Lyndy van den Barselaar offers four ways that organisations can mitigate employee burnout and foster resiliency in the workplace...
Lyndy van den Barselaar 21 Apr 2021
Businesses are only as healthy as the people that run them. And many of us are ailing...
Donna Kimmel 15 Feb 2021
As with pregnancy, nutrition is a particular focus of postpartum care. New mothers need the support to recover from the rigours of pregnancy and childbirth so that they can cope well with the different challenges presented by infant care...
Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 11 Feb 2021
As much as good eating habits are vital to a successful slimming campaign, years of experience at the Renewal Institute has shown that lifestyle habits are just as important. If not assessed, addressed and changed, a long-term solution to weight loss just isn't possible...
Dr Lestonn Lawn, Issued by Renewal Institute 19 Jan 2021
Putting the brakes on business travel and physical offices due to tech transformation...
Johan Botes 11 Jan 2021
If you've been enjoying clear, healthy skin then suddenly experience some kind of flare-up, be it eczema or a breakout, it's time to start paying attention to your body...
Dr Graham Duncombe, Issued by Renewal Institute 16 Nov 2020
Reskilling the workforce has been identified as a strategic priority to achieve long term growth and sustainability. But how do businesses get started on this initiative when the pressure is on?
Lerato Matabola 5 Nov 2020
Corporates are currently dealing with how to report company performance whilst navigating a myriad of uncertainties due to the outbreak of Covid-19...
Loshni Naidoo 14 Aug 2020
It's been a long year, with technology continuing to blur the boundaries of work and home, bringing with it a pressure to continuously perform. Being always on, without the relief of a break leaves people overwhelmed and more likely to experience burnout...
In a recent workforce survey done by Cape Town co-working company, Venture Workspace, the most popular New Year resolution for 2020 is to achieve better work-life balance...
Current corporate reporting is far more nuanced than ever before, covering financial, environmental, social and governance elements. However, reporting on health has largely been neglected...
Dr Pistorius has been appointed as a professional consultant to a new company, Europlaw Group Africa Limited, to be launched in Mauritius...
Issued by Europlaw 1 Oct 2019
Agriculture and allied business is set to enter a new phase of strategic re-alignment, and will have to re-calibrate their thinking to meet new challenges and embrace the opportunities of the future, including those for rural economies.
When the acronym VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) was coined by the US Army in the 1990s to describe how crazy the post-Cold War years were, those early proponents had no idea that this would continue to be true for years to come...
We know the robots are coming, now what? HR departments have their eyes glued to this development...
Ashalia Maharajh, Issued by Red & Yellow 3 Jul 2019
Stress, as an appropriate response to a real danger, is an evolutionary life-saver...
Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Jun 2019
A campaign by London agency AMV BBDO for Plastic Oceans International has won the Grand Prix and Best Multiplatform Award in the Effective Content Strategy category, the final category to be announced of this year's Warc Awards...
Brain health is set to take centre stage in 2019 with research showing that nutrition, sleep and stress management are among the most important factors influencing mental wellness...
Issued by Leap Communications 28 Jan 2019
South Africa's average life expectancy of 62.4 years is expected to rise to 69.3 in 2040 based on current health trends while diabetes is predicted to be the leading cause of death by then, a new study shows...
Issued by Leap Communications 28 Nov 2018
Enterprising women, who run their own businesses, can benefit from a Gauteng-based two-day masterclass that discusses successful entrepreneurial characteristics and attitudes...
Issued by Freelancers Writing Services 26 Jul 2018
While diet and exercise are very important, health and wellness coach Reinhard Korb believes that the one true answer to a healthy life is purpose...
The South African wine industry is finding new ways to manage climate change by researching smart agri tools, drought tolerant cultivars, water stress management and efficient irrigation management.
In many European universities and specialised schools, professors are now being assessed by their students. While this has long been standard in the United States, many issues can arise...
