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What We’re Reading: Reinventing the Organization by Dave Ulrich and Arthur Yeung
Recognised globally as the ‘Father of Modern HR’, Dave Ulrich’s thought-leadership has shaped our profession for decades. His most recent book, Reinventing the Organization – written with Arthur Yeung – maps out how employers can reinvent their organizations to flourish in fast-paced and fast-changing markets. At OrgShakers we think this book should be on every […]
5 Unusual (and Innovative!) Approaches for Employees to Boost Productivity
One of HR’s key functions for employers is implementing strategies to optimize productivity in the workplace. By now, most employers will know the basics on how to go about this – but there are a growing number of innovative productivity strategies that organizations may not have considered before. They may sound counter-intuitive, but hear us […]
Should Employers Be Creating Pet-Friendly Workplace Policies?
Many of us that work remotely or in a hybrid setting are accustomed to working in the same environment as our pets. In fact, more than 23 million American households adopted a pet during the pandemic, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. With in-office work having returned, some are […]
Making Mistakes at Work: What We Would Tell Our 21-Year-Old Selves
For those who might not be familiar, something wonderful happened on Twitter this year (a sentence not heard all that often). After an ordeal where an HBO Max intern accidently sent out a test email to thousands of the streaming service’s subscribers, the company took to Twitter to explain the mistake and highlighted how they […]
Should Employers Be Embracing the ‘Managing Up’ Trend?
Currently, many HR buzzwords and phrases originate from the same place: TikTok. First we saw the rise of ‘quiet quitting’ take TikTok – and then the wider internet – by storm. And now we are seeing a new trend with over 5 million views: ‘Managing Up’. Managing Up is when employees work out how to […]
Preparing the Workplace for Generation Alpha
Move over Gen Z – Generation Alpha will soon be knocking on the workplace door! Set to be the largest generation to date (it is predicted that there will be over 2 billion of them globally!), Gen Alpha are the children who will be born to predominantly Millennial parents between the years of 2010-2024. This […]
Here’s Why Employers Need to Start Addressing the Ambiguity of Accessibility
Over 1 in 4 of the population are struggling to access the services and products they need … that’s around 18 million people in the UK! And although the term ‘accessibility’ is nothing new, it can be hard to pin down exactly what it means to your organisation or business. This is because when people […]
It’s a Date! Optimizing Your Recruitment Process to Attract the Best Talent
The effectiveness of an employer’s hiring process is often overlooked. And yet, this is the first real interaction a potential employee has with your company – in many ways, it echoes the setting for a first date. Both parties are trying to present the best versions of themselves, in the hopes that there is enough […]
Workplace Jargon Vs. Cybernese: Are These Hidden Languages Barriers to Inclusion?
When I first started my job, I wasn’t exactly fluent in workplace jargon. I had just graduated from university and hadn’t ever been in a corporate environment, and straight off the bat there were acronyms being thrown around that I would surreptitiously google so not to seem out of the loop. For example, a term […]
Why Employers Should Be Challenging the Stigma of Breastfeeding at Work
With today marking the start of World Breastfeeding Week, now is the time that organizations should be ensuring they are providing a positive workplace environment for those nursing that will benefit them all year round. People that are still breastfeeding when returning to work will need to express breast milk between 8-10 times over a 24-hour […]
How Important is Friendship in the Workplace?
Workplace friendships can be joyous, enduring relationships contributing to personal and professional success. It’s how we manage them that matter. Regularly spending time with the same people is likely to result in platonic relationships forming. Such friendships can foster innovation and psychological safety, as well as encourage collaboration, adaptability, vulnerability, healthy competition, and humility – […]
What Can Barbie Teach Employers About Enterprise Agility?
July is Global Enterprise Agility Month. July is also – more importantly – the month that the Barbie movie comes out in cinemas around the world. Now, these two things may not seem like they have a lot in common, but walk with me a minute. Before Barbie was brought to life by Margot Robbie, […]
