Mental Health at Work

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9 ways to support your mental health in a busy work environment

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9 ways to support your mental health in a busy work environment

Job success is measured in a variety of ways. Achieving development goals, making financial gains, and completing duties on schedule are all ways a business is doing well. As an employee, you are crucial to these performance measures, and the importance of your mental wellness cannot be overstated. Employee emotional well-being helps a company and its workers achieve their best, in all aspects of their lives.

In this special guest blog, Casey Haward explores the importance of looking after your mental health at work, and 9 ways to support your mental wellbeing in a busy work environment.

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4 ways to nurture good mental health

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4 ways to nurture good mental health

We commonly hear about mental health when someone is experiencing a low point, or getting treatment for a mental health related illness. While it’s important to know the signs and symptoms of poor mental health and what we can do to help ourselves through these experiences, it’s important to also talk about mental health when we are feeling good. How often do you hear discussion around positive mental health?

There are a number of ways we can practise healthy habits that supports a positive state of mental health, and prevents stress and burnout from escalating. From practising kindness to making sure you are getting enough quality rest, here are 4 ways to nurture your mental health and wellbeing - something that’s worth us all making the time for.

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How sleep quality impacts work performance

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How sleep quality impacts work performance

Sleep gives your body a much-needed chance to rest and recover. Without a quality night’s sleep, you may struggle to operate at peak performance in all aspects of life, including at work. Are you struggling to meet deadlines, missing meetings, or making uncharacteristic errors? All of these challenges at work could be attributed to poor sleep quality.

In this special guest blog, Katherine Hall takes a closer look at exactly how sleep quality impacts your work performance and ways to improve both.

Is hybrid working the key to better mental health at work?

Is hybrid working the key to better mental health at work?

With the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing, many companies have been forced to embrace the remote working culture. Despite the many challenges of living and working remotely through the global pandemic, employees have still identified many benefits that come with working from home. For most organisations, introducing hybrid working will require a significant establishment of new ways of working and the associated policies.

In this special guest blog, Travis Loxley discusses the benefits of hybrid working for your mental health, and how this can empower higher productivity for employees.

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5 ways in which employee recognition can prevent burnout

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5 ways in which employee recognition can prevent burnout

Michael Gungor made complete sense when he said, 'burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.’ Many of us have started perceiving life as a mandatory race that we feel we need to run to survive. In this pursuit, we often tend to neglect the importance of our wellness and start inching towards burnout situations. This explains the reason why employee burnout is one of the most discussed phenomena in the contemporary business world.

What is your take on these alarming rates of employee burnout? In this special guest post, Jessica Robinson identifies the importance of employee recognition and how this can help to prevent burnout in the workplace.