This old Irish seanfhocal especially rings through in Irelands fast paced economy where work demands often put healthy lifestyle on the back burner for many employees. Many fitness gurus believe that fitness is synonymous with happiness, which is also synonymous with increased loyalty and productivity in the workplace. Why is this so? It is claimed…
What makes a great work place? Is it people, pay, benefits? Traditional beliefs held that we should manage the workplace from the standpoint that people will always dislike work and when they are at work they will always want to be somewhere else. For years, researchers and companies have tried to measure and understand employee…
Woody Allen once said that “eighty percent of success is showing up”. Presenteeism involves working long hours in a job when there is no need to do so. You are at your desk but you are not working at full productivity. You may be merely being putting in the hours to convey the right optics…
The recent Abrivia 2017 Salary Survey found that just over 50% of employers are in favour of trialing a Swedish style six-hour workday. When employees in Ireland were asked the same question the percentage supporting the idea rose to over 80%. Whilst the level of support for the six-hour workday among employees doesn’t come as…
It’s no secret that healthy workers are among the happiest and the most productive at their jobs. Numerous studies have shown that employees in better overall health exhibit high performance and efficiency levels leading to a greater focus on corporate wellness programs. The opposite is also true, poor health often results in lower job performance,…
