More than ever, many of us begin and end the holidays exhausted. The stress of Christmas at work has begun to ruin our festive spirit and we need to do something about it. Continue reading
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Finnish Independence Day and other cultural discoveries
For those of you that have not met any of us at Honeydew Health, we are actually a very multinational team with the 5 of us hailing from Denmark, Finland, Poland and the UK. With such a great variety on offer, every organisation should embrace their different cultures! Continue reading
Be prepared for Christmas party mishaps
As you may have read in yesterday’s blog, the Honeydew team went for our annual Christmas meal and it was a great success! As a team, a love of good food and wine is something we all have in common so at a group meal we were in our element at the Clapham based Italian restaurant. Continue reading
Celebrating successes of 2013
As 2013 comes to an end, Honeydew staff have been reflecting on the past year and how far we have come. Tonight we will be having our Christmas party and it turns out that we at Honeydew Health have a lot of successes to celebrate! Continue reading
Why is every day a sick day for the UK?
65,000 people call in sick every week, according to the British Heart Foundation. Given that 71.8% of our 63.7million population is employed, to have 65,000 of those out of work during any given week is shocking. So, why is every day a sick day for the UK? Continue reading
How to: Conduct a capability procedure
This article was written by Vista, a leading Employer Services company whos core services are HR Services, Employment Law, Management Training and Development and Occupational Health and Wellbeing. Continue reading
We like to give thanks for Thanksgiving
We at Honeydew Health are always up for a challenge and Sandy, our client and marketing co-ordinator has accepted a new one! To give thanks for a local hospice. Continue reading
Managers close to burnout: impacts of stress
The CIPD’s article ‘Managers close to breaking point fail to support team’ has highlighted some shocking issues for today’s managers with the impacts of stress. Are managers close to burn out, bad managers? Continue reading
Improving relations between HR and line managers
HR Magazine published an article today commenting on research done by the management consultancy firm, Hay Group. The research tells us that half of line managers that took part in the study felt that HR did not give them the appropriate support they needed to be good managers. There were various reasons for this but the one reason in particular that struck us at Honeydew as very simple to solve was this: Continue reading
“You can’t spend your life in the stretch zone”
Yesterday, Honeydew Health attended a Stress Management Training course run by our partners Corporate Health. Continue reading