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Managing Sickness Absence
A free resource to help HR, managers and leaders understand early warning signs and practical steps to take.
Authentic Leadership Among Women in Humanitarian Work: A Qualitative Study
One of our team recently completed her academic thesis on the challenges that female NGO leaders face in trying to be their authentic selves at work. Here she shares some of her findings.
Workplace Trends We Expect To See This Year
The challenges of cultivating a thriving workplace in 2025 will feel familiar. But some are growing in intensity or visibility. Here are seven trends we anticipate this coming year, along with a little guidance on how you might respond.
‘It’s Time To Prioritise Mental Health In The Workplace’
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day on 10 October is right up our street: mental health at work. To mark the day, we asked our…
Navigating The Redundancy Process
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA Senior Psychologist & Staff Care Specialist // DIANA CHEPKOSGEI Clinical & Organisational Psychologist // ALLISON MALE It’s sadly a reality of work….
Workplace Trends We’re Noticing At The Moment
In our work, we take time to reflect on themes that we’re noticing in organisations around the world. Here’s some of what LEANNE MAREGA, BEN PORTER, MATT EDWARDS,…
Things To Know About … Creating A Trauma-Informed Workplace
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Senior Psychologist DIANA CHEPKOSGEI Are you ‘trauma-informed’? We asked BEN PORTER and DIANA CHEPKOSGEI from our psychosocial team to explain why…
Introducing Our New Chief Thriving Officer
We’re pleased to announce that KAREN ABBS is joining our leadership team. In this Q+A she introduces herself and the role, and tells us what excites her as…
Introducing Our New Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead
BEN PORTER is our new ‘Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead’! In this Q+A he pays tribute to his predecessor, shares his hopes, and explains why his role is a…
The Overlooked Ways To Build Trust In An NGO Team
Chief Executive Officer LEANNE MAREGA Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT Organisational Consultant ERIN LLOYD ROTICH How do you build trust in a team? What if that team’s work is…
“You are genuine, genuine world class experts”
What’s the culture like in your workplace? Would the most junior member of your team describe it in the same way as the most senior? And how can…
8 Workplace Trends We’re Noticing At The Moment
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA In our work equipping purpose-led organisations to thrive, we try to take time out to reflect on the trends we notice. At…
8 Ways To Foster Belonging In Your Workplace
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA We all need to feel like we belong. On the blog last year, our CEO LEANNE MAREGA talked about why this is…
How To Keep Your Work Culture Healthy In A High Risk Environment
Psychotherapist & Facilitator // KRISTEN GUSKOVICT A toxic culture makes work a harder place to be. But if you’re an aid worker in a warzone, a toxic culture…
How To Help Your Team Become More Resilient To Change
Adviser & Organisation Health Specialist // ANN MURAYA Thrive’s ANN MURAYA helps organisations large and small grow resilience in their teams, so they are more prepared to face…
The Two Foundations Of Staff Wellbeing
Consultant Psychologist // GRAHAM FAWCETT Our Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT gets to the heart of what makes for a happy, healthy team. In his book Dying For A…
How To Talk About Wellbeing At Work
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER It’s not always easy to talk about, but the benefits are many. Here Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead BEN PORTER shares ideas…
The Joy Of Rest
Whether you’re an intern or CEO, young or old, working outdoors or at a desk, the truth is the same: you need rest to stay healthy. Here’s nine things we at Thrive know about rest.
Why Staff Need To Feel A Sense Of Belonging At Work
Why is it important for staff to feel a sense of belonging in their jobs? Our CEO LEANNE MAREGA explores…
Preparing And Caring For Staff Who Travel
Psychotherapist & Facilitator // LIZ PYCROFT Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER The pandemic has not only changed how people travel, it’s changed…
Ready For Launch: Our New Support Network For Climate And Conservation Leaders
Psychologist and Facilitator JESS BRAINCH is co-hosting a series of sessions at Thrive designed to support leaders who work in climate change and conservation. Here she tells us why, and how you can be a part of it.
The Ukraine War: How To Care For Staff Who Are Impacted By It
How can you best support team members who are responding to the war, or have been affected by it?
Travelling For Work: A Waste Of Time Or Time Well Spent?
From short commutes to international travel, Thrive’s Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT encourages us to notice the unsung benefits of travelling for work. Over the last two years, we’ve…
Ending Burnout Culture In The Aid Sector
The work of DR. GEMMA HOULDEY is close to our heart. She’s a Wellbeing Advisor and Researcher whose new book The Vulnerable Humanitarian is about ending burnout culture…
Medical Reviews For Travelling Staff: A Serious Gap In Duty of Care?
As the pandemic continues to distract attention away from other health issues, Travel Medicine Specialist DR. TED LANKESTER makes the case that organisations need to ensure their staff…
13 Lessons On Living With COVID-19 In 2022 & Beyond
Our panel of doctors, psychologists, occupational health and organisational consultants recently gave a holistic view of how to care for yourself, your team and your organisation in 2022…
Returning To The Office – 7 Things We’ve Noticed
Many organisations we support are starting to return their teams to the office. In a recent webinar, we shared with them some ways to make this transition simple,…
Leading Well In Challenging Times
Director of Health Services ALISON COULTER shares her thoughts. Very few leaders have been through times as challenging as these – the word “unprecedented” might be overused at…
Leadership & Decision-Making During COVID-19
Our Director of Psychosocial Services GRAHAM FAWCETT shares some considerations for organisation leaders. Leadership can be scary enough without throwing a pandemic into the mix. In this blog, I’ll…
10 Tips For Managing Remote Teams
Since Thrive launched in 2017, we’ve been a “virtual” company – with our team members all working from home and connecting online. Our CEO LEANNE KENNEDY has been sharing…
10 Tips For Remote Learning
If you’re starting to explore remote, online learning in your work, then this blog post is for you. We asked our Director of Learning ERIN LLOYD ROTICH to…
The Difference Between Leadership & Management
Organisation Health specialist ALISON COULTER looks at the differences between leadership and management, and how to build an effective culture in the aid sector. Leadership and management increasingly…
Three Ways to Strengthen Your Commitment to Staff Wellbeing
Our CEO, Leanne Marega talks through three key ways you can strengthen your commitment to staff wellbeing and how we can come alongside you to this… Following the…
Thriving Leaders and Teams Creating Thriving Organisations
Director of Health Services ALISON COULTER shares principles of good leadership and how thriving teams can be developed and sustained from thriving leaders. I am still inspired by…
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