In this Work Well Live Webinar, we highlighted the Financial Wellbeing resources and tools available to benefit you and your colleagues.
You can watch the full recording of our webinar right here. We also mentioned some supporting resources during the session which we’ve documented. You are welcome to share this link with your colleagues and contacts as this is something that can benefit everyone.
Read MoreIn this Work Well Live Webinar, we were joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Eddie Murphy. On this session Dr Eddie discussed the return to the workplace and tackled concerns for both employees and employers as we navigate a return to workplaces around the country.
Read MoreThe theme for the most recent Work Well Live Webinar of our 2022 series was ‘Using the Breath to Activate Your Brain for Success‘ with our special guest Patrick McKeown.
Patrick is an international breathing expert and author based in Galway, Ireland. Since 2002, he has worked with thousands of clients, including elite military special forces (SWAT), Olympic coaches and athletes.
Read MoreThe theme for the most recent Work Well Live Webinar of our 2022 series was ‘Compassionate Self-Care for Working Parents - Why it's Vital and How to Do It‘ with our special guest was Dr. Malie Coyne.
Malie is a Clinical Psychologist, Bestselling Author, Adjunct Psychology Lecturer at NUIG and also sits on the Mental Health Advisory Panelist for the A Lust for Life charity.
Read More2021 was another challenging year but there’s a lot to be positive about from a workplace wellbeing perspective. Many organisations are placing an increased focus on the wellbeing and mental health of their people. If you don’t have healthy people, you won’t have a healthy business.
I still see many “random acts of wellness” masquerading as wellness programmes in Irish workplaces but progress is being made. At Workplace Wellbeing Ireland, we continue to empower organisations to develop, manage and measure long term meaningful wellbeing programmes and the numbers of students graduating from our programmes at The Work Well Institute in 2021 gives us confidence that our future is in safe hands.
Read MoreThe theme for our latest Work Well Live Webinar of our 2022 series was ‘Wellbeing Champions - How to Create a Shared Ownership for Wellbeing‘.
‘Peers can have a powerful influence on health behaviors and outcomes. The social support provided by individuals has the potential to improve the health and wellness of peers within their social networks.’
Read MoreThe theme for our first Work Well Live Webinar of the year was ‘‘New Year New Opportunities’ and it was an ideal way to kick-start 2022 for The Work Well Community.
Our guest was Donal O’Donoghue, President of Employment & Recruitment Federation and Managing Director at Sanderson.
Read MoreWe hosted an excellent session with Chris Flack of UnPlug who took us through the Right to Disconnect, cognitive task switching, winding down for Christmas and much much more.
If you weren't able to join live then you're in luck. The session was recorded so you can watch it back right here.
A big thank you to Chris for sharing such an excellent presentation and answering our questions.
Hard to believe another year is almost at an end.
Have you started making plans for 2022 as yet? Whether you're working from home, HQ or a hub next year, I can guarantee you that wellbeing will be high on the priority list for your people.
To help with your planning, I've documented all the resources, education and training that you can avail of from The Work Well Community in this article.
I have a very exciting update on my parkHIIT social enterprise and this is your opportunity to get involved.
parkHIIT is a free community workout promoting the importance of resistance exercise. Some people think that ‘resistance is futile’ but that’s not the case. parkHIIT proves that ‘resistance is worthwhile’!
Hybrid work looks set to become the prevalent work arrangement when offices reopen. How successful will this approach be for companies? We look at what this return to the office could look like, how companies are approaching it and how to successfully adopt a hybrid working model.
Read MoreIn this article we break down the ISO 45003 - what does it mean for organisations? What exactly are psychosocial risks and how can you manage them? And how can we move towards a safer workplace from a mental wellbeing perspective?
Read MoreFrom April 1 Irish employees were given the Right to Disconnect, which sounds like a great step forward given the year we’ve had. Working from home has left us feeling depleted as we find ourselves working longer hours and not being able to properly switch off.
So what does the Right to Disconnect actually offer us? And what does it offer employees and organisations going forward?
Read MoreIreland’s National Workplace Wellbeing Day is fast approaching on Friday April 30th 2021. Now in it’s seventh year, the day itself has served to raise the importance of employee wellbeing across a wide variety of industries since it’s inception. As always I encourage organisations to recognise and celebrate the day in a way that best supports their colleagues while at the same time ensuring they do not fall into the trap of celebrating wellbeing on only one day of the year and merely using the day as a PR exercise! Rant over.
Read MoreparkHIIT’s vision is to advance physical, mental and social wellbeing for people of all ages and backgrounds by promoting the importance of, and facilitating individuals to participate in, resistance exercise in community based public spaces.
parkHIIT is a social enterprise and all our outdoor weekend sessions are completely free for attendees and always will be. Due to restrictions, our outdoor gatherings were put on hold so we quickly pivoted online in order to keep our growing community engaged and to provide that weekly dose of much needed motivation at the weekend.
Read MoreWhat a year 2020 was. One of the positives to take from the turmoil has been the focus that has been placed on wellbeing and mental health. 2020 was a year when I first noticed TV and radio ads mentioning the importance of looking after our mental health. It was also a year where many Irish organisations properly prioritised the wellbeing of their employees. If you don’t have healthy people, you can’t have a healthy business. Is the penny finally dropping?
Read MoreIt’s a new year and an ideal opportunity for a new beginning. A fresh start after a year most would rather forget. Lots of people have been setting goals and resolutions for the year and a great many of them will be health related. New year resolutions often face their stiffest test on long cold January days when we’re back at work after the festive break. That’s why it’s great to see the hugely underrated Operation Transformation programme back on RTE. There’s no other show that provides as much positivity and inspiration to those looking to make healthy lifestyle changes. The show is a brilliant motivator for anyone looking to introduce (and stick with) healthy behaviour changes at the beginning of the year.
Read MoreAn incredible reaction to our recent webinar with Dr. Jennifer Hynes discussing Burnout and Stress at Work. We were so engrossed with Jennifer’s excellent presentation that we ran out of time for audience questions. We received quite a few questions during the live session so Jennifer had kindly gone through each and every one of them and provided a considered, evidence based reply.
If you missed the webinar you can watch the replay below (highly recommended) and you can read through the in-depth questions and answers below that again. A huge thank you to Dr. Hynes for the considerable time and effort she has dedicated to this.
Read MoreThe main wellbeing challenge facing senior leaders, HR professionals and workplace wellbeing service providers in Ireland over the coming months, unsurprisingly, relates to remote working according to a Workplace Wellbeing Ireland survey.
From an individual perspective, balancing work and home life as they work remotely was the number one challenge for employees. For the employer, managing people as they work remotely and keeping them engaged with their colleagues and engaged with the company culture was cited as the number one wellbeing challenge facing Irish organisations over the next 6 months.
Read MoreWe all need a little bit of resistance in our lives. Resistance exercise that is. Twice a week at least seeing as you asked.
If you don’t believe me then take a look at what the World Health Organization has to say on the matter:
“Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week.”
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