How to Support Your Employees’ Professional Development – a Crucial Factor in Good Work Performance
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With the summer holiday season coming up, things are slowing down in many companies. This is a terrific opportunity to put emphasis on your employees’ professional development. Updating one’s skill…
How to Help Your Employees Manage Stress – Tools for the Employer and HR
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The word “stress” often has a negative meaning. However, the truth is that without stress we would find it very hard to cope with our day to day lives. Stress…
From Lab to Real-Life: Firstbeat to Measure VO2max Fitness Level from 30-minute Walk
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Estimating an individual’s Fitness Level whilst walking will be added to the Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment in September 2018. A new algorithm developed by Firstbeat has made it possible to estimate…
Presenteeism and Why It Matters for Every Employer – 4 Key Steps to Prevent Presenteeism
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Presenteeism refers to lost productivity when an employee is working but not fully functioning. This may be due to, for example, illness, workload, or lack of motivation. Especially in the…
New Research Reveals Vital Link Between Alcohol Intake and Sleep Quality Using Real-World Data
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Key points: Study utilized data from over 4,000 men and women in real-world conditions Heart rate variability (HRV) offers objective insight into restorative power of sleep Even a single drink…
Measuring Workplace Well-being: How to Set Goals and Utilize Data
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Busy schedules, multitasking, blurring boundaries between work and leisure… To mention a few of the issues many employees are nowadays struggling with. In fact, the struggles of the employees are…
Employee Well-Being Strategy – What Is It and How Do You Create One?
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Nowadays there is a lot of talk about employee well-being, but how often is it at the core of a company’s priorities along with finance and product development? Is employee…
Dark Days in the North Spells Mounting Stress for Finns
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Finnish winters pose an enormous challenge for humans and the impact can be seen with technology. Finland’s capital of Helsinki is located on the country’s southern border on the Baltic…
Firstbeat to Map Out US Markets Through Kasvu Open 2017 Grow to USA Award
Firstbeat is one of three companies to win participation in the Kasvu Open 2017 Grow to USA program. The winners were announced at the finals of Finland’s largest Growth Venture…
Activate and Firstbeat Collaboration: Making Lifestyle Changes That Count
Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (“Activate”) has officially been appointed as lead provider of the Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment (FLA) — a 24/7 monitoring tool for health and wellness checks. The launch…
Firstbeat Life and Wearables – What’s the Difference?
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From HRV and sleep monitoring to recovery data, here’s how Firstbeat Life differs from wearables.
Video Recommendations: How to Turn Your Health Insights into Actions
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Making healthy choices in everyday life isn’t always easy. And, as individuals, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. That’s where personal health data and recommendations from the Firstbeat Life corporate wellness solution…