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Motivate yourself back into action this new year!

January is here again and along with it a heap of new years resolutions, promises and goals for the year ahead. We get back to our desks feeling refreshed and revived, but for some reason we are finding it difficult to put our new motivations into action. So how do we get started [...]

By | January 15th, 2019|Culture|0 Comments

Performance Management; it doesn’t have to be negative!

That time of year has come again when appraisals, annual reviews and performance management meetings are back on the agenda. That email lands in your inbox with the title "Performance Management Meeting" and you are probably filled with a sense of dread. Why? Why does the phrase "performance management" have such a negative [...]

By | January 3rd, 2019|Culture|0 Comments

When does banter become bullying?

Banter - just a bit of fun right? Bit of bants between mates? Perhaps you consider yourself to be the Archbishop of Banterbury? Well we're going to have to stop your banter bus right there and ask you a question - do you know when banter becomes bullying? The difference between banter [...]

By | December 14th, 2018|Culture|0 Comments

Mental health in the workplace – what employers can do

We have been having a read through a recent report published on the behalf of the UK government looking at mental health in the workplace and how employers can better support the mental health of all employees. The report has raised some interesting and perhaps alarming statistics, but has also laid some very [...]

By | November 21st, 2018|Culture|0 Comments

Women in the Workplace – 100 Years On

We are now celebrating 100 years since women (over 30) got the right to vote and we thought it was a good time to also reflect on where women currently stand in the workplace, as well as society. Whilst it is clear just how far we have come as a country when it [...]

By | February 8th, 2018|Culture|0 Comments

Why is the gender pay gap still so prevalent today?

The gender pay gap has hit news headlines again recently, since it was revealed that the Bank of England still have a 24.2% gender pay gap. This is huge compared with a national average of 9.1%, but is actually a lot better than the Financial Sector average of 35.6%. When we talk about [...]

By | December 8th, 2017|Culture|0 Comments

How to encourage a better work-life balance in employees

We recently wrote an article about achieving a better work-life balance in order to enjoy greater job satisfaction, productivity and mental health. The tips provided in this blog can be useful to just about anybody - but how do you go about encouraging a culture of positive work-life balance as a leader? Encouraging [...]

By | November 7th, 2017|Culture|0 Comments

The secret to a good work-life balance

Why is a work-life balance so important? Achieving a good work-life balance is crucial to a healthy emotional wellbeing, job satisfaction and ultimately, productivity at work. In today's digital world it is all too easy to stay switched on at all times, checking emails when we get home and first thing in [...]

By | October 31st, 2017|Culture|0 Comments

How many sick days should employers expect per year?

It is good news for employers that the number of sick days taken on average by workers over the last 2 decades has actually decreased significantly. The 2016 estimate for working days lost due to sickness or injury in the UK is 137.3 million, which works out to be an average of 4.3 [...]

By | September 25th, 2017|Culture|0 Comments

The Benefits of Flexible Working

The working world has changed rather a lot in the UK compared to the way it was 20 years ago. In today's world, both employees and employers take greater care over achieving a sense of work-life balance and with the help of governmental changes, a flexible working option has now become a mainstay [...]

By | August 30th, 2017|Culture, Thoughts|0 Comments