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  • HRN

    Slides: Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

    Black, C | Jan 2020 | NHSI and PHE, England

    Dame Carol Black's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Conference 'Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace', 16 January 2020, London

  • The Conversational Company

    The Conversational Company

    Rediscovering ‘Banana Time’ in the Knowledge Economy

    Bevan S | Oct 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Stephen Bevan explores the benefits of being an explicitly more ‘conversational’ company in an ever more complex knowledge-based economy.

  • Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers

    Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers

    A randomised control trial to evaluate two training methods

    Wilson S, Martin A, Edwards M, O'Sullivan M | Sep 2019 | RSSB

    The research, led by IES on behalf of RSSB, has found face-to-face and e-learning training to be equally effective methods for training line managers in supporting staff with mental health problems. The study is the first randomised controlled trial of its kind to compare the two mental health training for line managers formats.

  • Slides: Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers

    IES’ research approach and emerging findings

    Edwards, M | Jun 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Megan Edwards' slides from IES HR workshop 'Line managers and their role in employee wellbeing', 20 June 2019, London

  • Slides: The importance of line managers for employee wellbeing

    Are the squeezed middle too squeezed?

    Bajorek, Z | Jun 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Zofia Bajorek's slides from IES HR workshop 'Line managers and their role in employee wellbeing' , 20 June 2019, London

  • Health Coaching: Innovation and Adoption

    Health Coaching: Innovation and Adoption

    Stories of impact from NHS organisations

    Edwards M, Carter A, Hey L, Arnill Graham K  | Jun 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report explores four case studies of successful health coaching adoption, adaptation and embedding, and explores the impact they report has resulted from health coaching.

  • Reflections and insights from a place-based approach to implementing coaching

    Better Conversations Test and Learn Pilot at Berkeley Vale

    Carter A, Hey L | Jun 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The focus of the ‘test and learn’ training pilot exercise at Berkeley Vale was to generate learning about ‘how’ health coaching is introduced in support of an Integrated Care System (ICS) to integrate working practices and create an ICS culture.

  • Obesity and Work

    Challenging stigma and discrimination

    Bajorek Z, Bevan S | May 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This IES research looks to enhance workplace practice surrounding obesity - a condition that many believe has reached epidemic proportion and is of global concern.

  • Mindfulness in the Military

    Mindfulness in the Military

    Improving mental fitness in the UK Armed Forces using next generation team mindfulness training

    Carter A, Tobias Mortlock J | May 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) commissioned IES and Cranfield University to investigate if, and how, mindfulness could be leveraged for strategic benefits. The team examined and compared different types of mindfulness-based mental fitness training to determine effectiveness in generating improved resilience, cognitive capacity and team work.

  • Employment support for people with epilepsy

    Qualitative research to identify what good employment support for people with epilepsy should look like

    Francis R, Byford M, Wilson S | May 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Epilepsy Action commissioned IES to conduct research exploring the factors that contribute to people with epilepsy being disadvantaged at work, and to identify what good employment support should look like.