Raffi Duymedjian and Isabelle Né 13 Mar 2018
Not all stress is the workplace should be considered "bad", and team leaders need to know how to help employees manage such stress in order to build stronger teams and increase productivity...
Statistics from the International Diabetes Federation's 2015 update show that the total number of people with diabetes in Africa is expected to increase by 20 million in 2040, bringing the total to 34.2 million diabetic patients on the continent...
In South Africa, only 28% of senior management positions are held by women...
There are so many interesting changes that happen in the industry and in the markets. You need to be sure that you always look out for various options that are available to continue your education as a marketer...
Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 11 Jul 2017
Business travel can be stressful and comes with a demanding schedule. According to experts, establishing a routine is paramount in reducing stress levels while travelling for business...
February is national Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month, with Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Day celebrated on 22 February...
Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 22 Feb 2017
Burnout is responsible for a loss of earnings estimated at R40,6bn, equalling 2,2% of the country's annual GDP...
The search for the fruit and wine industry's golden voice came to end with Neville Fortuin from Little Oaks, Villiersdorp, crowned as the Agri's got Talent 2016 winner...
Those of us working today all have some type of stress in our jobs and those in PR, marketing and communications know all too well the toll it can take on productivity if left unmanaged...
Janine Lloyd 23 Jun 2016
Absenteeism in the workplace costs South Africa between R12bn and R16bn each year in lost productivity. But a new study reveals that a good manager can help reduce employee sick days and boost output at work...
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 2 Mar 2016
The second annual Profmed Stress Index has identified health as the number one cause of stress among South Africa's professionals...
As businesses look to reach year-end targets, white-collar employee stress levels rise, which must be managed for both employee wellness and business performance...
Lyndy van den Barselaar 26 Oct 2015
Your employees are the most convincing brand ambassadors for your organisation. But can also be your most ruthless critics...
Marketing companies are always looking for ways in which to gain a competitive advantage. For many years, it was believed that bright, intelligent people were the key to superior performance...
Brendan Powell & Lauren Durant 31 Aug 2015
When I first started copywriting, I remember getting the draft documents for a huge copywriting job that never went through - a series of white papers. I spent months writing and rewriting them anyway...
Chemory Gunko 20 Aug 2015
The reactive management of employee wellness has to go, as South Africans live in a highly stressful, complicated society...
A foreman from Saratoga Fruit near Robertson, Armando Baartman, was announced as the winner of Agri's got Talent 2015...
Despite the fact that the very best evidence we have about the causes of work stress and burnout point to factors present in the workplace rather than in us, the stress reduction industry and the helping professions' focus on individual self-care strategies is at an all-time high...
Zoë Krupka 22 May 2015
If you'd like to boost your earning potential in 2014, billionaire Warren Buffett has some advice for you: master the art of presenting. Buffett once told a class of business students of Columbia Business College that he would pay anyone in the room $100,000 for 10% of their future earnings. If they were great presenters, he would raise his bid by an amazing 50%! Buffet believes that excellent presentation skills makes an employee far more valuable.
John French 10 Feb 2014
My mission as a communication coach is to create what I call 'Conscious Communicators'. A 'Conscious Communicator' is the term I have coined to describe a fully empowered communicator who knows and fully understands how the communication process works.
John French 3 Oct 2013
Too often we find that someone is appointed to a specific position, shown how the system works and then left to his own accord - that is it. Then, later when things go wrong, other people in the organisation are very surprised to learn that this individual gave poor customer service or does not know the first thing about the email program that he must use, for example.
Su-Mari Du Bruyn 20 May 2013
February is Healthy Lifestyle awareness month and, following an indulgent year-end, is meant to stop us in our tracks and remind us of the importance of following a healthy, balanced lifestyle if we are to realise our goals of living a longer, more fulfilled life.
Andrew Edwards 22 Jan 2013
A breakfast, hosted by Patron Personnel and billed as the 'Business Women's Event of the Year', saw guest speaker, Lori Milner, address delegates on the topic of 'Celebrating personal power - ordinary women leading extraordinary lives'.