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Over the last few years flexible working has been a hot topic in business. Many organizations have adopted new working practices designed to give employees the freedom to work from anywhere and at any time. Benefits of flexibility The benefits of such flexibility mean employees can integrate their home and…
We recently read an article about who is liable in an accident where the car involved has no driver . Is it the fault of the other driver, or the car manufacturer? Perhaps the manufacturer who supplied the parts for the driverless system, or the company who surfaced the road…
“The relationships leaders forge with employees is the cornerstone of leadership.” Journal of Applied Psychology The idea that leaders impact employees is nothing new. Leadership has gained much attention over the last few years with the aim of creating purposeful, efficient workplaces that tailor to the needs of employees both…
How critical is employee communication? Consider this: companies on the low end of the employee engagement band are also the ones who put little to no effort into it. Internal communication initiatives are vital tools for building and sustaining a culture of trust and transparency. It’s what bonds everyone —…
Your brain is overflowing. Your boss has just given you another task to complete. You feel like your creative brain has taken a vacation, and you don’t know how you’re going to churn out the two 20 page reports you have to create this week, on top of your usual…
It’s your birthday, and you’ve just received the mandatory office birthday card. Everyone in your team (or whoever was around on that day) has signed it. Some have tried to be inventive with their good wishes; “remember last year on your birthday when we… !”, others have written the obligatory…
We have all heard about self-fulfilling prophecies — a sense or prediction that eventually becomes true because we believed it to be. A recent paper from Quantum Workplace on the Cultural Insights of Awesome Workplaces is filled with some interesting stats. One noted that more than 90% of engaged employees…
Speed, performance, agility — the three go hand-in-hand. The best businesses are well aware that their customers hold them to two standards, to be fast and to be good. The smartest companies have also learned that being both requires an organization that is flexible, accommodating and agile. Agility is more…
The biggest priority across any c-suite is addressing the talent gap. Business leaders need to attract and retain good people in a labor marketplace that’s become insanely competitive. How focused are CEOs on that challenge? 87% of them say finding solutions that address employee retention is a “critical priority.” As…
Experts who examine labor market dynamics believe the retirement of Baby Boomers is setting up to be the biggest corporate brain drain of all time. Employees born between the years 1946 and 1964 represented one of the largest population swells in history. Now many have already retired, or at least…
