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Are Reluctant Leaders the Best Leaders?
Leadership is often associated with confidence, charisma, and ambition. Organizations frequently assume the best leaders are those individuals who are eager to climb the ladder and take charge. But in practice, many HR professionals see something different: some of the most effective leaders are the ones who were initially reluctant to lead at all. The […]
What We’re Reading: The Cure for Burnout by Emily Ballesteros
As we think about employee wellbeing and sustainable performance during Stress Awareness Month, we found ourselves drawn to The Cure for Burnout: A Holistic Approach to Reclaiming Energy, Focus, and Fulfillment by Emily Ballesteros as this month’s reading pick. Emily Ballesteros is a wellness strategist, author, and former corporate leader who has spent over a […]
Executive Compensation: How Much is Too Much?
When it comes to CEO pay, almost everyone has an opinion on how much is ‘too much’. Interestingly, however, many of those views are formed without direct experience of how executive compensation is actually structured, evaluated, or approved. It’s a common belief that CEOs are ‘grossly overpaid’, but the data offers useful context. In 2024, […]
Are AI Policies the New Social Media Policies?
If you’ve been in HR long enough, you will likely remember the early days of social media at work. Organizations scrambled to respond. Policies appeared almost overnight, and these were often reactive, sometimes overly restrictive, and rarely aligned to how employees were actually using the technology. It took time for businesses to move from fear-driven […]
Is Flexibility Actually Making Work More Stressful?
Every April, during Stress Awareness Month, organizations reflect on how they can better support employee wellbeing. In recent years, workplace flexibility has been widely promoted as a key solution. Hybrid work, remote schedules, and adjustable hours have now become common practice across many industries. But as these policies have expanded, an important question has emerged: […]
Keyboard Jamming: What It’s Really Telling Employers About Work
A new term has been quietly entering the HR world: keyboard jamming. This is when employees create artificial keyboard or mouse activity to appear ‘active’ while working remotely, using tricks as simple as weighing down keys. At first glance, it’s easy to frame this as a misconduct issue. And in some high-profile cases, organizations have […]
Could Personality Data Replace Traditional CV Screening?
In the midst of rapid technological change, one of the most intriguing shifts in talent acquisition is the growing interest in using personality data as part of early candidate screening…and in some cases, even before traditional résumé reviews. For decades, CVs have been the bedrock of initial hiring decisions, but with AI tools generating well‑written […]
Office Folklore: The Hidden Stories That Shape Workplace Culture
Every organization has them. The legendary onboarding disaster everyone still talks about. The story of the CEO who answered support calls on their first day. The mythical ‘all-hands meeting that changed everything’. These stories, which are often passed down informally, are what I like to call office folklore. As someone who has worked in HR […]
How Can Organizations Reclaim Time from Calendar Culture?
I am sure that many of us have audibly groaned when we take a peek at our calendar for the coming workdays and see it littered with colourful blocks. And whilst these seems like a staple of the job, some organizations are beginning to see the emergence of what we can a ‘calendar culture’. Calendar […]
What We’re Reading: Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders
It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and this played a big role in helping us decide what our monthly read would be. After exploring a range of compelling titles, we ultimately landed on Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders: How to Start, Survive and Thrive in Leadership by Dr Nancy Doyle, and quickly realized it was exactly the kind […]
The Price of Mismanaging Neurodiversity at Work
As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives continue to mature, there remains a hidden cost many organizations are overlooking: the price of neurodiversity masking. Neurodiversity masking is the effort neurodivergent employees expend to appear neurotypical (or ‘normal’) at work. This masking requires a significant amount of energy and can be mentally exhausting and difficult to sustain. […]
Can Boredom Be Valuable in the Workplace?
Being ‘busy’ has long been a badge of honor at work. Full calendars, constant notifications, back-to-back deadlines… these were once seen as signs of a fully productive and committed team member. But in the modern work landscape, a different insight is emerging: constant busyness may actually suppress some of the very qualities businesses need most, […]
