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Hear from Winnie Annan-Forson, Head of Equity & Inclusion at Royal Mail as she comments on her findings from our Workplace Wellbeing Deficit Report, written by HumanOS and Howlett Brown. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dVAFpwdJ

Hormonal health and stress are closely linked, and for many women, that can make everyday decisions feel much harder than they need to. For the next few Wednesdays, we are sharing anonymised coaching wins to show the real impact coaching can have on every aspect of a client’s life. This week’s Wednesday Win comes from Alex Davis, one of our brilliant HumanOS female health coaches. Here are Alex’s words in full: “A lot of the women I work with are very hard on themselves and often don’t prioritise their own needs. Many are navigating high-pressure work environments while also dealing with hormonal imbalances, which can make everything feel overwhelming. I’ve been encouraging my clients to pause and ask themselves what they truly want, especially in moments of stress. Simple practices like deep breathing and affirmations have helped them feel more grounded and centred, allowing them to shift focus from constantly meeting others’ needs to recognising their own. I’ve seen a significant transformation in two of my clients. They are now better able to regulate their emotions, which has helped calm their nervous systems and support more balanced hormones. As a result, they’re making more intentional choices, prioritising themselves, and feeling more stable and in control. When you’re dealing with hormonal imbalances and a stressful job, it’s easy to spiral and turn to habits that don’t support your wellbeing, like reaching for sugar or neglecting self-care. What’s been powerful is seeing them reconnect with themselves, make healthier decisions, and choose actions that genuinely make them feel good.” A lot of women are trying to manage demanding jobs while also navigating symptoms that affect energy, mood, focus and emotional regulation. What coaching can do is create the space to slow that process down. Not to add more pressure, but to help someone understand what is happening, regulate their response, and make decisions that are more supportive in the moment. That is what makes this such a strong win from Alex and her clients. Small changes in awareness and regulation can shift much bigger patterns over time. What is one habit that helps you feel more like yourself when stress starts to build? #WednesdayWins #FemaleHealth #HormonalHealth #Coaching #HumanOS

Alina Paula Burlacu, one of our HumanOS financial wellbeing coaches, has been sharing her thoughts for an upcoming press piece on midlife entrepreneurship. But the points she made are relevant beyond that article. When money feels uncertain, people don't make their best decisions. They make the fastest one. The one that relieves the pressure right now, overcommitting to a client, dropping a boundary, telling themselves the short-term fix is a one-off. That's usually where the unhelpful patterns start. These are the things Alina comes back to most with the people she works with: Know what's actually driving the change. Reacting to pressure and moving toward something feel completely different. One of them tends to stick. - Get clear on the numbers. Not a spreadsheet. Just a basic picture of what's coming in, what's going out, and a small buffer. That alone changes how reactive your decision-making gets. - Separate your spending from your saving. Different pots, different accounts. Less ambiguity means fewer "just this once" moments. - Don't let the long-term stuff drift. Pension, tax, benefits - easy to park, expensive to fix later. - Protect your energy. Sleep, movement, time away from work. These affect your judgement more than most people give them credit for. This isn't just about being disciplined with money. It's about having enough stability that when things shift - and they will - you're making decisions from a clear head. What's one money habit that's kept you steady when things felt uncertain? #PersonalFinance #Cashflow #FinancialPlanning #SmallBusinessUK #WorkplacePerformance

A huge number of workplaces have pushed for 'the great return' to the office, in the name of collaboration, creativity and a stronger team culture. Then they measure almost everything at individual level. In this Trailblazers conversation with Johnny Isaacs from Explosive Brands Limited, our founder, Bianca Errigo, said that if the goal is better teamwork, the way performance is measured has to reflect that. The Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026, launched last week at Google HQ by The Happiness Index, reinforces exactly this. We were fortunate to attend through our partners Work.Life. Across more than 80,000 workers in 115 countries, the strongest predictors of team productivity were team enjoyment and collaboration effectiveness. The ability to manage your own workload was the single weakest driver of feeling productive. Yet organisations are still investing most heavily in the operational, individually-focused metrics that matter least. The strongest predictors of happiness and engagement are inspiration and belonging, the things that depend on how teams are led, recognised and held together. When everything is built around individual output, people protect their own lane. When teams are measured well, behaviours change. People share responsibility, challenge each other constructively, and step in when a colleague is under serious pressure outside work. That is not lowering the bar. It is building a team that can keep performing under pressure. Elite sport understands this. So do military teams. The standard is not individual heroics at all costs. It is collective excellence. Are people only being measured for what they deliver alone? Or are they also being recognised for how they help the team perform? #Leadership #TeamPerformance #Culture #SustainableHighPerformance #HumanOS

