By David RogersVice-President of Sales (EMEA) at WorkJam Frontline workers have always been something of the odd man out in business infrastructure. Without dedicated workspaces or connection to the company intranet, they can feel cast adrift from the upper tiers of a business. Dictated to by managers, but voiceless and undervalued. This makes loyalty and engagement difficult to foster, and a sense of companywide cohesion nigh on impossible. And yet, …
College of Policing is using behavioural science to help tackle issues of misogyny and sexism in police forces. The post Police use behavioural science to tackle sexism appeared first on Personnel Today.
Unconscious bias has become increasingly commonplace in the hiring process. The problem is that recruiters don’t even realise they are doing it when vetting, interviewing or selecting a candidate. All too often, an employer’s final decision may be shaped by a person’s race, gender or age. The longer that’s allowed to continue, the more potential top recruits they are overlooking and denying the opportunity to work for them. It can …
Zoom has issued a mandate for all staff who live within 50 miles of the office to attend the workplace… The post Two days office mandate for Zoom employees appeared first on Personnel Today.
The well-being of HR professionals has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, with UK HRs lagging at times behind their global counterparts when coping with today’s challenging economic and operating conditions. This is according to a three-year comparative research project by Culture Amp, an employee experience platform and Thrive at Monash Business School, which found that in 2020, when the pandemic was first starting to bite, 45% of global HRs …
By Thom Dennis, CEO of culture and leadership specialists, Serenity in Leadership One of the biggest challenges we can face at work is how to handle a difficult manager or leader. Whether the issue is micro-management, a boss who is overly demanding or overly critical, a leader who doesn’t listen, has a nasty temper, enjoys disrespecting colleagues, or harassing them, having to work with a difficult personality can upset the …