Last week I listened to Tony Hsieh the CEO of the American on-line retailer, Zappos talking about happiness at work. Hsieh believes that great companies have a strong culture and a vision with a...
In a ‘Spoonful of Sugar’, Mary Poppins sang how “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun, you find the fun and snap! The job’s a game.” But I...
It’s increasingly fashionable for employers to want their employees to ‘go the extra mile’ (GEM). Employers assume that GEM will benefit the organisation in terms of increased competitiveness, reduced staffing costs and increased productivity. ...
In a recent article in Management Today, Mary Perkins (the founder of Specsavers) said that one of the reasons there aren’t more women on boards is because “They don’t want to work till midnight...
There’s news this week that romantic relationships at work have been banned by one third of employers. It might be argued that workplace romances can affect organisational dynamics and outcomes, like productivity and morale,...
‘If you ask the wrong questions, you’ll probably get the wrong answers or at least not quite what you’re hoping for’. The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) appear to have ignored this truism...
Concerned about the financial and reputational cost to business on the one hand and the need to respect the employees’ right to privacy on the other, Acas is recommending that companies develop policies for...
When is UK business going to learn that ‘sweating your assets’ is not a practise that should be applied to staff, and remember that work-life balance isn’t a luxury but a...
Tom Pellereau, an inventor from London, won this year’s The Apprentice, going to show that people with ideas (and not just the sales person types that usually win The Apprentice prize) are important for...
I am somewhat surprised to read that a book (Rush: Why you need and love the rat race by Todd Buchholz) has just been published along with alarming claims that ‘stress is good for...