UAE businesses shift focus to employee wellbeing

UAE businesses shift focus to employee wellbeing

The “Wellbeing in the Private Sector Report” by the UAE National Program for Happiness & Wellbeing, reports Burn Out being a key issue for the private sector to address. Anxiety and Depression are reported to be salient mental health issue in the private sector in the UAE.

This is alarming and has lead in authorities to call for action from the private sector.

Tina Memic, entrepreneur, and former COO of Bateel International has ventured into new territories: this time mental health and wellness. With her new project “Holistic Healing Middle East” she is raising awareness among UAE companies that more needs to be done for the employees in terms of mental wellbeing. Mrs. Memic is on a mission to get all companies in the UAE to engage in employees coaching programs that can drastically improve employee wellbeing and consequently productivity.

„During my 16 years in the corporate world in the GCC, I realized that we do too little for our employee’s mental health. We used to completely oversee the mental wellbeing of our C-Level Executives and leading managers. This is now fundamentally changing!” states Tina Memic, Managing Director of The Brand Consult and Founder of Holistic Healing Me.

Her newest venture, is focusing on