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OrgShakers Welcomes Christian Fernandez
I am delighted to be welcoming Christian Fernandez to the OrgShakers team! Christian is a Future of Work, Talent Transformation and Work Optimization Leader with 15 years of strategy development and execution in Agile Business Transformation, Organization Design & Effectiveness, and Process Re-engineering. A unique combination of Industrial Engineering and Organizational Development experience has allowed […]
A Good Salary Isn’t Enough to Make Employees Happy Anymore, and Here’s Why
Happy employees are productive employees – 13% more productive to be exact. But in days past, keeping an employee ‘happy’ was usually intrinsically linked with the amount of money they were being paid. If their salary was good, and their performance was methodically rewarded, then this tended to spark contentment in the general worker. However, […]
Why Having LGBTQ+ Inclusion Strategies at the Heart of Your Business is Good for Business
Gen Z are flooding into the workplace, and with this assimilation they bring to light conversations around work-life balance, environmentalism, and the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). And it is no wonder we’re seeing the latter take place; a recent study discovered that 36% of students and graduates identify as LGBTQ+. And yet, […]
What is ‘Coffee Badging’ and Are Your Employees Doing It?
That’s right – another buzzword has entered the mix. ‘Coffee badging’ may sound a bit peculiar, but it is essentially when an employee comes into the office very briefly, taps in with their identity card, then grabs a coffee and mingles with colleagues for a short stint before leaving to work the rest of the […]
OrgShakers Welcomes Karen Cerrato
I am delighted to be welcoming Karen Cerrato to the OrgShakers team! Karen is a seasoned HR professional with vast experience in Human Resources and a passion for high growth and fast paced environments. Most recently, Karen served as the Director of Human Resources for Lennox National Account Services, a division of Lennox International Inc., […]
A Paradigm Shift in HR: LSEG’s Global Parental Leave Policy Sets a New Standard
In a move that underscores the evolving landscape of workplace benefits, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has recently unveiled a groundbreaking parental leave policy. Effective from 1 July 2024, this policy not only represents a significant step forward in the realm of employee benefits, but also marks an important shift in the paradigm for […]
What We’re Reading: The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart
With International Women’s Day on the horizon, and Women’s History Month now in full swing, we have been reading The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It by Mary Ann Sieghart. Sieghart spent 20 years as Assistant Editor of The Times and is currently […]
Age Discrimination at Work is Really Starting to Get Old
37% of people in their 50s and 60s in the UK have experienced age discrimination in the past year, most commonly in the workplace. And in the US around two-thirds of over-50 adults believe older workers are facing age discrimination at work. Ageism has always been something that seemingly slips through the cracks. Throwaway comments […]
Where has the Metaverse Gone, and is it Coming Back?
Do you remember the metaverse? In the latter half of 2022, the hype surrounding the metaverse had reached an all-time high. Employers and HR professionals were preparing to usher in this digital working world, and had begun to examine what considerations would have to be taken into account when working with an avatar of oneself. […]
Is the Era of the Résumé Coming to an End?
The résumé can be traced all the way back to the late 15th century, when Leonardo Da Vinci sent a letter to the regent of Milan seeking a job and outlining his relevant work experience. It was then a few centuries later that this concept gained real traction, and by the early 19th century, having […]
Building Change Fatigue Strategies Into Your Success Equation
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” He may have achieved fame as a country music singer in the 1960’s, but Jimmy Dean’s observation could easily have been about the current state of organizational change. The winds of change have been howling through […]
Did Elmo Just Light a Fire Under HR to Confront the Employee Wellness Crisis? | HR Executive
Elmo, one of the furry stars of Sesame Street, is beloved by kids and parents alike for his sweet, wholesome nature. But things took a dark turn on Elmo’s social media last week—a situation that, employee wellness experts say, should raise the alarm for HR leaders. The character took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Jan. 29 […]
