As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week, it's the perfect time to reflect on one of the most powerful tools we have for supporting wellbeing – community. At MHScot, we’ve seen first-hand how meaningful connections an...
You’ve invested in Mental Health First Aid training for your team – great start. But now what?One of the biggest challenges we hear from organisations is this: "Our Mental Health First Aiders were really enthusiastic after their trai...
Some of us have a propensity to dislike change, be comfortable with the status quo and resort to rigid thinking. This narrow attitude shows up in every corner of our civic and business landscape. Creative and innovative thinking, which...
Managers are telling us that people are falling out lately, over a whole raft of social and political viewpoints. It seems that in the last few years, we have forgotten how to be civil or have meaningful debate. Simp...
Remember when you started work for the first time? Do you remember how it felt and who helped you get up to speed? On leaving school, my first job was as a clerk in a building society in Johannesburg. I was inducted into a bustling,...
Modern workplaces are increasingly prioritising employee wellbeing, with many organisations recognising the need to address rising stress and burnout levels, particularly in the post-pandemic era. As companies shift their focus to ment...
Championing diversity in the workplace is both rewarding and necessary for getting the best out of people and developing a resilient and collaborative mindset. The challenge is finding that sustainable, happy balanc...
If I enter a workplace and hear no easy conversation or laughter, I become concerned about the organisational culture. Although we may need quiet to concentrate, chit-chat, banter, and the occasional giggle indicate...
The common plight of working people today, is the struggle with unmanageable workloads, severe time pressures and being pulled in too many directions. We seem to have little control over our workloads either at home...
Everyone I speak to lately seems to be tired and worn out. Tired of the excessive workloads caused by staff shortages; tired of being afraid to voice an opinion, tired of being unable to use their initiative to effe...
