You can’t automate compassion: Strong culture starts with human leaders, not AI
As companies across most industries race to adopt AI, are we forgetting that culture, empathy, and leadership can’t be automated?
What Severance teaches us about the dark side of workplace culture
The hit US drama, Severance, takes us deep inside a dystopian workplace – but does it also trigger a twinge of recognition? Leadership expert Deborah Wain shares stark lessons from Apple TV’s hit drama on the realities of employee disconnection at work.
What makes a great Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)?
From education to experience, global industry analyst Kathi Enderes explores The Josh Bersin Company’s latest research on senior HR roles, and what makes a high-performing CHRO.
The Meta whistleblower fallout: How companies can avoid the same fate
Could your organisation be next to make scandalous headlines? Here, Andrew Loveless of Pecan Partnership shares four preventative measures to help you steer clear of a PR crisis.
We need to value our intrapreneurs now more than ever
Entrepreneurs often receive all the praise, while intrapreneurs offer similar value but go unrewarded. Behavioural neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw reveals the many talents of intrapreneurs and urges leaders to give them the attention they deserve.
Gen Z myths exposed: It’s time to end the generational blame game
A decade’s worth of data across five working generations exposes the myth that Gen Z is the weakest link at work. Jessica Brannigan, Head of Enterprise People Science at Culture Amp, urges employers to stop playing the generational blame game and pay closer attention to the varying life and career stages of employees.
The 60-hour workweek fallacy: Leaders must stop glorifying overwork
A 60-hour workweek is the ‘sweet spot’, according to Google co-founder, Sergey Brin. In response, Deborah Hartung urges leaders to quit the outdated hustle culture that is harming their business (and people).
Domestic abuse is all our business: How can employers play their part?
NO MORE Week is an international campaign, taking place 3-9 March, aimed at raising awareness about domestic and sexual violence. To recognise this week, Susan Bright, CEO of EIDA (Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse) details the crucial role employers play in supporting victim-survivors.
HR in 2050: From hidden powerhouse to future of the workplace
To secure its future, HR can no longer be the hidden powerhouse of the organisation, warns Gethin Nadin. For HR to bring value and uphold its reputation in 2050, the profession must become its own biggest champion.
Employers lose £24 billion annually due to youth mental health crisis: How can HR respond?
The scale of the youth mental health crisis is increasing, and employers cannot afford to shirk responsibility for this growing problem among young and future workers. Perkbox Vivup’s Karl Bennett (Wellbeing Adviser) and Tracey Paxton (Clinical Director) share HR guidance on confronting this issue.
WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025: A manager’s perfect storm
The World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2025 reveals technological, societal and economic changes shaping the future workplace. Here, Quentin Millington of Marble Brook shares the report’s key highlights along with eight principles to help navigate the challenges ahead.
Uncomfortable realities of decision-making in conflict
We are living through a great deal of unresolved conflict worldwide. With so few strong leadership role models, conflict specialist Jane Gunn looks at 10 tough realities of making decisions during workplace conflicts – and how we can improve.
The business cost of DEI fatigue: Why leaders can’t afford to give up on workplace diversity
To mark Race Equality Week (3-9 February), Raj Tulsiani, CEO of Green Park, urges leaders not to use DEI fatigue as an excuse to pull back on inclusion efforts.
WFH under scrutiny: What does ‘Proper Work’ mean to Ex-M&S boss?
Another jab has been made at remote workers; this time from former M&S boss Lord Stuart Rose. To better understand why some leaders desire a full return to the office, we delve into their inner psyche to explore trust and control issues, and nostalgia for the ‘good old days’.
Five ways to sabotage relationships at work
Good relationships enrich the workplace and help us get things done. But human connections are fragile and common behaviours harm our efforts to build trust. Quentin Millington of Marble Brook examines how we wreck, and how we might protect, our workplace relationships.
Five critical mistakes to watch for in underperforming leaders
Leadership expert Nik Kinley identifies five commonly overlooked areas when assessing leadership performance. Learn how HR can address these issues to help leaders, their teams and the wider organisation thrive.
Your survival guide: Seven strategies to prevent HR burnout in 2025
Seven research-backed strategies to help you prevent and combat HR burnout while fostering resilience and wellbeing in 2025.
10 HR predictions for 2025
What’s coming in the year ahead for HR and the world of work? We share predictions from experts in wellbeing, leadership, culture and transformational HR.
The lost art of team building
Have we forgotten the importance of team-building in our haste to ‘get things done’?
2025 HR and work trends: Employees push back
2025 will be a year of tensions between senior leaders and their people, unless HR professionals step in to mend relationships. Here, Blaire Palmer, CEO of That People Thing, shares her thinking behind four likely trends (and challenges) for the HR profession in the year ahead.
