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Webinar recording: Cultivating happiness at work to improve RTW

contributorAlexandra Blakemore

The Happiness at Work Program, a 30-day program devised to improve personal happiness and...

Workplace Nonchalance: who cares?

contributorAnne Richey

Nonchalant employees are not unhappy. They're not disgruntled. They’re people who show up day...

Webinar Recording: Engaging others early - The art of influence in return to work

contributorCarolyn Mounce

Building influence without authority and how it can support personal injury management...

The power of learned optimism

contributorScott Sanderson

How 'learned optimism' can improve return to work outcomes: Breaking down Theo Feldbrugge's...

Video webinar: Improving Return to Work Motivation with Optimism

contributorTheo Feldbrugge

Theo Feldbrugge discusses the impact of optimism / pessimism on return to work.

Emotional resilience: 2

contributorTom Barton

This second of a two-part series investigates identifying pessimistic thinking in employees, and...

Emotional resilience: 1

contributorTom Barton

This first of a two-part series investigates the negative health and work effects of pessimism,...

Stress and emotional resilience

contributorGabrielle Lis and Tom Barton

Ever wondered what RTW and sabre-toothed tigers have in common? Or why some people bounce back...

Family, colleagues great support after bad car crash

contributorHeather Millar, writer, WorkCover

After being badly injured in a car crash, family and colleagues rallied around to help Peter...

What's work got to do...got to do with it?

contributorGabrielle Lis

Returning to work is even harder if the work itself feels meaningless. What makes a job meaningful?

Motivation - the juice, just gimme the juice.

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

The what, where and why of motivation, distilled to dot points.

Tired of workplace health wannabes?

contributorGabrielle Lis

Every workplace has health champions and health underdogs. Motivating the latter can be a real...

The power of storytelling

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

The impact of 'patient narrative' - first-hand stories of illness and injury - shouldn't be...

Saying 'I do' to employee engagement: part 2

contributorScott Sanderson

We look at the practical measures organisations can take to encourage employees to work with...

Maintain the flame: Part 3 - Employers and job burnout

contributorScott Sanderson

What can employers do to help prevent and respond to burnout?

Maintain the flame: Part 2 - Employees and job burnout

contributorScott Sanderson

We look at how RTW Coordinators can help prevent, manage, and assist recovery from burnout

Maintain the flame: Job burnout part 1

contributorScott Sanderson

In part 1 of a 3-part series, we look at the symptoms, causes and effects of job burnout

Supervisors apathetic about RTW?

contributorGabrielle Lis

Six apathy-busting tips for when supervisors just don't seem to care about managing RTW.

Attitudes can be the biggest disabilities

contributorMary Harris

When it comes to returning people back to work, it's not just important to discuss the RTW...

Surviving Recovery

contributorElizabeth Quinn

Elizabeth draws on personal experience in this Users Guide To Maintaining a Positive Attitude on...

Retaining a top team

contributorAntonia George

How prepared are you for the fight to retain your best talent? Staff retention systems that...

Life in the slow lane

contributorElizabeth Quinn

The pace of return to activity after an accident or injury is dictated by more than just...

Teaching WorkCover claimants to sell themselves

contributorElizabeth Quinn

In pain, low in confidence, and down at heart: it can be a hard slog to get back into the...

Sunny side up

contributorGabrielle Lis

What is optimism? How is it good for health? When is it wise, in professional life, to get your...

Determined to RTW

contributorHeather Millar, writer, WorkCover

A truck driver with a recurring knee injury doesn't let setbacks keep him out of the cabin in...

Signs of employee disengagement

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Advice on how to bite the signs of disengagement - before they bite you

Come on get happy!

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Want a better workplace? Get happier. Here are some pointers on how.

6 simple apathy busters

contributorGabrielle Lis

Supervisors apathetic about RTW? You gotta bust that apathy ASAP!

What are the ingredients for success in RTW?

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Getting the right mix is never easy but hearing how other people have succeeded in return to...

Employees tough to budge on workplace health?

contributorGabrielle Lis

Dr Steve Beller says 'Joy of living' is a much more powerful motivator than 'fear of illness and...

The writing is in the book

contributorDenis Kinang

When a heroin and alcohol addiction lead you to the darkest places you've ever been, what can...

Motivation - Part Seven (b)

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

The final article in the motivation series looks at the strategies and techniques of...

Motivation - Part Seven (a)

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

The penultimate article in the 'Motivation Series' looks at Motivational Interviewing and the...

Motivation - Part Six

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Are you motivated to succeed or to avoid failure?

Motivation - Part Five

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

A look at self-efficacy and how it can be maximised in patients.

Motivation - Part Four

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Improving motivation is up to the employee and employer.

Motivation: Part Three

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Trying to define motivation can be tricky, but let's give it a go.

Motivation: Part Two

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

The six-part series continues. This time we look at the effect of a positive attitude towards rehab.

Motivation: Part one

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

The first instalment in a six-part series of articles on Motivation in rehabilitation.

From fighting cancer to fostering Cancer Voices

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Cancer survivor John Stubbs talks about his journey back to good health and back to work, in a...

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