Tag: Stress

So, did you set yourself some New Year’s resolutions? Was getting a better work life balance one of them? It was for me!

After surviving the Global Financial Crisis, the vast majority of employees in Australia are looking to restore balance to their working lives after putting in the hard yards during leaner economic times.

Three out of ten small business owners have not had any time off from their business this year with 64 percent having had only one week’s leave or less according to a survey of small business owners this month.

Being a small business owner is so glamorous and straightforward, right?

You can work whenever you want, determine your income and make your own rules. It’s the lifestyle that everyone wishes they had. Or is it?

70% of employees are operating on auto-pilot and should be exposed to regular ‘positive’ stress at work, claims workplace management expert Tony Wilson.

Movember is shown to be an important initiative with a recent survey of 300 male and female senior executives and business leaders showing a need for greater investment into depression and mental health services for men in Australian workplaces.

Ever worked with a person who has drained you of energy, turned your work days into a series of battles, or made you feel powerless or helpless? It’s very likely you were the target of a master manipulator.

Although employers in all states and territories have OHS obligations to prevent workplace bullying, employers in New South Wales and Queensland face stricter OHS obligations than the other states and territories.

Renowned presenter, Gavan Podbury, is bringing his successful, life-changing seminars on how to work with difficult colleagues and make the most of all working relationships, to Sydney in November 2010.

They intimidate, manipulate, degrade and humiliate. They cost the country billions of dollars in lost productivity and cause stress, anxiety and depression in their victims.