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09/07/2017

The 8 behaviours of great leaders... according to Google

Google has had a decent amount of bad press lately... first there was pay gap between male and female techies - and Google's absolute reluctance to share any data (and goodness knows they have enough of it!). ...   More

09/07/2017

Think your workplace is toxic?

You know when you're house or flat hunting, you can walk into a room and you just know that its off - or something's not right... well workplace culture and workplaces are just the same. If you've been...   More

09/07/2017

Time to take a break and get outside... when you're at work

This is the easiest and most cost effective wellness approach you can do! Seriously! Loads of research has been done on the importance of fresh air and exercise - and the benefits of wellness programmes at...   More

09/07/2017

What's learning agility?

Well it's kind of the new thing that psychologists are interested in, in terms of predicting work behaviour or performance at work. It's become quite the 'thing' in graduate hiring programmes - don't...   More

08/24/2017

Proof that positive work cultures are more productive

No post about culture would be complete with some 'proof' that having a positive culture at your work does improve productivity. Afterall that is why there is so much talk about culture... research has...   More

08/24/2017

What is culture... and what is it not

There's a lot of talk about culture - can you create it? can you change it? Here's a great little article on 10 things that culture is not... this may well change your thinking!   More

08/24/2017

Employee experience... its the new thing

There's a new fad in town and its all about employee experience. It starts from the hiring process until the employee leaves - or the end to end employee lifecycle. It is the shiny, new thing and it looks...   More

08/14/2017

Can you improve your learning ability?

There's a new term being bandied about in what is most predictive of success on the job when you're hiring - and it's called learning agility. That is, the ability of an individual to remain flexible, learn...   More

08/14/2017

The evils of caffeine... explained

I LOVE my coffee... I have been advised to give it up, so instead I've reduced the amount I drink, and most days, most of the time, I manage to drink 1 shot of coffee (albeit with a fairly large amount of...   More

08/14/2017

How to get a raise without asking for one!

I think we'd all like to know the answers to this one! There's some pretty sensible advice in here if you're thinking that you're entitled to a pay rise...    More