From Functioning to Flourishing

Tested, practical strategies for health, happiness, and success at work

Are Your Leaders Burnt Out?

Discover why 59.6% of leaders are reporting they feel burnt out, and the practical, evidence-based steps workplaces can take to address this challenge.

Navigating Workplace Psychosocial Hazards

How are Australian leaders tackling their new responsibilities to protect their teams from psychosocial risks?

The Surprising Truths About Hybrid Work and Burnout

Workers appear to be facing different well-being challenges based on whether they are working from home, at their work premises, or both.

Are You Having the Wrong Conversations About Mental Health?

Learn the surprising truths about why most workers don’t want to talk about mental health at work and what they’d be more comfortable discussing instead.

Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Could Be Wasting Money

The latest insights from workers on the most effective investments to support well-being in the workplace.

Why Dealing With Other People Is Our Biggest Challenge

Simple steps we can take to create more high-quality connections at work.

Is Compassion Fatigue Burning You Out?

Why studies are finding that empathy fatigue (rather than compassion fatigue) is what leads people to feel overwhelmed and exhausted at work.

Are You Struggling to Realize Your Goals?

In this article, Dr. Grace Lordan shares the latest findings from behavioral science to help us understand how we can find the energy and focus to achieve our goals.

Which Well-Being Approaches Work Best?

Dr. Scott Donaldson shares the results of a meta-analysis exploring more than 20 years of research on different workplace well-being approaches and their impact.

3 Ways to Supercharge Your Brain

Recent research challenges many of the assumptions we hold about how to get the most from our brains.

The Business Case for Workplace Well-Being

Well-being researcher Nic Marks dives into the bottom-line numbers of what happens when workplaces invest in their people’s well-being.

6 Ways to Build Workplace Trust

In this article, Michael Bush, CEO of Great Places To Work, shares the simple steps we can all take to improve trust in our workplaces.

Which Are The Wisest Workplace Wellbeing Interventions?

How can nwe design wise interventions that positively impact wellbeing?

Is the Pursuit of Work-Life Balance Burning You Out?

Dr. Stewart Friedman, an organizational psychologist, explains why the pursuit of work-life balance is a zero-sum game that always requires sacrifices.

3 Tips for Better Coaching Conversations

Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh explains why 24% of leaders overestimate their coaching abilities and offers some simple tips to improve your coaching skills.

3 Tips for Making Workplace Change a More Positive Experience

David Bright explains how workplaces, schools, and communities can assess if they have the social capital and energy needed to implement big changes successfully.

How Do You Lead During Times of Chaos?

Professor Edgar Schein shares his three simple steps to help us lead others from a place of humility and curiosity to win their commitment.

Returning to the Office: Do You Need a Safety Plan?

Simple steps can help people create a personal safety plan that honors the trauma or discomfort they may feel when returning to work.

Does Your Workplace Well-Being Strategy Need Stepping Up?

In this article, we share the steps some of our favorite well-being researchers recommend as the foundation of workplace well-being strategies.

What Work Do You Really Want to Do in 2022?

In this article, Luke Burgis helps us separate what we want from what we need when it comes to the work we do next year.

The Scientific Secret to Happiness

Robert Biswas-Diener shares how life events ranging from negative to positive return people to somewhere within a happiness set-point range.

Is Fear Narrowing Your Opportunities at Work?

Learn why we need to leave behind the threat-based narratives that have dominated the past two years if we want to improve our outcomes and well-being at work.

Can You Create a Culture of Care?

Evidence-based ways leaders can leverage their existing routines and rituals to show compassion and appreciation and encourage responsibility.

Is Thriving Culture the Answer to the Great Resignation?

Have you heard of the Great Resignation? Jim Harter from Gallup explores with us the benefits of a Net Thriving Culture and gives tips on where we can start.

Can Relationships Be the Secret to a Better Workday?

Jody Hoffer Gittel helps us understand how the pandemic might be affecting our relational coordination, and what effect this may have on our well-being.