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Apps and people are the ingredients for an effective wellbeing strategy. <\/span><\/p>\n One of the things we love here at Cognomie about how wellbeing has evolved and developed over the last few years is the proliferation of apps that help with our everyday wellbeing and self improvement. Our own phones are well stocked with tools that provide a genuine benefit to help us with exercise routines, providing us a daily flow for yoga or helping us monitor and manage our nutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n In particular we\u2019re big fans of apps like Headspace<\/a>, Calm<\/a> and 1 Giant Mind<\/a> and the way they\u2019ve helped us (and many of our colleagues and clients) learn how to incorporate the benefits of mindfulness and meditation into our daily routines. There is an emerging body of research pointing to the effectiveness of these apps in giving people the Mental Fitness tools that help strengthen their resilience and performance. <\/span><\/p>\n A 2018 study published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology<\/span> \u201cwas the first to show that a brief two-week mindfulness training app can change a person\u2019s biological response to stress\u201d<\/span> whilst another recent study showed how regular use of an app helped lower physiological responses to stress amongst students.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We absolutely see the valuable role that apps can and do play in supporting Mental Fitness. Providing access to apps as part of a workplace wellbeing strategy can help support Mental Fitness. <\/span><\/p>\n However, on their own, apps are only part of the story and without a much broader, personalised approach, supported by access to one to one (or one to many) <\/span>human<\/span><\/i> conversation(s), their impact can in fact be quite partial. <\/span> <\/p>\n When making Mental Fitness a focus of genuinely transformative change and performance improvement within a business we believe it takes the skills and expertise of trained Mental Fitness coaches and consultants to deliver wider cultural change within organisations. We strongly believe that apps can play a significant and important role in the facilitation and supplementation of human conversations when delivering at scale, but never at the expense of the human element.<\/span><\/p>\n So here is a quick summary of where we believe the power apps can lie, and where we think the power lies with a personal touch.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][dvmd_table_maker tbl_row_header_count=”0″ tbl_chead_cell_color=”#613FB1″ tbl_rhead_cell_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” tbl_chead_text_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dvmd_table_maker_item col_label=”What apps can do” col_content=”What apps can do So we won\u2019t stop waving the flag for apps. But only when they are delivered as part of an organisational wellbeing strategy, rather than seen as the strategy itself.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n So we won\u2019t stop waving the flag for apps. But only when they are delivered as part of an organisational wellbeing strategy, rather than seen as the strategy itself. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Wellbeing CTA – AUDIT” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(205,194,192,0.3)” global_module=”12770″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” locked=”off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Not got a Wellbeing Strategy, or you’d like to learn how we can help you make your existing strategy work harder, then we want to help you.<\/p>\n If your organisation is aiming to be in the vanguard of putting Mental Fitness at the heart of organisational development and you\u2019d like help to take this further, we\u2019d love to talk.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”READ” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Check out our post on the value of an audit of your existing wellbeing strategy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”COACH” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n If you work in HR or People Management, experience Transformational Coaching for yourself with a FREE 1 hour coaching session<\/span><\/a> with one of our highly experienced Coaches.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”AUDIT” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nWe love apps.<\/b><\/h3>\n
But people are a vital part of a wellbeing strategy too.<\/b> <\/span><\/h3>\n
\nOpen up a conversation about Mental Fitness
\nFrame Mental Fitness as something to approach positively and proactively
\nAllow us to measure and analysis progress
\nMake our understanding of Mental Fitness more accessible
\nProvide daily routines to reduce stress and support resilience
\nAssist with efficiency of programme delivery at scale – scheduling, appointments, etc” col_chead_cell_color=”#613FB1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dvmd_table_maker_item][dvmd_table_maker_item col_label=”What transformational coaches can do” col_content=”What transformational coaches can do
\nChange organisational culture
\nPersonalise and tailor Mental Fitness requirements to the needs of the individual
\nInterpret nuanced human emotional needs and development
\nDeliver transformational change in individuals and help them to build their own sources of resilience to enhance performance
\nCreate Mental Fitness leaders who model change for the organisation
\nDeliver core elements of coaching programmes via pre-recorded video or self help tools
\n” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dvmd_table_maker_item][\/dvmd_table_maker][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nWant to take this further?<\/b><\/h3>\n