About 10 years ago, I stumbled across some advice from a survey of 80-year-old British people. I can't even remember who did the survey, but the list of lessons from people in the later years of life really resonated with me to the
Highlights We spend 1/3rd of our lives at work and yet research shows that as many as 70% of people are not engaged in their work! Whilst this stat varies by country, it's pretty consistent. Work is not perceived to be
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY ‘Kindness is contagious’ ‘Mental Health is different to mental illness’ ‘The workplace is the fifth leading cause of death’ ‘You can’t buy passion’ These are some of the soundbites from the first Wellbeing@Work
Lawrence, on a guest post for the Serenity Collective, talks about the role the food plays in psychological health. and eating for mental health. He also gives some practical tips on how to introduce healthy food into the workplace.
Healthy employees are happier, more productive, take fewer days off work, are more engaged with the company and brand and therefore more likely to consistently deliver great ‘on brand’ experiences. Leading to greater business performance. We recently worked with Rachel Beven, to revitalise the Sumo brand, aligning corporate, customer and employer brands and reinstating wellness at the heart of the business. This work was featured in The Healthy Brand Company's blog.
Lawrence Mitchell spoke at the Ikabo breakfast event aimed at leaders who want to improve workplace wellbeing. Lawrence spoke about his experience of creating at Reed Business Information a Living Well programme which increased employee engagement by 10%, reduced absenteeism by 40% and motivated 82% of the 3,0000 globally distributed employees to make changes to their personal health. Other speakers included Alex Lynch from Google Australia, Brett Fifield from NSW Department of Primary Industries, Cindy Lenferna de la Motte from Ikabo and Natalie Yan-Chatonsky from Full Time Lives.
MANY THANKS TO OUR SPEAKERS, SPONSORS AND FOOD & DRINK PROVIDERS Our valued speakers included:- Claire de Carteret, from Gallup Business Learning Solutions, who gave the opening keynote "The workplace in 2030 - key trends & research on the future
The world-renowned psychologist, Carol Dweck, proposed that everything in your life comes down to your mindset. There are only two types of mindset, Fixed and Growth. Whereas the former in underpinned by a belief that your abilities are fixed by your upbringing, genetics
