The idea that a single ‘type’ of employee is required for a business to thrive is totally false. Imagine if you only had one type of way to play football, or one single way to play tennis. Some of the most innovative sports stars of the past century would never have defined our culture in the way they have, if their creativity had been ignored.
Read full article5 easy ways to increase your wellbeing in the workplace and beyond.
Read full articleOur next public 2 day Mental Health First Aid course will be taking place on Tuesday 18th September and Wednesday 19th September 2018 in central Birmingham. To register your interest, please email info@altruistuk.com, stating your name, role and organisation.
Read full articleA young entrepreneur from the West Midlands has been invited to speak alongside multi-millionaire business founders at the Peter Jones Foundation’s inaugural Festival of Enterprise, EntFest, on the 11th June, hosted by the University of Buckingham.
Read full articleAn Awkward Hello. How many times have you bumped into an acquaintance during the day and muttered, ‘hello, how are you?', not because you are genuinely interested in their day, but because you are seeking to fill an awkward silence with a quintessentially British remark?
Read full articleIt was all going so well. We know the feeling. Everything is going brilliantly at work, you’ve planned out your entire week and then, suddenly, a crisis comes crashing around your ears.
Read full articleDid you forget something? Business owners remember many things on a daily basis, such as their schedule for the day, the profits they would like to make for that month, and the exact time of an upcoming meeting with their accountant. However, one thing crucial to a companies’ growth is forgotten all too often. The health and wellbeing of its staff.
Read full articleCALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) recently partnered with ITV to display 84 statues from the rooftops of their studio, representing the 84 men who take their own lives every week.
Read full articleAccording to the national charity Papyrus (2018), children as young as 9 years old are contacting helplines to discuss suicidal thoughts as a result of online bullying. Between 30% to 40% of 11-18-year olds are contacting the helpline 'hopeline' as they feel there is no escape.
Read full articleHow did January transform into February, and then shoot into March, before somehow ending up in April? Many people get so caught up in work in the first quarter of the year that they forget about the most important aspect of their lives, their health. After some well earned rest over the Easter Bank Holiday, now is the perfect time to get healthy.
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