Your employees have been through a lot. Between the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, and some tough headlines to deal with, there is a lot impacting your employees right now. 

In some workplaces, things are busier than ever. Workplace burnout is on the rise, with two-thirds of full-time employees saying they’ve experienced burnout at some stage. To top it off, more than a third of workers say their employers have nothing in place to help them avoid it.

As a leader, it’s up to you to protect your employees and help them maintain a balance at work. If your workers are feeling the pressure, then perhaps it’s time to do something about it.

Get your employees the help they need with the following ideas to relieve workplace pressure and put an end to employee burnout.   Read more...

Imagine this. You’ve just started trading and you have a team of employees at your beck and call. They’re making sales, liaising with customers, working on prototypes, and creating new marketing materials.

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For the first few weeks, everything is going great. But then, after a while, you notice that standards begin to slip. Employees aren’t showing up for work on time, the quality of their output is going down, and they don’t seem as enthusiastic about what they are doing as before. What’s going wrong?

Bursts of motivation are common in workplaces. However, sustained effort is a rare beast indeed. The majority of employees simply aren’t interested in slogging their guts out, week after week, just so that management can hit its targets. They care about the quality of their lives and aren’t interested in living exclusively for work. They want fun in their lives.   Read more...