The grapevine exists in every organisation, no matter it’s size. While some people may engage more than others I think most of us accept that the grapevine, for better and worse, plays a role in both our social and work lives. From an employer perspective it can have a significant impact on employee experience and your ability, as an employer, to build and maintain trust. I purposely chose not to read any details of the Jonny Depp and Amber Heard defamation case. That includes the deluge of social media. But all that coverage and hype made it very difficult...
Blue Monday is not real
A brief reminder that ‘Blue Monday’ is the result of a 2005 PR campaign created by Sky Travel to get people to book (more) holidays – and judging by the attention it gets every year I’d suggest it’s been pretty successful. There are however plenty of other times throughout the year when peoples mood and motivation is affected by things like the weather, finances etc That’s why our advice is to build a workplace that promotes well-being and engagement all year round…
CIPD ACE 2021 – Reflections
Wow real people. Those were Peter Cheese opening words at the conference and I certainly identified! Here’s my take on some of the other things Peter said that I felt were interesting/important: Instead of talking about the ‘great resignation’ Peter said his preference is to talk about the the great re-set or the great think. But to bear in mind if we don’t respond to this shift in expectations we will face the ‘great resignation’ We need to work on inclusion in our own profession Varying challenges are forcing us to think stategically about the future – should we...
Easy Reading
Self- awareness. We all know what that is don’t we. Read an article or book on leadership and you may change your mind! When a piece of writing is difficult to understand not only is it dull to read it’s also difficult to remember. They don’t have to be this complicated and it doesn’t mean you have to dumb things down. Here’s what I mean. Apparently researchers over the last 50 years have come up with 3 different definitions of self-awareness: the ability to monitor our inner world a temporary state of self-consciousness the difference between how we see ourselves...
