Employees in the UAE are more loyal to bosses who care about their stress levels
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How to integrate wellness practices into your work life
Increasing personal wellness is positive for individual health and business productivity
Arabian Business
AB UAE Forum: Expert urges ‘community built on trust’ to further destigmatise mental health
Haill said companies in the UAE are already starting to recognise the role they play in people’s mental wellbeing
Employees
Stress, workload, and burnout have ‘significantly increased’ in the past 12 months: GCC employees
The Talent Enterprise survey highlights the complexities of employee wellbeing in an era of the ‘new normal’, where a sense of euphoria accompanies persistent exhaustion and on-going stress
Deloitte
Nearly 40 percent of women around the world are seeking new roles, citing burnout: report
Over half of the women surveyed said that their stress levels are higher than they were a year ago
Aetna International
How UAE firms are faring in supporting staff well-being in post-Covid world
Aetna International study shows 70% of UAE employees think their company care about their health and well-being
Future of Work
Taking a smarter approach to how we work and live
Despite greater autonomy with how we fill the moments of our day, there is an increase in burnout
Resilience
A burning opportunity or a burnout waiting to happen?
That mid-January/February sense of being bone-tired after the frenetic winter season, which we lean into every year in the UAE, is being expressed by many already
Employment
Taking on procrastination in our ‘Age of Distraction’
There’s pressure every day to justify our existence; to have a “side hustle”, to be “busy”, a feeling we should always be “doing something more”. It doesn’t need to be this way
Jerome Droesch
Why latest wellbeing survey is a wake-up call for the business world
Jerome Droesch, CEO – Cigna MEA and SEA – tells Arabian Business how its latest data on mental health should open the eyes of leaders here in the region
Mental health
Why workplace mental health is a Dickens of an issue
Research paper after research paper shows that mental health in the workplace cannot be ignored, and yet many businesses continue to bury their heads in the sand
AB In Focus
AB Talks: Why are UAE workers so stressed and how can bosses help?
Mimi Nicklin, CEO and founder of Freedm, a new creative agency which aims to change their burnout-ridden industry, joins AB Talks to discuss new Cigna research which showed UAE employees are among the most stressed in the world
Mental health
UAE employees among the most stressed in the world – survey
50% of UAE workers have expressed interest in changing their job over the next 12 months, compared to the global average of 31%
Mental health
Why workplace burnout is increasing in UAE’s media and communications industry
The new Media Academy’s #StoptheBurn initiative supports mental wellbeing at work
Health and Wellness
The ‘I don’t have time for me’ story
Dr Robert Chandler, Clinical Psychologist, with The Lighthouse Arabia explores the power of narratives
Aetna International
Why mental health is now a top priority for UAE firms, employees
New survey reveals the impact of the coronavirus on the mental and physical wellbeing of employees in the UAE