This could be the reason why your staff aren't performing

Despite an increased awareness of employee wellbeing, it isn’t widely acknowledged as a way to plug the productivity slump the UK has been sleepwalking into as of late.

Yet, with over three-quarters (77%) of UK employees admitting that having a bad night’s sleep negatively impacts their working day, with a further 74.5% citing workplace stress as a cause of their disrupted sleep – we need to wake up and smell the facts.

The research by CV-Library, conducted with input from Sleep Neuroscientist, Professor Jim Horne, found that a lack of sleep and workplace stress is impacting UK workers performance, with just under a third (27%) saying that they feel exhausted every day.

Just over one quarter (26.1%) said they get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, with most (56.8%) getting just 5-7 hours. The research found that sleep deprivation is most likely to affect an employee’s ability to stay focused (72.7%) as well as their ability to deal with challenging situations (46.5%) and make important decisions (34.2%).