Productivity

Hammond: Management funding to boost productivity

Chancellor Philip Hammond announces increased funding for management programmes to boost productivity, while a new CIPD report points to under-utilisation of skills and productivity

Flexible workers battle 'work from home' stigma

Almost half (46%) of UK employees feel the need to combat a perception that working from home is less productive than being in the office, according to LogMeIn

Workers turning to AI to improve wellbeing and productivity

Tomorrow’s workforce will be more socially conscientious, and use technology to improve their productivity and health, according to research from Unum

Opening up about depression boosts productivity

?Employees able to speak openly about their depression with managers are more productive, according to the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)?

Employee ownership could boost British business

Employee ownership could help to tackle the current challenges presented by the economy, a report has claimed

Improving office environment could add £39.8 billion to UK economy

Creating optimal working conditions could significantly boost the UK's economy, research has found

Asking employees to 'spy' on each other

Employers can ask employees to report colleagues for infractions but they should consider the negative implications

Bad management biggest contributor to low productivity

Managers with emotional intelligence are needed to tackle the challenges of Brexit, AI and changing working patterns

Beware the H&W generational divide

?Employers should stay up-to-date with changing attitudes towards health in the workplace, according to founder of Well Aware Rebecca Fairbrother

The wonderful everyday: HR at Ikea

Nordic regions are famed for healthy and productive employees. Ikea wants to bring that spirit to the UK

Five golden rules for implementing agile working

Fiona Cannon on how to shift the perception of agile working from employee benefit to business advantage

When all that we count becomes all that counts: HR at the heart of the productivity shift

The new productivity culture replaces top-down coercion with bottom up empowerment strategies and HR is at its heart, but what is the dark-side of this shift?

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