World Suicide Prevention Day: Changing the narrative in the workplace
Dr Jo Burrell highlights the importance of breaking the stigma around mental health in the workplace to prevent suicide, offering practical steps for employers to support their employees’ mental wellbeing.
Three key benefits of unlocking inclusion at work
Discover how fostering an inclusive work environment can significantly enhance employee wellbeing, boost retention and build a solid corporate reputation.
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.
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?
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.
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.
The new Labour landscape: Nine UK employment changes to prepare for
With the Labour party now leading the UK, employers will need to brace themselves for changes ahead. Here, we outline nine potential employment law reforms and how to prepare for them.
Beyond Pride: What is next?
Another year’s Pride Month is done and dusted. Here is what Lior Locher and Dr Christy Allen recommend you do now to increase impact after key DEI initiatives.
Deloitte 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey reveals purpose-driven generation
According to Deloitte’s Gen Z and Millennial Survey, today’s younger employees are highly purpose driven. If we don’t provide opportunities for our employees to find personal meaning in what they do, we risk being unable to attract or retain purpose-driven people who willingly go over and above for the business.
‘The best trained workforce in the world:’ Recruiting veterans to plug skills gaps
Michael Brash, Editor of Pathfinder International, believes that veterans are good for business. Their extensive military training leaves them with skills and qualities many organisations are lacking – could a veteran be your next hire?
Tips for women in a male-dominated workplace
Working in a male-dominated environment can be challenging. Women in male-dominated workplaces often have to deal with negative stereotyping and a lack of support. Is this an opportunity to grow as a leader in a tough climate?
The wild west of workplace wellbeing
What exactly is wellbeing and why does it matter? The truth is, workplace wellbeing is mid-evolution and the commercialisation of the concept is causing confusion. We need to remind ourselves of what workplace wellbeing really is.
Are you instigating fear in the workplace?
Many leaders acknowledge that fear is increasingly being seen in the workplace, due to financial concerns, global instability and issues around exclusion, but other leaders may themselves be the instigators of fear.
The small efforts that drive significant change
Unfortunately, there’s no magic wand for making change. But with small, consistent actions, we can make progress with EDI efforts and make a difference.
Interview with CEO Pete Weir: Building an inclusive society for tomorrow’s leaders
How can we create a more inclusive society for our children of today and leaders of tomorrow? Pete Weir, CEO of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, talks about building an inclusive workplace culture that has a positive ripple effect on the children they teach.
What does being resilient even mean?
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s look at the true meaning of resilience and how we can be more resilient.
John Lewis publishes job interview questions online: Should your organisation do the same?
To support diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process, John Lewis has announced it will post interview questions online to help candidates prepare their responses. Should other organisations follow suit? We ask three experts…
Identifying the risk factors for suicide within our organisations
Tragically, 6,000 people every year in the UK alone are being lost to something that is now widely described by expert clinicians as preventable – suicide. How can HR professionals understand and mitigate the risk factors?
New legal rights for carers: What HR professionals need to know
At a time when more workers than ever before have caring responsibilities let’s break down the Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 and consider how and why employers should go above and beyond in providing more than the minimum that’s required by law.
Barclays discrimination claims: From lip service to lawsuits
Recent allegations of racial and gender discrimination in a hiring decision at Barclays highlights the damage caused by broken talent management approaches. Deborah Hartung explores five ways to fix this frustratingly common business problem.
