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09Mar

How to Create a Long, Fulfilling Working Life

Nick Lovegrove

career, midlife

Work

As our lifespans are extending, how should we construct our working lives. Like a mosaic says author Nick Lovegrove, filled with things we love and want to know more about
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04Feb

Businesses not Supporting Those Affected by Cancer

AXA PPP

cancer, illness, work

Work

On World Cancer Day we ask: are employers doing enough to support their staff members affected by cancer?
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15Dec

Keeping Your Head as a Startup Founder

Louise Chunn

mentalhealth, startups, stress

Work

Is founding a tech business dangerous to your mental health? Welldoing.org founder Louise Chunn assesses the psychological highs and lows of startups
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09Dec

Business Leaders Speak Out About Mental Health

Louise Chunn

anxiety, campaign, depression, startups, stress, work

Work

Campaigning collective [email protected] organised a ground-breaking event in London in which senior leaders in business spoke out about their own struggles with mental health
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14Nov

6 Tips for a Healthy Workplace

AXA PPP

health, work

Work

Many physical and mental health problems have been linked to sedentary behaviour. With many of us working at desks, what can employers do to improve health in the workplace?
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07Oct

A 7-Step Plan for Reducing Email Anxiety

Jocelyn K.Glei

anxiety, career, stress

Work

We have become slaves to our email says Jocelyn K. Glei. Read these 7 rules for managing your email habit before you read another single one
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27Sep

How Nature can Increase Productivity in the Workplace

Jez Rose

Work

Evidence suggests that views, smells and noises from the natural world increase our levels of wellbeing. The Good Life Project is looking for businesses to help prove the benefits of nature in the workplace
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06Sep

Workaholics Infect Domestic Life

Geraldine Bedell

Work

In Sheryl Sandberg's best-selling book, Lean In, she argues that a major reason why women don’t assert themselves at work is that they think it will make other people see them as selfish, cold and unpleasant workaholics. For men, success is correlated with niceness but successful women are often perceived as bossy and dislikable. Sandberg cites Deborah Greenfield, Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at Stanford, who explains that this is the result of a widespread assumption that women not only are nurturing, but that they should be – which...
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05Sep

3 Tips to Get Your First Graduate Job

Anne Wilson

graduates, jobs, tips, university

Work

Finding your first job as a new graduate can seem overwhelming in today's competitive job market. Graduate mentor Anne Wilson has practical, achievable advice
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25Jul

Why Student Counselling Can't Make Everything All Right

Louise Chunn

counselling, student, university

Work

Incoming chair of the Heads of University Counselling Services, Alan Percy speaks out on the challenges of providing counselling when so many university students expect continuous support for challenges that are part of growing up
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