Are you getting the full 8 hours?

Despite popular belief that productivity is in the amount of hours we work, Huffington Post founder Arriana Huffington argues that while we’re bragging about how little sleep we got the night before, we have actually decreased our productivity by not getting the full 8 hours.

In The Harvard Business Review, Huffington discusses the direct impact sleep deprivation has on facial cues, employee safety, health and well-being, and most interestingly, can stimulate unethical behaviour in the workplace, an effect we see all too often in workplace mediation cases. This behaviour in turn can lead to a number of workplace conflict issues and a decrease in productivity.

While Huffington suggests the eventual implementation of ‘nap rooms,’ rooms especially assigned for a midday snooze, in the meantime large and small businesses can work on the health and wellbeing of employees by encouraging yoga, meditation, and stressing the importance of sleep.

We could all take a leaf out of our US counterpart’s books and make a stand for a healthier generation of workers and productivity, and according to Huffington “change the workplace culture so that what's stigmatized is not napping but walking around drained and exhausted.”

If you have encountered what you believe to be unethical behaviour in the workplace or believe your workplace is unfairly promoting an unhealthy lifestyle, contact Brisbane Mediations for a fast and inexpensive solution. 

By Katie Prowd

(07) 3839 7400

resolve@brisbanemediations.com.au

   

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/world-of-women/awaken-your-career-success-arianna-huffington-on-the-need-for-sleep/201306192351

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/getting_naps_ahead_of_the_comp.html?nomobile=1

Mediation Across the Board

As indicated in our email address - resolve@brisbanemediations.com.au - we resolve conflict.

Conflict between, for example:

Separated Couples

Married, de-facto, casual, same sex, younger, older and all ages in between. About property, children and any other issues that might have arisen as a result of the breakdown of the relationship.

Extended Family Members

Over estate division and administration, care of elderly relatives, running family businesses and any matter likely to cause disagreement within a family.

Couples in Love

Prior to marriage or co-habitation. Over property, blending families or any disagreement which might occur within a relationships. Sometimes in the context of pre-nuptial or co-habitation agreement discussions.

Workers

Between bosses and staff, co-workers, workers and contractors, workers and customers/clients or between managers. These disputes have the potential to reduce productivity, raise insurance and litigation budgets and destroy lives.

Members of School Communities

Between teachers and students, parents, other teachers, principals or management. Between boards of directors and management and between parents and other parents or students and other students. Over everything from bullying claims to appeals against appointment of staff.

Businesses

Over interpretation of contracts and leases and all manner of issues that can develop in the course of running a business.

Denise Britton
Co-principal
Brisbane Mediations