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Books, articles and guides on well-being, stress management and physical and mental health in the workplace.
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Read our latest features and articles on employee wellbeing.
What – if scenario planning: be ready for what’s next
  • Article
  • 05 Apr 2024
In a world of continuous change, there’s only one thing more powerful than business agility: continuous foresight. The ability to accurately discern your best, worst, and most likely potential outcomes in a turbulent environment provides a significant competitive advantage.
What is burnout and can I do anything about it?
  • Article
  • 28 Mar 2024
Sometimes, if our working environment isn’t right, it can affect our physical and mental health. This can lead to burnout. But what exactly is burnout? Rex Fan, Lead Behavioural Insights Advisor, explores what burnout is and what you can do about it.
Preventing and navigating burnout: a manager’s guide
  • Article
  • 22 Feb 2024
It’s important to role model the behaviour that managers wish to encourage in their teams, says caba, the occupational charity supporting ICAEW accountants.
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Meet the prize winner: Mandy Lai
  • Article
  • 01 Feb 2024
Mandy credits a strong support network and the right work-life balance, as well as a knowledge-based approach to studying, with her continued exam success.
How to beat Blue Monday
  • Article
  • 12 Jan 2024
CABA advises ICAEW members struggling with their mental health on how to get their year off to a good start psychologically.
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How to stay resilient during exams
  • Article
  • 04 Jan 2024
Managing your health and wellbeing in times of heightened stress is vital. Paul Guess of caba offers five tips to help boost your confidence ahead of your next exam.
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Setting and scoring goals: meet Nick Grimes
  • Article
  • 30 Nov 2023
Nick Grimes juggles work and studying for the ACA with captaining Taunton Town Football Club. He shares how he’s found a work-life balance while pursuing his passions on and off the pitch.
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My ACA Journey: meet Ashwini Poopalasingham
  • Article
  • 25 Oct 2023
We meet Ashwini for coffee to discuss the challenges and rewards of the ACA qualification, strategies for maintaining a work-life balance, and future career goals.
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Reports

Exclusive Special Report 69: Effective collaboration
  • Report
  • 2020
  • PDF (2,073kb)
Collaboration has been a trendy buzz word in business lexicon for some time now, but, as the pandemic has done with many other ‘nice-to have’ skills, it has now become absolutely necessary to master. With your colleagues, business partners, suppliers and all other stakeholders more than likely working from home, and maybe even across different locations and time zones, effective collaboration is essential
Exclusive Special Report 64: Managing People
  • Report
  • 2019
  • PDF (1,487kb)
Managing people is one of the most important skills needed to successfully navigate your way to the top of the corporate ladder. This report provides practical tips and advice on topics such as team management, dealing with difficult people and the effect of technology on recruitment.
Exclusive Special Report 56: Soft skills that FDs need
  • Report
  • 2017
  • PDF (5,953kb)
A special report looking at the soft skills that FDs need to succeed

Webinars

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How a board should balance major strategic issues with staff retention and wellbeing
  • Podcast
  • 25 Nov 2022
In the second of two Insights In Focus special episodes an experienced panel discuss a dilemma facing a fictional UK-based food manufacturer.
Digital downtime
  • Webinar
  • 15 Mar 2021
This webinar provides a balanced view of smart technology and how it influences all our lives.
Leading resilient teams
  • Webinar
  • 07 Oct 2020
Learn practical tools and techniques to help you manage stress and build a resilience management framework.
Manage change effectively
  • Webinar
  • 01 May 2019
This webinar explores how a reaction to change can impact an individual’s wellbeing and the difference having a positive mindset can make. It provides an opportunity to discuss how to accept or adjust to change and how to be open to the opportunities that change can bring.
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Legal Alert

Legal Alert is a monthly checklist from Atom Content Marketing highlighting new and pending laws, regulations, codes of practice and rulings that could have an impact on your business.
New guidance: Acas issues guidance on reasonable adjustments for mental health
  • Article
  • Jun 2023
Employers will welcome new Acas guidance to help them and their employees when considering reasonable adjustments for mental health at work.
New guidance: Acas updates guidance on managing bereavement in the workplace
  • Article
  • Apr 2022
Employers will welcome updates to the Acas guidance helping them deal with employees who have suffered a bereavement.
New law: Employers assess workplace implications of upcoming laws against domestic abuse, including at work
  • Article
  • Feb 2022
Employers are considering what changes they need to make to protect workers, while at work, in relationships with people whose behaviour amounts to ‘domestic abuse’ under upcoming new laws in case it spills into the workplace.
Disclaimer

These articles from Atom Content Marketing are for general guidance only, for businesses in the United Kingdom governed by the laws of England. Atom Content Marketing, expert contributors and ICAEW (as distributor) disclaim all liability for any errors or omissions.

