The thorny issue of employee rewards has always been near the top of the corporate agenda. Get it right and it can help you attract and keep hold of the best people and improve performance. Get it wrong and it […]
One-third of people would accept a pay cut if it meant that they could work from home, according to the results of Cezanne HR’s recent survey questioning attitudes to working from home. The survey asked respondents whether they would move to another […]
I had a conversation last week with a colleague who had just started a new job and three weeks in, was frankly feeling pretty miserable. She’d had a rapid-fire induction and after one week both of her co-workers went off […]
The need to streamline people processes and cut down on admin is often the driver behind the purchase of an HR software system. But, the latest generation solutions are much more than an efficient replacement for spreadsheets. Used to their […]
Interesting food for thought in the shape of a recent debate between academics and HR practitioners on the need to give employees a ‘voice’ in the workplace. The Voice and Value Conference (organised jointly by the CIPD and London School […]
Pressure to cut costs and an increased emphasis on flexible working has led to a rise in the number of employees working remotely. Many managers, however, still have a tendency to see virtual working as ‘second best’ and struggle to […]
How happy are your people at work today? Are you surrounded by a team of smiling faces or is there a bit of a black cloud hanging overhead? A recent article in BizNews lists the ‘happiest companies’ in Silicon Valley […]
Last week I joined a Mind webinar, where experts from the charity pointed out that sweeping mental health under the carpet is costing businesses dearly. It’s estimated that mental health problems among workers cost the economy over £26 billion per […]
Research released by Mind this week has found that work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives. No surprises there, perhaps, in an uncertain economic climate. What was interesting to me is that it’s actually frustration with poor management that is […]
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has provoked a storm of debate with her announcement that from June, the company’s employees will no longer be permitted to work from home. Staff have been given the stark choice of either relocating to their […]
Hands up if you’ve had a sneaky look at a recruitment website or the jobs section of your professional press this week? If you have, you certainly weren’t alone. The first Monday in January is widely known as ‘national job […]
So it’s official. The honeymoon period is over after two years and its downhill all the way from then on – well if you’re a newly-appointed manager that is anyway. Research by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has […]
