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Work Wellbeing: A New Perspective

Work Wellbeing is an important aspect of the six capitals. Interpreting local wellbeing in an organisation needs a high functioning top team and robust data about the organisation. This article was first published in the July 2015 issue of Governance Directions, the official journal of Governance Institute of Australia. Work Wellbeing: A New Perspective

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How to assess wellbeing

Globally, a huge groundswell of effort is being directed at assessing national or general wellbeing. In this article, we describe aspects of this evolving science.  It emerged from the recognition that GDP is not a good measure of our satisfaction with life. Although there’s no single ‘wellbeing index’ (like the GDP) and the approach is

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Local Councils, Progress & Wellbeing

Citizens’ quality of life is crucial to a thriving community. Local governments around the world recognise this and many actively promote residents’ wellbeing. Two initiatives, one from Australia and the other from Spain, are innovative examples of how wellbeing is being successfully incorporated. Australia’s Sunshine Coast Council used existing research from the UK, showing how

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Connecting Communities: What’s this about?

Introduction Some people like street parties and community festivals. Others enjoy a daily meet up at the off-leash park where local dogs and their owners socialise and make friends. Residents bond through volunteering or campaigning to improve aspects of the local area, creating community gardens, advocating against over-development, helping at kids clubs, piloting a food

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Wellbeing at Work

Health and wellbeing are not the same. Health is determined objectively, by scientific measurements, while wellbeing is purely subjective. Joanne Abbey explores what this means at the workplace. Interest in wellbeing has spawned many claims about its causes and outcomes. Recently, the UK ‘What Works Centre for Wellbeing’ was set up to focus on policy

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