 2.2 billion cards every […]

Do you dare to choose balance as a life priority? According to Clive Lewis of Illumine Training more honesty can get people what they really want.
Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work-life balance? Are we really prepared to give up financial rewards for a healthier lifestyle?
This is an important question for organisations and […]

We all want to feel on top of our game - but how can we achieve it? Here Anthony Landale looks at the key issues and the ways in which organisations are encouraging their people to feel more vital.
There’s a new word that has recently entered the management lexicon. Vitality. It seems as though companies […]

Do you dare to choose balance as a life priority?  According to Lisa King, OD Manager at the Common Services Agency, practical tools and more honesty can get people what they really want.
Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want worklife balance? Are we really prepared to give up the financial rewards of work […]