Mastering the art of speaking up: the ‘how to’ of being heard
The context for conversations is crucial when it comes to encouraging people to speak up.
Change management: how to take your people with you
Leaders must be more transparent when communicating change.
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
Casual, dismissive comments about age, personality types, and work styles—often made in HR departments—can undermine genuine diversity and inclusion efforts. These “throw-aways” reveal unconscious biases that contradict stated inclusion goals, while HR’s insular culture risks perpetuating group-think rather than challenging assumptions that may be fundamentally wrong.
Flexible working: how virtual offices are changing the art of leadership
Virtual offices require leaders to rethink their approach to team management and relationships. With remote work creating geographical distance, leaders must prioritize personal connections through scheduled one-on-one time and meaningful conversations to maintain morale and trust.
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
Sharon Doherty, Chief People Officer at Finastra, discusses how the fintech company is driving rapid business transformation while building an inclusive, diverse workplace. She emphasizes that an inclusive culture is essential to innovation and success in the software industry, though progress in tech diversity remains slow.
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
Boost employee engagement when launching a new health and wellbeing strategy by involving staff in naming the program, running themed launch activities, and ensuring line managers understand and champion the benefits available to workers.
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.
