Return to work after illness or injury – Blog archive
Return to work after illness or injury
Returning to work after illness or injury can feel like a relief, it’s a return to normality. But it can also feel daunting wondering if you can cope, still do the job and what to say to people. These blogs share what you can do to ensure a successful transition. And by ‘work’, I mean paid work, volunteering or education. Also, work doesn’t have to be a 9-5 job.
Managing your expectations of yourself when returning to work after a serious illness
Managing your expectations of yourself when returning to work after a serious illness or injury is key for a successful transition. But because it is about you managing your expectations of yourself, it can be one of the hardest things to do. You are someone who...
Managing expectations at work after illness or injury
Managing expectations at work after illness or injury is so important to ensure your return to work is a good enough transition. And linked to this is what you tell people. You may be wondering what to say to people, if anything, about what happened to you. It's ok to...
How to prepare for returning to work after illness
Prepare for returning to work after illness or injury. Is that a thing? You’ve been through a serious illness, perhaps life-changing for you in some ways, treatment has ended, your recovery is going pretty well and returning to work is now on the horizon. Hurrah! You...
Returning to work after a serious illness: What you need to know
Returning to work after a serious illness can feel like a relief. It’s a long-awaited return to normality. You may also have financial concerns of needing to make money again, wondering if you are ready to return, and just generally have anxieties and questions...
What are the unconscious biases that hinder an employee’s return to work after illness?
This post focuses on the unconscious biases that hinder an employee's return to work after illness or injury. It s the fifth and final post in this series for line managers who have a team member returning to work after a serious health issue, and are wondering how...
Unconscious biases can hinder an employee’s return to work after a serious health issue
This post focuses on the unconscious biases which can interfere with an employee's return to work after a serious health issue. This is the fourth post in a series for line managers who are supporting such employees, and are wondering how they can best do that. ...
What not to say to an employee returning to work after a serious health issue
This is the third post in a series for line managers who have a team member returning to work after a serious health issue, and are wondering how they can best support their employee. Rather than focus on HR policies and employment law, what I’ll share here are the...
Helping an employee return to work after a serious health issue – What not to do (part 2)
If you're helping an employee return to work after a serious health issue, you may be wondering how you can best support them. The employee may have been on long-term sick leave and is keen to return. You want that too but based on discussions with them, HR and/or...
Helping an employee return to work after serious illness? What not to do
As a line manager, you may have questions on how best to support your employee to return to work after serious illness or injury. What to do, what not to do, etc. On top of that, it’s not easy when a team member suddenly becomes seriously ill or has a serious injury...
When returning to work after a long-term illness goes wrong
You are returning to work after a long-term illness or injury and asking yourself the questions: Can I even do what I used to do? Do I want to? Will my health issue prevent me from getting good projects and promoted? How do I talk about what happened and do I want to?...
What makes being employed with a long-term illness work?
Wondering what makes being employed with a long-term illness work is a common thought among line managers of such employees. Their employee may need to take significant time off for appointments, treatments and recovery. As a line manager, it's not easy having people...
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You need to take the first step in faith to enable good things to happen
The when you take the first step in faith quote is really resonating for me right now. "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." by Martin Luther King, Jr. You know how you really want something to be...