We all like a good joke, and office banter is great for developing bonds between staff, especially over the festive period. A relaxed environment increases morale, which improves productivity and increased well-being of staff. However, something that one person finds humorous can be humiliating or harassing to others. The impact of not treating [...]
What does your organisation stand for? What are the important underlying behavioural principles that form the foundation of the culture? What are your organisational values? How do they help you to differentiate and convince people that they should come and work for you? It’s incredibly rare to find a large organisation these days [...]
When it comes to HR colleagues, we learning professionals must be right up there in our love to quote a theory. Whether it be 55-38-7 (Mehrabian), the fact that everything should now be delivered via a micro-learning session, or that images are 60,000 times better than text, the way we hone our craft is [...]
For women it can be hard to hand over their job before going on maternity leave and then to return when someone has been doing the role for 6-12 months. Maternity coaching can help with the transitions. Recent CIPD article* shows that fewer than one in five women feel confident returning to work [...]
When talking about wellbeing with clients, something we often hear is, “We have an employee assistance programme (EAP) but nobody uses it”. Why is this so and how can they increase EAP engagement? There are many reasons why an employee may be discouraged from taking advantage of their employer’s EAP. Here are the [...]
