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Given the fact that most people spend at least half of their waking hours at work, it is essential to recognise the types of business situations most likely to induce stress. Stress causes a wide range of physical and psychological effects which lead not just to unhappiness and health issues, but also to potential declines [...]

With ever increasing volumes of work and the need to be more conscious of the work/life balance and well-being, how can individuals and organisations overcome becoming stressed about it all?
At work, stress is caused by a multitude of reasons and situations with different people showing different levels of resistance. In this article we are going to look at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 work/life balance? Are we really prepared to give up the financial rewards of work [...]