Recruitment: why ‘cultural fit’ is an essential requirement for assessing candidates
While a candidate might be technically qualified to do a job, if they’re not a good ‘cultural fit’ for the organisation and the team, it can lead to problems further down the line. Here’s how companies can reflect their unique culture in their hiring process. If recent statistics are to be believed, it appears that […]
Book review – Too Fast to Think: How to Reclaim your Creativity in a Hyper-connected Culture
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Employee benefits: the changing face of company perks
The millennial workforce has different priorities and concerns to previous generations, so it stands to reason that the perks companies offer to engage and retain them should change too. Many would agree that company perks and benefits can make all the difference to employees today, especially creative or valuable ones. Whether it is the opportunity […]
Employee experience: not just an HR rebranding exercise
Employee experience (EX) is the new buzzword, concentrating on key touch-points in employee journeys. Without a change in mindset though, it is in danger of just being a re-branding exercise with little value. In order for employee experience to add value, it must be integrated with the customer experience (CX) and become a strategy that […]
Employee engagement: why the UK has an employee apathy problem and how this can be solved
When it comes to the war for talent, UK businesses are falling behind because of employee apathy. Here’s how companies can empower line managers to help solve this problem. As part of a project to see how Britain’s employers are approaching employee development, Bridge decided to explore whether UK employees understood the contribution they make […]
Employee wellbeing: what do you do when an employee raises a grievance?
When an employee raises a grievance at work, it’s essential that it’s taken seriously and that the right process is followed. Here are some suggestions to help navigate that process. All employers should be prepared for dealing with a grievance from one of their employees. It is not uncommon for employees to raise grievances when […]
Employee engagement: why it’s time for HR to step up and deliver on ‘purpose’
Organisations today aren’t just about making money – they’re about delivering on a ‘purpose’, and HR has a crucial role to play in this. There seems to be a ‘purpose revolution’ going on right now. Organisations, very often through their brands, are seeking to engage us through the difference they want to make to the […]
Flexible working: a vital differentiator in a challenging labour market
Economic pressure and political instability are impacting British businesses’ ability to attract and retain talent. Instead of battening down the hatches, organisations should embrace flexible working as a way of securing the future of their workforce. There’s no doubt that UK businesses are facing more challenges now than ever before. The rise of the […]
Employee engagement pitfalls: how can we make it more human?
All too often organisations treat employee engagement as a box ticking exercise, but true engagement is about fostering an ongoing two-way dialogue with your team members. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how to make employee engagement more human. By this I mean that engagement is our attempt to replicate in the workplace something we do in our […]
“If financial wellbeing becomes a handcuff, you haven’t solved an engagement problem, you’ve just given it a different shape.”
Employers are becoming increasingly aware of the the impact poor financial health can have on both people and businesses – and of the urgent need to address this pervasive issue. But what does an effective financial wellbeing strategy look like? Paul Bartlett, Independent Reward and Benefits Development Consultant of Hawk Incentives, provides insight on how to […]
Company culture: how to create a more engaged, diverse and better equipped workforce
Millennials and Gen Z in the workplace are sounding the alarm, according to Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey. Their confidence in businesses’ motivations and ethics, as well as their sense of loyalty to their employers is deteriorating. Furthermore, younger generations are not yet optimistic about their readiness for industry 4.0. It’s clear that something needs […]
Employee engagement: bridging the gap between generation Z and parents in the workplace
The US workforce is on the cusp of a significant transformation, as generation Z, the 61 million Americans born after the mid-1990s, enters the workforce. They’ll be joining a labour market that looks far different from the one their parents and grandparents joined. Technological innovation has disrupted entire industries, fundamentally changing the nature of work, […]
Engaging employees in the age of social media
Social media is blurring boundaries between the personal and the professional, so how can HR teams manage employee communications in this period of transition? When it comes to communication in today’s world, more is definitely more, with the average UK user scrolling through an impressive 5.149 miles of content every year. In our personal lives, […]
Maternity discrimination: five ways line managers make maternity returners want to leave
Hiring and training new staff is a costly business, so it makes financial sense to try and retain as many existing experienced employees as possible. Sadly, too many organisations are losing talent due to a negative approach to maternity returners. Did you know that there is a direct correlation between the relationship of a maternity […]
What role do employees play in a brand’s customer experience?
While companies like to think they are in charge of their customer experience, its front-line employees who live and breathe it every day – and they’re the ones your customers are seeing. The brutal truth for any brand to face up to is that they all have a customer experience, whether they like it or […]
Employee engagement: sometimes it is the small things that make a difference
Employee engagement – there are lots of great resources out there on how to improve employee engagement across the organisation. But for most of us, it’s not so much the big interventions that make a difference to how we feel about work, it’s the small things – the day-to-day ‘stuff’. Small things can make a […]
Complacency kills: three ways for SMEs to foster employee engagement and productivity
The UK has a productivity problem, and SMEs need to better engage with their employees to boost performance. ONS stats suggest that worker output per hour saw year-on-year declines of 0.3% on Q2 2017, and that workers in 2016 produced 15.1% less than workers in other G7 countries. It’s a significant gap, and it’s worth […]
Why you need to create a positive, profitable employee experience
The increasing focus on the employee experience is not simply the latest touchy-feely fad for organisations. It is a firm fixture for the C-Suite. With better ways to analyse business metrics, leadership teams are learning that engaged, positive and motivated staff are critical to bottom line success. Evidence now firmly demonstrates that unhappy or disengaged […]
I want to go to the office today….yes, really, I do
Your employees have options – more than ever before. How do we create a workplace that makes people want to come to work, a place they would choose above all others? asks Neil Usher, author of The Elemental Workplace. Increasing numbers of HR leaders are being asked this question, as awareness grows of the potential contribution […]
Autonomy in the workplace has positive effects on wellbeing and job satisfaction
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
