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Wellbeing | Healthy workers, healthy organisation? How a ‘sporty’ vision of leadership can harm wellbeing
A sporty senior leader in a multinational company, promoting a variety of athletic events and competitions to staff, rated employees from green to red to categorise their fitness. Meetings were held...
Organisational design | Smashing the silos between HR and other business departments
From the start of the pandemic in March 2020, almost half of the UK working population worked from home. One year later, the roadmap out of lockdown is well underway, with vaccines rolling out at an...
Leadership | Open-door policy has had a makeover - let’s keep it that way
There is no doubt spring is upon us. The birdsong is that little louder and, for the briefest of moments this month, sunshine even created a warm feeling across my face. The changing of the weather...
HR myths | HR isn’t the enemy
HR is like marmite. People love it or they hate it, and everybody seems to have an opinion about human resources either way.
AI | Do digital co-workers bully and discriminate?
TUC research has concluded it’s more than likely - rather than a way of reducing discrimination and unconscious bias in the workplace, the use of ‘objective’ non-human artificial intelligence (AI) has...
Wellbeing | A stress risk assessment could transform the workplace
Stress is the scourge of the modern workplace, but if coronavirus has taught us anything it’s that necessity is still the mother of invention.
Organisational design | How to make hybrid working ‘work’
Like a flick of a light switch the world of work forever changed last year when employees were uprooted from their offices to remote working environments.
Culture | The impact of separatism on organisational culture
The mood of separation prevails as we continue to experience consequences of Brexit up and down the country.
Zoom interviews | Video killed the diversity and inclusion star
Despite all the rhetoric, the world seems to be getting worse when it comes to removing bias from our workplaces, levelling the playing field for all employees and improving diversity, equity and...
Coronavirus | HSE compliance in a post-pandemic world?
The HSE issues millions of pounds in fines to employers every year for failing to provide employees with the necessary health surveillance. This year it has not extended the deferral period for health...
D&I | What's in a name? How employees change their names to fit in
This month, Thandiwe Newton announced she was changing the spelling of her name back to its original after a misspelling in the credits of a movie resulted in it being anglicised for three decades.
Online recruitment | Relearning hiring and onboarding skills for virtual recruitment
The ability to build strong relationships forms the backbone of any good recruitment service. Having the opportunity to meet candidates face-to-face is crucial as it helps form a detailed view of...