We are in for a lot of change over the coming year or two. Of course, some companies will do well out of a recession whilst others won’t. One thing is for sure, HR / People teams will play a dominant role in most organisations while they reshape or resize for the future. Having sight […]
Change is a comin’, are you flexible enough to adapt? Read More »
Have you ever been in a room full of people, presenting something important and completely forgotten your words?
Brain Fog, It is a real thing! Read More »
‘If a plant were wilting we wouldn’t diagnose it with “wilting-plant-syndrome” – we would change its conditions.’ I love this quote from Psychologist Sanah Ahsan in a recent Guardian article. Ahsan uses this plant analogy to compare how we, as humans, are expected to accept whatever conditions we’re dealing with and just carry on. For
Keep Calm [Don’t] Carry On, Change the Conditions Read More »
I am pretty sure we have all enjoyed working from home, especially when you think about the money saved on commuting, work wardrobe and fast-food lunches. While a lot of people they have been forced back into the office full time (despite what we all learned through the pandemic and the countless studies that have
The Gender Divide Worsens due to Working From Home Read More »
It’s often hard being a working mum. Yes, we make the choice to have children – and I do not take it for granted that there are so many women who struggle to get pregnant despite every single effort – without which there would be no evolution. It’s easy to feel like you’re in it
The misunderstood juggle of working mums Read More »
It’s not enough for organisations to have a menopause policy, we need to change the narrative and change behaviours around how we view menopause and the impact on women in the workplace. I was pretty shocked to hear the story from a woman who was not given a promotion because she was told by her
Policies don’t change behaviour, you do. Read More »
Building a culture of feedback is no easy feat. For many of us we are triggered by the word ‘feedback’. When we hear the words, ‘I’d like to give you some feedback’ we often feel like we’re about to be given negative or critical information. This sets off our amygdala and our limbic system (the
Why build a culture of feedback? Read More »
In the 1920s, Henry Ford introduced the 40-hour working week for his employees; Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm. Ford believed that 40 hours a week was the ideal working time for people to be their most productive. More than this resulted in very little more in terms of output. Fast forward a century and
What is reasonable when it comes to working hours? Read More »
In almost every aspect of life there is a bias against women. In a 2017 review of women in professional sport, there was one woman ranked in the 100 highest-paid athletes, Serena Williams. At the time she was paid £50m less than Christiano Ronaldo. In 2015, the US women’s football team won the World Cup
It’s time. Break the bias. Read More »
Most of us do things by habit, from the time we wake until when we go to sleep, our days are full of habitual behaviours. We can choose to create new habits whenever we want to, like getting up every morning at 5.30am and having an ice bath, but making a new habit stick is
Habits, they’re not always for life. Read More »
