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We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
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Slides: Work as a health outcome. Where are we? Now and the future
Hampton, R | Jan 2020 | Public Health EnglandDr Rob Hampton's slides from IES HR Network Annual Conference 'Work as a health outcome. Where are we? Now and the future', 16 January 2020, London
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Slides: Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Black, C | Jan 2020 | NHSI and PHE, EnglandDame Carol Black's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Conference 'Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace', 16 January 2020, London
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The Conversational Company
Rediscovering ‘Banana Time’ in the Knowledge Economy
Bevan S | Oct 2019 | Institute for Employment StudiesStephen Bevan explores the benefits of being an explicitly more ‘conversational’ company in an ever more complex knowledge-based economy.
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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 | RSSBThe 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.
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Slides: Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers
IES’ research approach and emerging findings
Edwards, M | Jun 2019 | Institute for Employment StudiesMegan Edwards' slides from IES HR workshop 'Line managers and their role in employee wellbeing', 20 June 2019, London
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Slides: The importance of line managers for employee wellbeing
Are the squeezed middle too squeezed?
Bajorek, Z | Jun 2019 | Institute for Employment StudiesZofia Bajorek's slides from IES HR workshop 'Line managers and their role in employee wellbeing' , 20 June 2019, London
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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 StudiesThis report explores four case studies of successful health coaching adoption, adaptation and embedding, and explores the impact they report has resulted from health coaching.
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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 StudiesThe 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.
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Obesity and Work
Challenging stigma and discrimination
Bajorek Z, Bevan S | May 2019 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis IES research looks to enhance workplace practice surrounding obesity - a condition that many believe has reached epidemic proportion and is of global concern.
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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 StudiesThe 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.