The COVID-19 outbreak has created a difficult time for all of us. HR teams across all industries are facing enormous challenges as they look to find the best way to support their businesses and their employees through this uncertain time. […]
In today’s multi-generational workforces, reverse mentoring (where a less experienced/junior employee mentors a more senior colleague) is becoming increasingly popular. It’s often talked about in the context of the younger, supposedly more ‘tech savvy’ employee helping managers get to grips […]
You only have to look at the pages of the press to see our workplaces are more fractious and unsettled than ever before. In the last few months alone, we’ve seen examples in the health sector of bitter feuds getting […]
Ask people what makes them happy at work, and many will tell you it’s the relationships they have with their colleagues. In fact, according to recent research from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), ‘Getting on well with colleagues […]
I recently interviewed a group of employees in their 50s and 60s about their experiences of work. The stories they told painted a grim picture of what it’s like to be a ‘Baby Boomer’ at work. Passed over for promotion […]
“People are so pre-occupied with their own tasks and ‘to do’ lists that their capacity to notice and care for themselves, let alone their colleagues down the corridor, is diminished.” I’ve just read Amy Bradley’s new book ‘The Human Moment: […]
With everyone settling back into work after the New Year, now is a great time for HR folk to think about how they can support the business better by working more effectively in the months ahead. This isn’t about setting […]
How inclusive is your workplace? Do people genuinely feel valued, accepted and supported at work, regardless of their background, identity or circumstances? Or are people hiding behind a ‘work’ persona, worried that being their true selves will hinder their […]
UK productivity has dropped yet again, with the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report showing output per hour has gone down a further 0.5 per cent. Given the amount of turbulence going on in the wider political and economic […]
For the last few days, the Internet has been groaning under the weight of research around the issue of mental health at work. Only 32 per cent of organisations train their line managers to support staff with poor mental health […]
