Listen to the rants of some right-wing individuals and you may hear the word ‘woke’ crop up. Is our society too ‘woke’? What does that even mean? Society continually evolves. And, as a result, some things that may have been acceptable decades ago are—quite rightly—no...
Just when you think you’ve got over a global pandemic, another crisis comes in its wake, i.e. the current cost-of-living challenges practically every single one of us is facing. In a recent survey of over 1,000 leaders and managers, almost three-quarters told of the...
Successful, effective and cohesive teams don’t appear by luck—they’re formed through great leadership and a healthy, happy workplace culture. In life, most of us get to choose our partners, with whom we opt to share our lives; to have a family with, perhaps. I’m not...
In a previous blog, I wrote about changes to the nation’s workplaces, and the priorities today’s employees might consider that wouldn’t have necessarily been seen as an issue for previous generations. On a similar note, I have read a couple of articles recently on the...
Can I bring my emotional support animal to work? Employee Expectations are changing, do you know what is important and what the deal breakers are for your employees and prospective employees when it comes to their workplace experience? There’s a trend on TikTok at the...
Both have a strong Ray O'Sunshine behavioural preference I have been absolutely fascinated reading, watching and listening to various media reports over the past few days, as the Boris resignation story unfolded. It’s not so much the politics which have fascinated me...
March 2020, and the whole country (where applicable) was asked to work from home. There were no ifs or buts about it—you were either a keyworker who worked on our nation’s front line and tasked with continuing your usual routine, or you had to adapt to working...
Why is change management so hard? Why do so many change management initiatives fail to successfully achieve the objectives and goals? There are many reasons why change is so hard, but one major reason is that as human beings our brains are programmed for survival,...
