SACS Articles
Read more about the issues that matter in your workplace.
Examining the neuroscience of stress
How does the brain deal with stress? What is the fight, flight or freeze response? Do you feel less productive and less creative when stressed?
What are the major causes of stress in life and work?
What are the major stressors in life? During the pandemic people have been worrying about their jobs, their health, and the health of their loved ones.
Meaning of Leadership: A Definition
A simple definition of leadership is a leader is a person that people want to follow and the world of research shows us that great leadership is biological.
Leading Change: Strategies & Skills for Successful Change
How can organisations successfully lead change? What models, strategies or frameworks will help us keep moving in the right direction? Here’s the secret…
What Happens in the Brain with Change? How To Navigate Our Instincts
What happens in the human brain when people encounter change? How do we navigate people’s innate responses to change and get them enthused and engaged?
How to Avoid Change Fatigue: The Ideal Conditions for Change
What conditions do we need to create to help people embrace change? What can we do to increase the likelihood of success with any workplace changes?
What Causes Change Resistance? And Why Do Some People Love Change?
Why do people vary so much in their receptiveness to change? Why are some people eager to make changes, while others strongly resist it? Here’s why…
The Psychology of Change: What Exactly Is Change?
So what exactly is change, what is the psychology of change and how do we help people develop the skills, experience, attitudes and values for change?
Change and the New Normal: Our Changing Workplaces
Change in the workplace is happening faster than ever, and there are lots of discussions about what the new normal will be and how to manage these changes.
Recognition at Work for Wellbeing: Programs, Ideas and Rewards
Recognition at work is important for people’s wellbeing, and can also improve productivity. But where should that recognition come from, and in what form?
It’s also important to explore any potential drawbacks of recognition at work.
Managing Workplace Stress: Causes, Symptoms and Strategies
Workplace stress can be positive as well as negative, and both affect wellbeing.
So how can organisations manage stress for their employees to ensure they’re engaged and productive but not unhappy or overwhelmed?
And what is the relationship between control and stress for wellbeing?
Characteristics of Resilient People and Resilience Techniques
What are the characteristics of resilient people? What makes someone more likely to be able to cope with change and stress? And how does this tie into engagement?
We examine the marked differences in resilience across various industry sectors and income levels. And we also discuss six powerful techniques you can use in the workplace to increase resilience.
Employee Engagement Statistics by Industry, Age and Salary
We surveyed two and half thousand people on their levels of engagement – and thus wellbeing – at work, and what we found is that there are some major differences based on industry sector, employee age and salary.
Ten Key Leadership Behaviours for Engagement and Wellbeing
Can business leaders increase engagement at work?
Absolutely, and there are 10 key leadership behaviours that affect staff wellbeing, along with three different leadership models, and four characteristics that leaders need to display.
How to Recruit for Engagement Using Personality and Values
Can organisations recruit people who are more likely to be engaged?
There are genetic and learned traits that affect someone’s levels of engagement, and thus wellbeing, so businesses can use personality and values testing to identify candidates who are more likely to be engaged.
How to Measure Wellbeing at Work: Engagement Matters
Workplace wellbeing is best represented by levels of engagement, which in turn can be looked at in terms of energy, flow and commitment (AKA vigour, dedication and absorption).
High engagement at work improves productivity, customer satisfaction and profits, while decreasing absenteeism, staff turnover and workplace accidents, amongst other things.
What Happiness Is and Where Happiness Comes From
What causes happiness for people? Some say that money makes you happy, but our data doesn’t support that. Happiness in the brain comes from the dopamine and serotonin pathways, but there’s more to it.
There seem to be specific personality traits that increase your chances of being happy, along with five things, outlined in the PERMA model of happiness that determine your level of happiness.
Why Physical Health Matters for Wellbeing at Work
Wellbeing at work is more than just the absence of illness or a problem. It’s about promoting physical health, to a point where people are thriving, physically fit and feeling resilient.
So what do organisations need to focus on to encourage healthier lifestyles? And how does this impact psychological health, and thus wellbeing?
How to Reduce Staff Turnover: Solutions, Strategies and Methods
How exactly do you go about reducing staff turnover? Firstly, measure it, then look at your hiring practices, your internal opportunities and your leadership styles.
By combining all of these factors, you will be able to increase your staff retention rate, and improve business performance.
Staff Turnover Research: Costs, Effects & Statistics
Research gives us even deeper insights into the reasons that lead people to leave their jobs, and the resultant impact and costs to business.
We talk about the visible costs of staff turnover, and also the less obvious impacts, along with the key reasons and factors that lead someone to leave their job, including personality, demographics and leadership.