Have you ever been blindsided by the resignation of one of your star performers? Here’s 10 tips on how to keep hold of your great people. Growing a business is really exciting, but as you expand you begin to rely more heavily on your people to continue your business growth…

Do you have company values? And if you do, are they underpinned by the daily behaviours of everyone in your organisation? Or do you struggle to remember them at all? In this post, I want to do something a little bit differently. I’m going to ask you some questions. Do…

Effective onboarding means making an emotional connection with our new starters. Here’s three practical ways to achieve that. Emotionally connecting with new starters is incredibly important to the onboarding process. Here in Part Two of my discussion on the subject with David Larter we look at some tips on how…

Effective onboarding sets new hires up for success to increase productivity and engagement and lower employee turnover. Onboarding is a really important topic and I have spoken about different aspects of it in a podcast episode, Episode 6: Getting New Hires Up to Speed Quickly, and also in my previous…

With our longer lifespans, no forced retirement age and changes to societal norms, these days we have up to five generations in the same workforce at the same time. Each generation has a different approach to work, including what motivates them and what they’re looking for from an employer. …

In Part 2 of our deep dive into remote work, Maja Paleka, co-founder Juggle Strategies, offers her top tips for hybrid workplaces. This post is a continuation of our previous post on What’s the Purpose of the Office?, …

What is the purpose of the office? I asked Maja Paleka, co-founder of Juggle Strategies, which is on a mission to make flexible work business as usual. Maja Paleka and I met pre-COVID, which feels like a really long time ago, at a remote-working conference. It’s funny to reflect now…

We’re seeing AI emerging in many areas of HR, including recruitment and selection; onboarding; training and development; employee engagement; retention; remuneration decisions and performance management. Could you use AI in your business? In this, the third of my three-part series of posts on the top trends into the new financial…

Go beyond compliance to make a real impact on workplace culture and employee engagement. As we’re getting close to the end of the financial year, I was asked recently about my thoughts on top trends coming into the new year. In no particular order, they were money, changing legislation and…