Leadership’s role in organisational resilience
Investing in the resilience of leaders is a strategic move that can yield significant returns for any organisation. When leaders are resilient, they can inspire and lead their teams through any challenge, ensuring the organisation not only survives but thrives.
How to strengthen cross-company collaboration
Helping your employees to join the dots across teams, priorities and decisions can eliminate silos and unlock value from stronger synergy.
Next employees wins six-year equal pay case
Over 3,500 current and former employees of Next have secured a decisive victory in their six-year legal battle for equal pay.
Better relationships, less red tape: The key to high work performance
What is the one thing we can do to improve work performance? Quentin Millington of Marble Brook argues that we should direct attention to better relationships, and not, as often happens, more systems.
Women should not bear the burden of stopping misogyny at work
HR has a responsibility to support women in the workplace to stamp out misogyny and promote equality in all areas
Workplace woes: How to combat low employee engagement with coaching
Organisations must invest in learning and development programmes to build trust and commitment from their staff. Here is how…
How to launch a career festival that drives organisational success
Hannah Gore shares learnings from her company’s Connect With Your Career festival, including key tips on how to make internal career events truly impactful and empowering.
Why coaching is the answer to everything
Organisations today grapple with an ever-changing environment, hybrid and flexible working, multi-generational diverse workforces and growing levels of stress and burnout. Could coaching be the answer to all of these complexities?
Alcohol abuse in the workplace: Spot the signs and support
With 17 million working days lost each year in the UK because of alcohol-related sickness, this is an issue that HR needs to be alive to. Alcohol misuse does not discriminate, so having preventive and supportive measures is important for all organisations.
The right to disconnect: What it could mean for UK SMEs
Adopted in several other countries, the right to disconnect is likely on the horizon for the UK. What will this mean for your organisation and workforce?
Burnout: How to spot the signs and prevent it in the workplace
When burnout hits, it not only throws your employee a curveball, but it has an impact on your business too. Here’s how to prevent burnout and support those recovering from it.
Hushed hybrid: The ticking talent time bomb
Hushed hybrid is the latest pushback against rising return-to-office mandates. How should people professionals respond to this trend? Culture expert Deborah Hartung shares six ways to gain senior buy-in for greater flexibility.
Psychological safety in hybrid work environments
In a hybrid environment, there are additional challenges to creating a culture of psychological safety. Here are six practical tips for building it in a hybrid environment.
Employee experience: how to actively engage temp staff this summer
Hiring temporary workers over the summer is a necessity in many businesses, but how can you ensure they perform as well as your permanent staff and deliver the same level of service? The key is to make sure they’re properly engaged.
How to tackle skyrocketing rise in UK workplace sickness costs
New think tank data reveals UK workplace sickness costs have risen by 30% in six years to £100bn annually. How do we even begin to turn this around? Gethin Nadin recommends three actions for employers.
How can employers navigate the UK riots?
How should HR and business leaders respond to the escalating UK riots? Andrew Loveless, codirector of Pecan Partnership, shares a series of reflective questions to navigate your response.
Seven ways Brexit and Covid-19 have reshaped talent management strategies
Research from Hult International Business School reveals seven ways organisations should adapt their talent management strategies following profound labour market shifts.
Tackling burnout with AI: Guidance for HR Leaders
Could artificial intelligence offer solutions to the burnout crisis? New research from Unmind suggests that leveraging this technology for addressing mental health issues will be pivotal.
Performance management: How relationships beat systems
Talk of performance management and we usually think first of systems, data and processes. But in our complex world, vibrant human relationships are the surest way to enable the outcomes and behaviours we expect.
BBC implements new anti-grooming guidelines following Huw Edwards scandal
In the wake of the Huw Edwards scandal, the BBC has introduced updated guidelines to prevent the abuse of power and ensure a safer work environment for all employees.
