It's the first week back after the Christmas holidays, the kids are back at school, the weather is a little grey and many of us are on a dull detox. January can be a difficult time at work for staying motivated and productive, but there are lots of things you can do to [...]
Christmas can be a difficult time for management if productivity levels drop. Perhaps you have some targets to meet before the end of the year, a big project which needs continued focus or simply need productivity to continue in order to keep a great customer experience. Not only is Christmas laden with bank [...]
We live in challenging times, facing the unknowns of economic uncertainty, improving technology and a general hunger for immediacy. With widespread government cuts, we are facing tough economic conditions which has created job uncertainty, financial stress and family crises. Employers tend to demand higher productivity from fewer employees in order to save costs. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A huge amount of research has gone into employee engagement to date, showing that engaged employees are far less likely to leave their current employer, work more productively and take less sick days. We know this and we all strive to keep our employees highly motivated, engaging a range of tactics including team [...]
We have all heard about those company team building days where the whole team goes out on an adventure somewhere, completes a challenge together or spends a little time getting to know each other. You may have thought about doing this for your team, but stumble when you find you can't answer the [...]
