WELLBEING & BALANCE
‘I read a classic novel for half an hour when I wake up, rather than switching on my phone. It shuts out the world, exercises a creative, empathetic part of the brain, and negates stress, so that I arrive at the office calm, centred and ready for anything the day throws at me.’
HELEN BROCKLEBANK CEO, Walpole ‘We try and give the team that moment to breathe with group meditation in the boardroom once a week.’
TRINNY WOODALL Founder, Trinny London ‘My office door is always open, so when I close it, it guarantees me space and time for freethinking or solo working.’
ALISON LOEHNIS President in-season, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group ‘A company is like a family: employees look to you for both fun and support. At Soda, we meet every Monday in a café to kick off the week with tea and talk about our weekends.’
JACKIE ANNESLEY Creative director, Soda Says ‘Build “flow” time into your diary and guard it against the temptation of interruptions; you need time and space to develop creative strategy.’
KRISTINA BLAHNIK CEO, Manolo Blahnik ‘We have “sacred Mondays”, when we are in the office all day and have no meetings. It makes the rest of the week feel possible because we’ve had a chance to plan and wade through our admin and diaries.’ ANNABEL RIVKIN AND EMILIE McMEEKAN Co-founders of the Midult and authors of ‘I’m Absolutely Fine: A Manual for
Imperfect Women’ ‘Celebrate micro-successes: it brings moods up, and people are more motivated and efficient.’
ESTELLE GIRAUDEAU Managing director UK & Northern Europe, Club Med