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Latest features and articles on employee wellbeing

Read the latest articles on employee wellbeing, stress management and physical and mental health published in ICAEW's Insights hub.
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11 ways to manage stress
  • Article
  • 30 May 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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
  • ICAEW Insights
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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A helping hand: 5 reasons to make use of caba
  • Article
  • 30 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
caba is the charity exclusively for ACA students and ICAEW members, offering advice and support for your mental and physical wellbeing, financial health and more. Find out how it can help you now, and as you progress in your career.
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How can you foster a culture of innovation in your organisation?
  • Article
  • 30 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Sheryl Miller, chartered accountant and DEI consultant, is set to host a panel session at the ICAEW annual conference guiding participants on how to leverage the diversity of your workforce as a source of creativity and innovation.
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Easing the mental health pressure on accountants
  • Article
  • 15 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Stress can happen in any job – and finance professionals are no strangers to the pressures of work. But firms are increasingly turning the spotlight on staff well-being.
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Get moving to boost your mental health
  • Article
  • 13 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, Paul Guess explains why exercise improves our mental health and how we can add more movement into our daily routines.
Imposter syndrome rife among female accountants
  • Article
  • 15 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
A new study reveals the challenges female accountants face at work, leading to stress, anxiety and a heightened fear of failure. We offer confidence-boosting tips.
Preventing and navigating burnout: a manager’s guide
  • Article
  • 22 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
It’s important to role model the behaviour that managers wish to encourage in their teams, says caba, the occupational charity supporting ICAEW accountants.
How to beat Blue Monday
  • Article
  • 12 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
CABA advises ICAEW members struggling with their mental health on how to get their year off to a good start psychologically.
Mental health: a universal human right
  • Article
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day focuses on the need for every person to have their mental health considered and supported. ICAEW and caba and Chartered Accountants Worldwide have resources to help you, your family and your colleagues.
AI as a force for better mental health
  • Article
  • 27 Jul 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Much is made of the impact of artificial intelligence on the role of accountants – but, says Nick Elston, in addition to disrupting work as we know it, AI has a role to play in keeping your mental health on an even keel.
How to really deliver on your workplace wellbeing promises
  • Article
  • 28 Jun 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
With World Wellbeing Week running 26 June-2 July, Adam Greenfield offers a practical guide to promoting better mental, physical and emotional health for employees.
Managing mental wellbeing in remote teams
  • Article
  • 15 Jun 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
With one in eight people now working exclusively from home, the director of one fully remote business shares his tips for prioritising wellbeing for remote teams.
Mental Health Awareness Week: don’t struggle alone
  • Article
  • 18 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
If you feel overwhelmed by anxiety at work – or anywhere else – there are practical strategies to help and experts to turn to.
Mental Health Awareness Week: are you addicted to tech?
  • Article
  • 17 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Technology addiction is more prevalent among professionals than you might think. It can lead to a drop in productivity, anxiety, depression and then worse addictions.
Mental Health Awareness Week: easing concerns about AI
  • Article
  • 16 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Anxiety around the impact AI might have on job security is at an all time high as generative AIs such as Chat GPT are being rapidly adopted. Is that worry rational and how should it be managed?
Mental Health Awareness Week: how sensehacking can rejuvenate your office
  • Article
  • 15 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Using our senses helps us relax and provides a way to stay in control at work. Suzie Dawes explains the theory behind sensehacking and how it can be used to promote better employee wellbeing and culture.
Mental Health Awareness Week: advice for managers
  • Article
  • 12 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Stress, overwhelm and burnout are on the increase – so what are the best ways to help our employees, colleagues and workplace friends nurture good mental health?
Chartered Accountants’ Golfing Society celebrates 125th anniversary
  • Article
  • 04 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
CAGS seeks new joiners to increase diversity and enjoy the networking and mental health benefits of the sport.
Taking account of stress in challenging times
  • Article
  • 24 Apr 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
In Stress Awareness Month, Nick Elston, a speaker on the lived experience of mental health, explains how financial professionals can overcome anxiety and thrive in times of uncertainty.
Why it’s time to ditch the company wellness day
  • Article
  • 13 Apr 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Wellness in the workplace is in danger of becoming a tick-box activity, so rather than setting aside a special time for it, we need to build good habits into each working day.
Post-pandemic workspaces must support mental health
  • Article
  • 09 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The office environment has a huge role to play in supporting the mental wellbeing of staff. Lawrence Mohiuddine offers advice on making sure your workspace ticks the right boxes for employees.
International Stress Awareness Week: managing stress at work
  • Article
  • 10 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Experts in management, leadership and business transformation share the best practice for accountants when it comes to handling stress management.
Mental health: how to forge ahead
  • Article
  • 29 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Nick Elston’s life changed when he started having an open conversation about mental health. All organisations should follow suit, he says.
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Here’s how to… make a plan for your wellbeing
  • Article
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Managing your mental and physical health is crucial to professional and personal success. As summer turns to autumn, now is the perfect time to focus on your wellbeing and be sure to thrive rather than just survive.
Mental Health Awareness Week has loneliness in its sights
  • Article
  • 12 May 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Despite an increased focus on mental health across all areas of society, the rate of those suffering from poor mental health is still on the rise, and loneliness is a big factor.
More than half of accountants suffer with stress
  • Article
  • 28 Apr 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Despite growing awareness of the stress accountants face and more widespread workplace support, employers’ efforts to help keep staff mental health on an even keel continue to fall short.
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How to bounce back from failure
  • Article
  • 30 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
When things don’t go quite according to plan, how can you build resilience and try again? We asked caba mental health expert Kirsty Lilley for her advice.
Stressed accountants too busy to seek mental health support
  • Article
  • 08 Feb 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
A caba survey in 2022 found that eight out of 10 respondents said stress and poor mental health are a problem within the accountancy profession. Are we facing a mental health pandemic?
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11 ways to manage stress
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
The work/life/study balance can be tough for students at the best of times, but it’s particularly challenging during exams and at busy times of the year. Kirsty Lilley, mental health expert at CABA, shares her advice on avoiding burnout.
Accountants battle soaring stress levels amidst mental health pandemic
  • Article
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
Two in five chartered accountants have admitted to feeling too emotionally drained to work, according to the result of new research timed to coincide with National Stress Awareness Day, which shows many feel isolated and unable to speak about their feelings.
Big Issue founder submits Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
  • Article
  • 11 Aug 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
Lord Bird, founder of the Big Issue magazine and a Crossbench peer, wants to embed long-term thinking into the workings of government.
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How to manage wellbeing as we return to work
  • Article
  • 04 Aug 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
The pandemic has exaggerated wellbeing issues and created new ones. But there are measures you can take to manage them effectively.
Accountants urged to prioritise mental health
  • Article
  • 07 May 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
Chartered accountants need to be kinder to themselves, recognise the signs of mental health problems and take preventative action to help keep their mental health and wellbeing on an even keel.
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