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A Global Perspective on Prevention of Addictions and Addictive Behaviours
The average person in South Africa consumes 20 litres of alcohol per year and this is one of the highest rates in the world. The incidence of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in our country is one of the highest in the World (Stein, Ellis, Meintjes and Thomas, 2012). The...
What are the benefits of an EAP in the COVID-19 era?
The primary goal of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) has always been to help with resolving or managing problems that can interfere with an employee's ability to perform their work. They are able to provide employees with the tools and resources that they need...
The Importance of Diversity in the Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic has given employers lots of challenges. Not only have they had to protect the health of their employees, they continue to have to cope with far-reaching operational disruptions. At the same time, they are having to execute plans for recovery and...
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October is breast cancer awareness month. Did you know that breast cancer tops the list of cancers affecting women in South Africa? Apart from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women of all races, with a lifetime risk of 1 in 25 in...
Coaching Employees Through Change
The role of any successful team leader, manager or executive in an organisation today can be likened to that of a sports coach. Their focus should centre on developing their employees into “super-star players” by helping them to overcome obstacles, building and...
An Employer’s Guide to Installing EAP Services
Employers understand that their organisation can only benefit - both from a productivity perspective and in a way that will ultimately affect the bottom line - when its employees are not struggling with overwhelming personal issues. Employee Assistance Programmes...
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Even before the pandemic, working from home was not a new concept. However, before COVID-19, many South African organisations treated it more as an occasional practice or perk, granted to specific employees. While first world countries have been embracing remote work...
How to Reduce Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
Unconscious bias in the workplace is a commonplace occurrence that impacts one person’s opinion of another, based on facts or experiences from their past. These biases can negatively affect an organisation in several ways: during the hiring process when HR or managers...
Assisting Employees in the Aftermath of Trauma
Across the globe, people are living through sustained trauma on a scale not seen in over 70 years – since the end of World War 2. In South Africa, the colossal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic along with a lasting negative effect of recent civil unrest have left...
Executive Coaching – The Future of EAPs?
When attending to employees with behavioural or performance issues, some EAP programmes may use the terms counselling and coaching interchangeably. However, by definition, coaching differs from counselling in that it is not a remedial service, and using the term...