The Upside of Stress

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Do you consider stress good? Bad? Or both good and bad? I have been asking this question a lot lately and have found that I always get mixed responses. My aim for this post is to try and explain to you why the answer is both. With a global pandemic looming over our heads, stress […]

How to avoid burnout amid a pandemic

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Burnout is one of the latest buzzwords, a front-burner topic amongst HR professionals, and it has featured in several articles and conversations lately as the biggest threat to our wellbeing, productivity and engagement. Yet do we know what burnout really is and how to avoid it? Ariana Huffington’s experience of burnout in 2007, whilst she […]