22/11/2022
➡️"The UAE is kind of forging ahead in all sorts of Wellness sort of metrics and wellness initiatives. It recently launched a national helpline for mental health based out of Abu Dhabi. At the beginning of the year.
➡️It became one of the first nations on the planet to kind of abandon the five-day week for the 4.5-day working week.
➡️They've already been to Davos reporting some of the initial findings which are decreased absenteeism and decreased presentism which is more expensive than absenteeism to businesses - this is something that CEOs and c-suites don't sometimes get - increasing productivity and an increase in the kind of staff staying, shall we say that attrition. Here the public sector is leading and actually, the narrative keeps getting louder to the private sector which is this is the train that's coming down the tracks.
➡️UAE is not rowing back on the well-being of its people it wants to attract the brightest and the best from around the world to the UAE.
➡️So, from an economic point of view, from a very sort of the almost selfish economic point of view, there is no marketing win for the UE to go backward in terms of Wellness. So, they've sent a really clear message to the private sector that is getting on board with this.
➡️ Scott Armstrong, mental health advocate with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, editor, former editor-in-chief of Arabian Business magazine, and strategic communications consultant believes in the power of storytelling and content to reach and inspire people."
- Scott Armstrong founder of mentl, a platform with a mission to open up the conversation on mental health by being a trusted platform for leading content, expert resources, bespoke research, and progressive advocacy
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