Berlin year two, here we come 🌍🚀🎙️ So excited to once again be with over 13,000 of you at WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026!! Right at the intersection of where the future of people meets the future of technology. A standout keynote for me in 2025 and so ready to take it even further this year. If you’re serious about performance, retention, and the future of work, this is a conversation worth being in. Not that I am biased. A session for anyone who wants to truly understand it actually takes to build high-performing, human-first cultures in a world being reshaped by tech. Full of the latest stats, practical actions, interaction and of course, dad jokes. Let me know if you are coming and excited to see so meet many of you there 🚀 Bianca #futureofwork #founder #sustainablehighperformance #speaker #highperformance ______________________________ Hi - Bianca here 👋 Founder of HumanOS, a sustainable high performance platform supporting forward-thinking organisations in their journey of success. ______________________________ 🚀 Want me to speak at your next event or bring this conversation to your workplace? Let’s chat. DM me or drop a 👇 in the comments.

Sometimes feeling stuck is not about a lack of effort. It is about holding on to something that is taking up more space than it should. A version of yourself. An expectation. A situation that no longer fits. A belief that has followed you for years. In a recent masterclass for HumanOS platform users, therapist Mathilde Vigier Rathor explored exactly this: why we cling to what is familiar, even when it is draining us, and what it takes to start shifting that pattern. What makes her sessions so useful is that they are practical. Not just insight. Actual tools to understand what is going on beneath the surface and start making a change from there. On 21st April, to celebrate Stress Awareness Month, we are opening up Mathilde's next online masterclass free to everyone: The Turning Point: Get Unstuck, Start Living. If you have been circling the same thought, the same situation, the same feeling of being stuck, this is worth an hour of your time. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ewD35WUc #StressAwarenessMonth #HumanOS #LettingGo #PersonalDevelopment #EmotionalWellbeing

How much responsibility does a leader have for the stress their team is under? Our founder Bianca Errigo's view is that leaders aren't there to carry people's stress. But they are absolutely responsible for the conditions people work in every day. They influence whether a team feels able to speak honestly. Ask for support. Recover properly. And sustain performance over time. That means the pace of work. The clarity of priorities. The safety people feel raising a problem early, not once it's already a crisis. What helps people perform well under pressure, and what quietly starts to wear them down. And that matters far more than most businesses are willing to admit. In her recent conversation with Felix Mitchell on the We Need to Talk About HR podcast, Bianca pointed to a few figures that put this into perspective: - 70% of the variance in team engagement is attributable to the manager (Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2025) - In Great Britain, 776,000 workers reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2023/24 (HSE, 2025) - That accounted for 16.4 million working days lost - Poor mental health is estimated to cost UK employers £51 billion a year, around £24 billion of that linked to presenteeism alone (Deloitte, 2024) Those aren't abstract numbers, but what happens when the system around people isn't built to support how they actually perform. No one would expect an athlete to compete without sleep, recovery, nutrition and support. Yet in many workplaces, people are still expected to operate as though none of that matters. High standards aren't the problem, but ignoring what it actually takes to meet them is. Listen to the full conversation on We Need to Talk About HR with Felix Mitchell, available wherever you get your podcasts. #Leadership #WorkplaceCulture #PsychologicalSafety #Performance #HumanOS

Debt is often treated as just a numbers issue. In practice, it is often also a stress issue. For the next few Wednesdays, we are sharing anonymised coaching wins to show the real impact coaching can have on every aspect of a client’s life. This week’s Wednesday Win comes from Alina Paula Burlacu, one of the brilliant HumanOS financial coaches. Here are the client’s words: “I looked at the numbers today… and I didn’t feel sick.” What makes this such an important win is that nothing had changed on the spreadsheet. What had changed was the client’s response to it. When financial pressure has been building for a long time, the body can start to associate money with threat. That is when avoidance sets in. Not because someone does not care, but because even looking can feel overwhelming. Part of great financial coaching is helping someone build enough clarity, confidence and emotional steadiness to face the reality of where they are without panic taking over. That is exactly why this change deserves to be recognised. Credit to Alina for supporting her client through something that’s both practical and deeply personal. And huge credit to the client for committing to the coaching wholeheartedly. What is one area of life that became easier to deal with once you understood it more clearly? #WednesdayWins #FinancialWellbeing #Coaching #HumanOS #MoneyConfidence