Crisis communications: how to reach your employees during the coronavirus outbreak
How to communicate your coronavirus strategy to employees.
Mentoring prepares you for honest feedback – embrace it
Being able to receive feedback objectively and act on it is a skill we should all cultivate.
Women are great leaders – the data says so
It’s time to challenge some of the traditional views about women as effective leaders.
Diversity and inclusion: systemic inequality and the issue of ‘covering’
How systemic inequality impacts diversity and inclusion.
Company culture: how to rein in bad behaviour in the workplace
How can HR teams manage disruptive personalities at work?
Conflict management: what we can learn from Samurai culture
What we can learn from Japanese communications culture.
Mastering the art of speaking up: why labels matter
The assumptions that block our ability to speak or to listen in the workplace.
Why your HR ‘throw-aways’ are damaging your company’s inclusion efforts
Young people are too sensitive. They seem to require constant feedback. This is a workplace not a wellbeing retreat. Older people don’t understand social media. We need them to change otherwise they will become irrelevant. Men in our organisation need to learn how to be more emotionally intelligent. Managers can’t be trusted to make their […]
Flexible working: how virtual offices are changing the art of leadership
With many businesses making the move to remote working in response to Covid-19, we need to be mindful that people working from home spend far less time with managers, and the geographical distance between employers and staff creates leadership challenges. Building relationships The best relationships are built through regular face-to-face contact, so getting to know employees […]
Why age diversity is important for business
Our workforce is ageing, so it’s time companies embraced a more age diverse workforce.
Inclusion: Sharon Doherty on high speed transformation in Fintech
What led you to become Chief People Officer of Finastra? When it became time to move on from my tenure at Vodafone last year, I wanted to join a company where I felt I could make my mark. Not many opportunities come up to lead the people function of a European headquartered software company and […]
Five ways to successfully mix business growth and social responsibility
Social responsibility and profits don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
The socially responsible business: using technology ethically
Choosing, deploying and using digital HR tools in a socially responsible way.
The four critical phases of employee experience
How to engage your team on a deeper level.
Three ways to improve employee engagement with your new health and wellbeing strategy
When launching a new health and wellbeing strategy, you need to be proactive in the way you publicise it. After all, your workers won’t be able to access benefits if they don’t know they exist. Drawing upon our recent experience of delivering a new health and wellbeing strategy, we’ve outlined three ways we helped to […]
Why keeping office banter is important for the workplace
Some argue it should be banned, but it does serve a function.
Diversity and inclusion: it’s time to champion greater social mobility for young talent
Social status remains a barrier to entry for some young people in their careers.
Corporate socially responsibility: Dr Alan Watkins on HR’s future
Its time for HR leaders to ‘wake up and grow up’, says Dr Alan Watkins.
Eating disorders in the workplace: how can HR help?
Supporting employees who are experiencing eating disorders.
Three organisations unexpectedly leading the way in social responsibility
If these companies can transform themselves into forces for good, then so can yours…
