ORGANISATIONS AND
THEIR PEOPLE TO THRIVE
As clinical psychologists, we use best practice scientific research to enhance people’s wellbeing and create positive, productive, high performing workplaces.
Like you, we work in this frantic world of dynamic challenges. Informed by research and our experience we know it’s possible to build healthy workplaces that promote mental health and wellbeing alongside organisational productivity.
As clinical psychologists, we use best practice scientific research to enhance people’s wellbeing and create positive, productive, high performing workplaces.
Like you, we work in this frantic world of dynamic challenges. Informed by research and our experience we know it’s possible to build healthy workplaces that promote mental health and wellbeing alongside organisational productivity.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
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We work with a range of individuals and teams from a diverse variety of organisations. Get in touch to see how we can help.
WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK
We care deeply about working effectively and genuinely supporting our clients. We believe in collaboration to make a positive difference for the people and organisations we support.
Umbrella Wellbeing provides excellent, evidence-based interventions. High-quality research, combined with decades of experience, underpin our quality control and continuous improvement, and allow us to be effective, innovative and brave. Our services are robust, consistent and responsive to client need.
WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK
We care deeply about working effectively and genuinely supporting our clients. We believe in collaboration to make a positive difference for the people and organisations we support.
Umbrella Wellbeing provides excellent, evidence-based interventions. High-quality research, combined with decades of experience, underpin our quality control and continuous improvement, and allow us to be effective, innovative and brave. Our services are robust, consistent and responsive to client need.
HOW WE’VE HELPED
MAS and Umbrella lead the way in workplace wellbeing
It was 2015, and wellbeing in the workplace was still a fairly niche concept. Yet, that’s exactly what New Zealand insurance and investment company MAS chose as one [...]
Umbrella and NZTE partner to continue mental health “ripple effect”
During New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) annual culture survey in 2019, the findings included a request to focus more on people’s wellbeing. Rachel Baxter, NZTE’s Director of People [...]
Wellington Free Ambulance case study
Wellington Free Ambulance has partnered with Umbrella to provide a number of services. Umbrella has provided resilience training and training in coping with vicarious trauma to frontline staff, as [...]
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UPCOMING UMBRELLA EVENTS
NEWS / THINKING
Proactive organisational support to prevent vicarious trauma
Remember the last time you watched a really good movie? Who was the character you related to most, and how did you feel as they faced their ups and downs in the movie? That ability to put yourself in their shoes is a powerful human instinct we often call [...]
Finding your sweet spot of meaning, purpose and wellbeing at work
A classic parable, told over many years in various adaptions, begins with the story of three people building a church. The first person, when asked by a passer-by what they are doing, replies that they are laying bricks. The second person responds that they are building a wall. The [...]
Self-compassion: Why it’s important and where to start from
Missed a big work deadline? Said the wrong thing at an important meeting? Forgot to reply to an urgent email? Despite all of our hard work and good intentions, mistakes and failures happen to the best of us. So what do we do when the worst happens? There’s no [...]
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Coping with ambiguity now Covid’s here to stay
October 12th, 2021
A new and confusing system is now in place thanks to the uncertainty of Delta, and many are feeling more stressed and anxious than ever. Dr Dougal Sutherland, Gaynor Parkin and Dr Amanda Wallis have some practical suggestions on small but helpful ways to help regain some control.
We’ve fallen in love with work from home – and some of us would rather quit than lose it
October 11th, 2021
Accustomed to working from home, more people than ever want a shorter commute or flexible hours – and bosses risk mass resignations if they don’t adjust, reports Reweti Kohere.
Take it from me: starting a new job at a new workplace amid a global pandemic is a bizarre experience. I still have not met my (kind and welcoming) colleagues in real life.
How to lead teams, with care, through a crisis
Oct 6th, 2021
Gaynor Parkin and Amanda Wallis.
OPINION: As a people leader or business owner, you may have found yourself more stretched than normal this past month with Covid-19 back in the community; navigating ups and downs in your business, dealing with emotional tumult in your own life, and supporting the challenges that your people are facing.
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Contact Umbrella for an inspirational speaker on mental health, practical tips and solutions for improving employee wellbeing and healthy workplaces. Our presentations and keynotes are often described as a conference highlight.