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Business press

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
Exclusive Organisations benefit from employees taking sabbaticals, research shows
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • David Burkus
The article summarises the findings of a number of research studies into the effect of sabbatical leave on employee wellbeing and organizational performance. Benefits to individuals from sabbaticals can include a decline in stress and an increase in overall well-being, while organisations can use sabbatical programs as a means to stress test their procedures and give aspiring leaders a chance to grow.
Exclusive Managing (and surviving) in a high-intensity workplace
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • Erin Reid, Lakshmi Ramarajan
After interviewing hundreds of professionals in many fields, the authors have concluded that total selfless dedication to work is often unnecessary and harmful. It has dysfunctional consequences not only for individuals but also for their organizations. The authors discuss three typical strategies (Accepting, Passing and Revealing) for coping with demanding workplaces, and the risks associated with each style. Managers can help by enforcing reasonable work hours, requiring vacations, and taking steps to protect employees’ personal lives.
Exclusive Beating burnout: Addressing emotional exhaustion at work
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2024
  • Megan Haynes, John Trougakos
The authors have conducted research to understand how work-related emotional exhaustion changes throughout the workday and what factors influence it. They found that factors such as socializing with co-workers, supervisor support, autonomy, and interactions with difficult customers can affect emotional exhaustion levels. Employer interventions targeting these factors could help address emotional exhaustion and improve employee well-being. Additionally, the article discusses the potential benefits of a four-day workweek in terms of increased productivity and employee well-being.
Exclusive No longer lonely at the top
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2023
  • Ben Gose
The hiring of co-CEOs is becoming more common in non-profit organizations due to trends such as a desire for work-life balance and the need for diverse leadership. Shared leadership allows organizations to tap into different skill sets and create a stronger leadership model. While there are potential drawbacks to the co-CEO model, such as slower decision-making and confusion among staff and stakeholders, advocates argue that it promotes better decision-making and demonstrates a commitment to equity and inclusion.
Exclusive Can women have it all? Yes, but not all at once
  • Article
  • 11 Sep 2023
  • Cheyenne Ligon, Arleen Jacobius
Quotes from influential women in institutional investing, who have successfully navigated challenges in balancing billion-dollar portfolios, family responsibilities, and self-care. While their success may appear effortless, these women acknowledge the real challenges they face. They highlight the need for openness about the challenges of maintaining work-life balance, even after reaching high levels of success.
Exclusive Helping employees through mental-health challenges
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • Kiran Bhatti, Thomas Roulet
Few managers receive any training for dealing with mental health crises that may arise among employees. Amid heightened external stressors, including the after-effects of the pandemic and economic uncertainty, more employees than ever are experiencing anxiety and depression at work. This article introduces the basic principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as a mental-health first-aid tool to help employees address emotional distress and negative behavioural patterns. Recommendations are made for how managers can support employees experiencing mental health issues.
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Online magazines

Some online journal titles are available only to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. To view the full range of titles available to you, please log in.
Employee Benefits
  • DVV Media HR Group Ltd.
Online magazine covering developments around various kinds of employee benefits, including pensions, health insurance, and company cars.
Personnel Today
  • DVV Media International
News resource for HR professionals. Its website includes an archive of articles published since January 2000.
Training Journal
  • Political Holdings Limited
Online magazine for the UK's training and learning and development industry. Until 2020 it was a print magazine; the Library provides online access to issues published between 2008 and 2020 via its premium databases.

Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection

The collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a range of articles, books and reports on employee wellbeing. Use the links below to see what we have available to request in our Library catalogue (Libcat).

To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to borrowing books.

You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports through our document supply service.

External resources - Acas guidance

Advice, guidance and practical resources on a wide variety of recruitment topics for both employers and employees, produced by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, Acas. Acas is the employment relations service for England, Scotland and Wales offering practical, independent and impartial advice to employers, employees and their representatives.
Acas guide to flexible working and work-life balance
  • Website
  • Acas
Acas guide outlining important considerations for employers of all sizes when implementing flexible working practices.
Coronovirus and mental health at work
  • Website
  • Acas
Acas guidance on mental health in the workplace for both employees and managers.
Mental health and occupational health
  • Website
  • Acas
Acas guidance on mental health and occupational health.
Mental health at work: reasonable adjustments
  • Website
  • Acas
An Acas podcast exploring how employers can support their staff with reasonable adjustments for mental health, creating a healthy work culture and demonstrating a commitment to good practice.
Supporting mental health at work
  • Website
  • Acas
Acas guidance that covers the legal aspects and what employers can do to support staff.
Using occupational health at work
  • Website
  • Acas
Acas guidance on the use of occupational health - what is it, when it is used and what happens in an occupational health assessment.
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External resources - Help, guidance and advice

Advice for Parents & Carers
  • Website
  • Working Families
The website of work-life balance organisation Working Families offers guidance for employees on pregnancy and maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption, emergency, carers and parental leave
CABA guides
  • Website
  • CABA
Take a look at CABA's library of videos, articles and guides covering your physical, emotional, career and financial wellbeing.
Caba mental health help
  • Website
  • Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association
CABA help and guides on wellbeing, mental health stress and resilience
Case study: Insight into life as a charity trustee
  • Website
  • ICAEW
Mary Hardy explains how she prepares for her role as a trustee for CABA, the charity that supports the wellbeing of past and present ICAEW members and their families.
Coping with stress
  • Website
  • Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association
Caba advice on how to deal with stress - whatever its cause and consequences.
How to deal with stress
  • Website
  • National Health Service
Guidance and advice from the NHS. Includes information on recognising your stress triggers and 10 stress busting tactics.
How to look after your mental health in later life
  • Website
  • Mental Health Foundation
Booklet from the Mental Health Foundation offering practical advice on protecting mental health for people who are approaching retirement or who have recently retired from work.
How to manage stress
  • Website
  • Mind (National Association for Mental Health)
Help from the mental health charity Mind which explains what stress is, what might cause it and how it can affect you. Includes information about ways you can help yourself and how to get support.
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