CORPORATE WELLBEING PROGRAMS
I offer group wellbeing workshops on topics that range from psychological safety within teams and meetings to stress management and communication. I also offer 1:1 coaching and group training and programs. The businesses I work with are looking to increase their key talent retention productivity, profitability and reputation while driving down absenteeism and the costs associated with this and retaining staff vs the often painful process of recruitment.
While I live in Edinburgh I’m able to travel to host in-person workshops and team days.
I also find that in-person lunch and learn sessions can be a valuable introduction to how I work and what I can offer.
I first started hosting group workshops in 2016 and consider myself an expert in bringing together groups of people from diverse backgrounds to connect and find common ground using techniques from transformational coaching, positive psychology, neuroscience-backed movement & breathing practices and trust-building tools.
My experience of working in the corporate world for 20 years taught me what worked and what didn’t work in terms of communication, leadership and getting the most out of team members, even when shareholder results applies pressure.
Did you know?
Two-thirds of respondents to a March 2023 PwC/Times Health Commission survey reported a rise in demand for counselling since the pandemic.
this survey of businesses found that two in five companies had seen an increase in employees taking long-term sick leave because of mental ill health.
Helping employees to stay productive in work not only benefits organisations, it promotes the employee’s mental well-being and financial security at a time when stress and economic hardship are a worry for many.
The work that we do in partnership together will always have your business’s needs and goals at the core.
An excerpt from an Ernst & Young & University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School Study on Business Transformation, and the link between Organisational Survival, Staff Performance and Negative Emotions.
The need to successfully transform — and to do so continuously in the face of disruption — is now critical for organisations to survive.
In 2021, EY and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School formed a research collaboration. Our considered view is that there must be a more contemporary and effective way to drive organizational change.
In a successful transformation, leaders invest at the outset to build the conditions for success, both rationally and emotionally. As the transformation progresses, we see that stress increases and confidence may dip. But as the pressure increases, so does the support. With the proper support at the right time, workers will end the transformation feeling positive. In our study, 79% of workers reported positive emotions after a successful transformation, the majority of which were happy or content — 50% higher than before the transformation.
In an underperforming transformation: a negative cycle emerges
Leaders and workers begin in an emotional state that is similar to those in a successful transformation. However, there is a point during the transformation where things spiral down. Slightly more than one-third (38%) of workers reported negative emotions such as stress during a successful transformation versus two-thirds (66%) of workers during an underperforming transformation.
Without any supportive intervention, workers and leaders alike lose hope. At the end of an underperforming transformation, the negative emotional impact is massive. Three-quarters of the workforce reported negative emotions, including 31% who experienced sadness, upset or depression.
Overall, negative emotions in the workforce increased by 25% in a successful transformation but by more than 130% in an underperforming transformation.
