While arguments over remote work continue, a quieter movement is rapidly overtaking hesitancy in the headlines: the rise of distributed work. Employees discovered increased mobility and flexibility ...

In this final article of our talent management transformation series, we look at things that can trigger the need for HR transformation, especially within organisations with under 1000 employees.

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 ...

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 ...

Last week I read a LinkedIn comment on how ‘any fool could see’ that HR managers had to ‘demonstrate ROI’, or return on investment, for people development and similar initiatives. The comment struck ...

Also known as bikeshedding, or the bikeshed colour effect, Parkinson’s law of triviality refers to the tendency of people in organisations – and by extension the organisations themselves – to give ...

With the rise of ‘presenteeism’ in the workplace, it may seem increasingly common for a cold to spread through an office. But how about motivation? Much like with a cold, motivation can disappear over ...

Could someone explain the difference (if any) between a temporary contract and a fixed-term one? For example, if an employee is offered a fixed-term contract for, say, 6 months, is the employer ...

Workplace deviance refers to deliberate, malicious attempts to sabotage an organisation by causing problems in the workplace. It’s normally split into two spheres: interpersonal deviance, which ...

We recently asked employees to complete a form which updated the personal information we hold. One of the boxes they were asked to complete was on marital status. A couple of people have refused to ...