SHEIN’s fast fashion frenzy: A wake-up call for HR
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The SHEIN scandal should act as a wake-up call for businesses. HR can play a vital role in shifting the narrative from a toxic pressure to overperform to sustainable growth that values both people and profits. Here’s how.
Supporting employees struggling with PMDD
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With little to no treatment currently available to help combat premenstrual dysphoric disorder, employers may want to consider what measures they can implement to help employees who suffer from this condition.
Preventing the ‘next pandemic’ with mental health strategies
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Mental Health Awareness Week is a timely prompt for leaders to assess how they are supporting their employee’s mental health. Utilise these strategies to tackle wellbeing support in the workplace.
Under pressure: Why wellbeing is waning among HR professionals
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A first of its kind survey set out to investigate the mental wellbeing of HR professionals. The findings were concerning. Dr Jo Burrell explores the pressures eroding emotional wellbeing.
Be more Jürgen: Klopp’s people-first leadership at Liverpool FC
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Jürgen Klopp will be stepping down as Liverpool FC manager. During his time in this role, he has transcended the realm of football to become a well-respected and inspiring figure. What lessons can we learn from Klopp to elevate our own leadership skills?
What does being resilient even mean?
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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s look at the true meaning of resilience and how we can be more resilient.
Why effective leadership starts with looking inwards
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How exactly can a ‘good’ or ‘effective’ leader be defined? How we act, manage, engage with others is how we create the conditions which allow others to thrive. This is why, in leadership, we must devote time to self reflection.
Three cornerstones for influencing peers outside HR
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HR teams face a perennial challenge: how to gain support for investments in people when the minds of peers are elsewhere. A crucial and often overlooked first step is to secure the personal cornerstones of influence.
Sick note culture and the rise of ‘Corpowelfare’
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Gethin Nadin responds to the Prime Minister’s plans to tackle “sick note culture” with government ‘Corpowelfare’ approach.
Identifying the risk factors for suicide within our organisations
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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?
Self-management part one: How to recruit without managers
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In the first instalment of a three-part series on self management, ‘Powered by people’, Perry Timms and Kirsten Buck delve into recruitment and selection, looking at two unorthodox approaches to hiring in unorthodox organisations. What can we learn from these managerless, self-managed organisations?
The transformative power of trust
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Trust begins at the leadership level with executives and senior managers delivering a trusted, safe and secure environment for all staff. Let’s look at the importance of trust and how it can be nurtured.
Reducing pressure and reaching potential with a coaching culture
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Rising pressure for managers to be productive all the time is leaving little time for them to stop and listen to their teams. It’s time to switch to a coaching culture where individuals feel listened to, valued and able to reach their full potential.
Work and Pensions Secretary claims mental health “gone too far”
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Following mental health comments made by the Work and Pensions Secretary and plans to make people signed off work with “mild” conditions search for work, Wellbeing expert Gethin Nadin brings some much-needed clarity on the matter.
How to make the Worker Protection Act work for you
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The introduction of the Worker Protection Act is an opportunity for HR to take action on sexual harassment in the workplace and shape a better company culture.
‘Playing the race card’: What underpins a proof-seeking leader?
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The challenge of the intangible nature of diversity, equity and inclusion, and how we push past never knowing the ‘truth’.
Three signs of stress at work you should not ignore
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HR needs to be highly attuned to burnout risks across the workforce. Do you know the three signs to watch out for?
Menstrual leave at work: Is better flexibility enough?
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Remote’s Amanda Day offers valuable insights into the challenges of managing menstrual health in the workplace and what employers can do to support employees.
Achieving connection: The gold dust of high performance
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Connection is key for organisations; connected employees are engaged and better performing employees. Raising the level of connection with our team members requires re-adjusting our priorities and making impactful changes that can be sustained.
International Women’s Day 2024: Inspire Inclusion
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Today is International Women’s Day 2024 and this year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion. So, instead of coming up with a feisty piece calling out gender-based injustice and offering guidance on how to create change, this year we have gone in a different direction. This year we want to inspire women and allies, by sharing stories […]