Everyone wants to feel healthy, safe, and engaged at work. Confident they’re equipped to handle whatever’s ahead – particularly in uncertain times. Your middle managers are no different.
Breakfast bites: Series 1: Quiet hiring and you – 3 powerful changes you can start making today
Last week we took a swift look at the work culture trend known as quiet hiring and why it’s been around longer than you think. It’s about enriching your workforce to meet your needs, using the people you already have to hand – a win/win when some markets are still tight and budgets are tighter
Breakfast bites: Series 1: Why quiet hiring isn’t a new concept
According to Forbes, the phenomenon of quiet hiring is with us. One of the top workplace predictions for 2023, its rise is hailed as the answer to budget restraints in a competitive hiring environment.
Breakfast bites: Series 1: When one good apple can improve the whole barrel
One bad apple can infect the whole barrel, so the saying goes. What if one good apple could keep the whole barrel healthy?
Breakfast bites: Series 1: Is it about time you reframed training?
How committed to effective, holistic development is your business? In real terms, it looks like: Elevating the importance of learning culture within a firm – something that’s constantly evolving, visible and purposeful. A commitment to career planning within the firm and beyond it so that people feel supported, you get the best of their natural
Breakfast bites: Series 1: Four-day week study results confirm what we already knew
The results of the UK’s first four-day week study were published a few weeks ago. These are our top key findings from the report which suggests a relationship between shorter working hours and:
Breakfast bites: Series 1: If performance has slipped, how do you go back to the way things were?
While the percentage of the workforce working between home and office rose to 24%, the number of those working exclusively from home dropped. Three quarters of home and hybrid workers reported improved work life balance.
Breakfast bites: Series 1: Why your people need to know what you stand for
Here are a couple of statistics to get you thinking: Over half of those questioned in a Glassdoor survey stated that they value a company’s culture over salary. A Gallup poll found that engaged teams show a 14% increase in productivity and 81% less absenteeism The same Gallup study states that when it comes to performance, happiness and contentment
Breakfast bites: Series 1: Are hybrid and flexible working the same thing?
Hybrid working rose sharply in 2022, long after the end of the Covid-19 restrictions. It’s a trend that’s clearly here to stay, so being clued up about rights and responsibilities should be a priority for any leader, manager or business owner.
Breakfast Bites: Series 1: what’s your role in creating stability?
What can you do? Don’t underestimate the impact of your example – live healthy behaviours that build strong relationships and enable meaningful communication. It’s your job to make sure everyone feels recognised in a way that feels relevant to them. How well do you know the team you lead?
The Power of Quality Conversations
When we think about what effective communication means, it is often seen as a mechanism to get things done and can take on a transactional feel. Jarred Associate Sarah Holden believes that quality communication is what unleashes performance in teams and organisations. The workplace climate is changing and company culture and conversational skill sets need