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Employee wellbeing

Books, articles and guides on well-being, stress management and physical and mental health in the workplace.
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11 ways to manage stress
  • Article
  • 30 May 2025
The work/life/study balance can be challenging, especially during exams and at busy times of the year. Follow our top tips to avoid burning out.
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Why workplace community is essential for mental wellbeing
  • Article
  • 12 May 2025
With nearly three-quarters of employees reporting burnout, the question isn’t whether stress is affecting your workplace but how much. In Mental Health Awareness Week, Paul Guess says a sense of community can help.
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5 ways to build resilience
  • Article
  • 06 May 2025
It’s important to be able to bounce back when things don’t quite go to plan. Here are our top tips for improving your flexibility and adaptability.
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The importance of people and culture when scaling up
  • Article
  • 17 Apr 2025
Understanding how to create and nurture the right company culture is a key element in ensuring the success of a growing business.
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How to banish the burnout blues
  • Article
  • 10 Jan 2025
With Blue Monday upon us, experts offer tips on the best way to look after your mental wellbeing and beat the January blues.
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Supporting our public sector finance professionals
  • Article
  • 08 Jan 2025
Are you in need of extra support or advice on an issue you’re dealing with in your public sector-facing role? ICAEW and CIPFA offer a wide range of support to members working in or advising the public sector.
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Prioritising mental health at work
  • Article
  • 10 Oct 2024
On today’s World Mental Health Day, caba – the occupational charity for ICAEW members and their families – offers tips to help improve your well-being in the workplace.
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Caba signals rise in mental health support queries
  • Article
  • 17 Sep 2024
New data from the occupational charity for ICAEW members suggests growing awareness of the need to look after our mental health.
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Reports

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.
Risk management: mindfulness and clumsy solutions
  • Report
  • 2015
Our report helps managers in all functions who are being asked to pay more attention to the challenges of uncertainty.

Webinars

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Dealing with uncertainty and mental health
  • Podcast
  • 08 Oct 2025
We’re all navigating uncertainty right now. How can accountants manage it professionally and personally? Hear about the biggest factors affecting the profession followed by Paul Guess discussing the support on offer from caba.
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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.
Exclusive Digital downtime
  • Webinar
  • 15 Mar 2021
This webinar provides a balanced view of smart technology and how it influences all our lives.
Exclusive Leading resilient teams
  • Webinar
  • 07 Oct 2020
Learn practical tools and techniques to help you manage stress and build a resilience management framework.
Exclusive 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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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.
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

Caba mental health help
  • Website
  • Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association
CABA help and guides on wellbeing, mental health stress and resilience
Coping with stress
  • Website
  • Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association
Caba advice on how to deal with stress - whatever its cause and consequences.
Grief management advice & ideas
  • Website
  • National Bereavement Service

Advice and ideas from the National Bereavement Service on how to manage grief, including:

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 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.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2025
  • Website
  • Mental Health Foundation
This year Mental Health Awareness Week celebrates the power and importance of community. Being part of a safe, positive community is vital for our mental health and wellbeing. The week will take place from 12 to 18 May,
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ICAEW accepts no responsibility for the content on any site to which a hypertext link from this site exists. The links are provided 'as is' with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within them. Please see the full copyright and disclaimer notice.

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  • Hub page
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  • Hub page
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