International recruitment: how to help new employees adjust
Nearly half of HR managers struggle with onboarding international recruits, with settling in, culture shock, and communication being the top challenges. Success requires extending support beyond hiring through pre-move guidance, clear goal-setting, and personal assistance with relocation logistics to help foreign workers adjust effectively.
Promoting a quality-driven business culture – a six-step guide
Building a quality-driven business culture requires a structured approach from leadership. This six-step guide covers articulating values, permeating them throughout operations, empowering employees, establishing standards, creating blame-free environments, and measuring success to achieve lasting competitive advantage.
Business app usage: UK companies trail European counterparts
UK businesses are lagging behind France and Germany in app adoption, with only 46% of UK workers experiencing increased tool usage compared to 71% in France and 60% in Germany. Despite productivity gains, increased app usage correlates with higher stress levels among workers.
Internal communications: what is the campaign approach, core metrics, segmentation and more
Learn what the campaign approach to internal communications means, including how to set measurable goals, segment audiences, and track core metrics like engagement and content consumption across channels to demonstrate impact on business objectives.
Breaking the stigma: why every office needs a Mental Health First Aider
Mental health issues like depression and anxiety cost UK workplaces millions of days annually, yet stigma and lack of understanding often prevent proper support. Mental Health First Aiders can help break this stigma, providing essential workplace support that reduces absenteeism and improves employee wellbeing.
What can HR do to encourage social advocacy from employees?
HR can encourage employee social advocacy by building a strong employer brand where staff feel motivated to share company content on personal networks. With employees having 10x more followers than brand accounts and 90% of people trusting personal recommendations over brand messaging, social advocacy significantly boosts recruitment reach and brand awareness. Success requires clear guidelines, memorable hashtags, and ensuring employees have genuine positive experiences worth promoting.
You can’t handle the truth: Are you being bullied or performance managed?
Struggling to distinguish between bullying and legitimate performance management? Learn how to recognize the warning signs, understand workplace dynamics, and take appropriate action to protect yourself in a toxic work environment.
Just how can you quickly spin up teams on the fly and make them more efficiently?
Leaders building teams quickly should prioritize people first, then tasks. Successful rapid team formation requires leaders who wear three hats—leader, manager, and facilitator—combining genuine interest in team members with strong delivery accountability and delegation skills.
Enterprise social networks: how can you make sure yours is a success?
Enterprise social networks boost workplace collaboration and productivity by connecting employees on internal platforms like Facebook Workplace or Yammer. Success requires strong leadership buy-in, clear objectives, strategic planning, and employee training to overcome resistance to change.
Coming to terms with discrimination: how to push past adversity and take control
Learn how to respond to discrimination and adversity by setting boundaries, seeking support, and taking action to prevent escalation. Discover strategies used by workplace advocates to transform challenging experiences into personal growth and greater confidence.
Mergers & Acquisition : Are you heading towards cultural mismatch?
Mergers and acquisitions fail up to 80% of the time, with cultural mismatch emerging as a primary cause of failure. While financial and legal due diligence is standard, organizations often overlook cultural compatibility between companies, risking employee disengagement, loss of leadership continuity, and operational dysfunction.
What’s the connection between leadership & chocolate Hob Nobs?
Peter Anderton explores the core principles of great leadership, drawing from his engineering background to reveal how leaders can move beyond problem-solving to recognize organizational strengths and support team well-being.
Do team members retaliate or cooperate when co-workers call in sick?
Research reveals that team members are more likely to call in sick when co-workers frequently do so, a behavior driven by reduced cooperation norms rather than retaliation. This imitation effect is stronger in socially-integrated teams, suggesting workplace culture significantly influences absence patterns and organizational productivity.
Systemic dialogue: a gateway to purpose-led leadership
Purpose-led leadership requires systemic dialogue that engages diverse voices across organizations rather than relying on individual heroics. This approach breaks silos, strengthens collaboration, and enables leaders to identify solutions that serve whole systems during complex, volatile change.
What makes the ideal team player?
Ideal team players share three essential virtues: humility, hunger, and smarts. These characteristics, developed through Patrick Lencioni’s work with leadership teams, enable people to contribute meaningfully to team success with minimal coaching, making them valuable assets in any organization.
Politician analysis: Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, Britain’s former foreign secretary, is an unconventional politician known for his colorful rhetoric and memorable speaking style. However, his lack of diplomatic tact and offensive comments about world leaders reveal significant gaps in soft skills essential for high office.
How to deal with dinosaurs in the workplace
Workplace resistance to change from long-standing employees can damage team performance and morale. A behavioral consultant explains practical strategies to engage resistant team members, including avoiding assumptions, presenting facts clearly, finding individual motivators, and leveraging their expertise to coach others.
How to deal with people you just want to strangle
Dealing with difficult people requires stepping back from reactive responses and understanding their underlying concerns. By practicing empathy, considering environmental factors, and choosing thoughtful responses over impulse reactions, you can navigate challenging behaviors more effectively.
Simplify and direct your management style with a ‘step-up mindset’
Adopt a step-up mindset to simplify your management style by focusing on foundational skills rather than overwhelming yourself with countless methodologies. Prioritize essential management tasks like communication and performance management, then build additional capabilities as you gain experience in your role.
How to strike fear into your team and alienate colleagues
Learn how to avoid common management mistakes that damage team morale and trust. This article examines traps like giving vague summons, public criticism, and poor communication that alienate employees and undermine effective leadership.
