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How Can Leaders Be Kind Whilst Still Maintaining Authority?
There has always been this outdated idea that in order to climb the ranks and come out on top you have to be ruthless, cutthroat, and manipulative. But in reality, there isn’t much evidence that supports this – one longitudinal study conducted over 14 years found that those who were selfish, aggressive, and manipulative were […]
Can Stress Be Used as a Force for Good in the Workplace?
Employers spend a lot of time creating and implementing strategies to help manage and mitigate stress in the workplace. After all, excessive stress can lead to health issues, lower productivity, and increase the risk of burnout. But not all stress is ‘bad stress’. Psychologists actually separate stress into two distinct categories: eustress and distress. While […]
How Employers Can Prepare for SAD Season
With the clocks having gone back in the US this past weekend – and the clocks having already rolled back two weekends ago in the UK – we are officially entering into SAD season. For those that might not know, SAD stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is a type of depression that comes and […]
What Do You Do if Your Workplace is Haunted?
Stories of ghosts, ghouls, spirits, and paranormal activity are not hard to come by in the modern world. The media is inundated with gothic movies, tv shows, and literature, and for many people a good ghost story gets their spine tingling. However, while the idea of ghosts may be entertainment for some, for others, the […]
What We’re Reading: Pause. Breathe. Choose. by Naz Beheshti
This month, we have grabbed ourselves a copy of Naz Beheshti’s Pause. Breathe. Choose. Become the CEO of Your Well-Being. When you prioritize your career over your well-being, you ultimately end up damaging both. That’s why Naz has published a debut designed to help employees restructure their lives to ensure that they are focusing on […]
How to Avoid an HR Horror Story
It seems fitting that the days get darker around Halloween – preparing for all the costume-clad kids to take the streets in search for candy corn and fun-sized chocolate bars. Every year, the celebrations for Halloween seem to get bigger and bigger, and with its rising popularity comes the want to mark the spooky season […]
How HR Can Foster a Culture of Cybersecurity
With Cybersecurity Awareness Month in full swing, it’s the perfect time to examine a critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of an organization’s cybersecurity strategy: culture. While technical solutions and security protocols are essential, the human element—how people think, act, and interact with technology—can make or break an organization’s defences. This is where Human Resources comes […]
Creating a Menopause-Inclusive Workplace
Menopause impacts half of the population at a certain point in their lives – in fact, by 2025, over 1 billion people globally will be in menopause. Unlike many other conditions, menopause is something that is guaranteed to affect a vast majority of people. And considering that most women will undergo menopause during their working […]
When Your New Hire Discovers They Were Second Choice
For new employees, the elation of coming to the end of the hiring process and being offered a job can be such a rewarding feeling. Out of all the candidates that applied, they were the one who made it to the finish line. However, this elation can quickly fizzle out if they come to discover […]
The Power of the Hour: Introducing OrgShakers CL!CK
You can do a lot in sixty minutes. In 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright marked the dawn of aviation with FOUR successful powered flights in the space of just one hour! In 2020 Mo Farah set a world record by running 21,330 meters in 60 minutes. That’s an average speed of over 13 mph, which is faster […]
What If Employers Didn’t Call It ‘Mental Health’?
Mental health support has become a staple offering from employers in the contemporary world of work. This shift was greatly influenced by the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, leading to more employees being granted access to Employee Assistance Programs and subscriptions to wellbeing apps as part of their benefit packages. However, despite this rising popularity, research […]
Time to Say Goodbye to 9-to-5?
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of popular social media platform LinkedIn, recently made the prediction that by 2034, the 9-to-5 job will be extinct. Hoffman is famed for his grand predictions; most notably, he predicted the mass rise of social media back in 1997 – something which has definitely come to fruition. Now, as we see the […]
