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Adjusting Your Feedback for Today’s Workplace
It’s possible that your company’s needs haven’t changed over the years. It still needs to meet targets and grow revenue. And the processes to achieve that might be essentially the same as they’ve always been. However, the needs of the people fulfilling those processes...
Policies and Procedures: Can’t Have a Happy Workplace Without Them
The existence of policies and procedures in the workplace is a given. But these “rules” are more than a formality. They create the boundaries that allow workers to feel safe and clear about their roles. Policies and procedures relating to internal policies, leave...
Writing Better Job Descriptions Can Transform How You Attract Talent
A bad job description can either prevent you from getting applicants, or worse, attract the wrong sorts of applicants. A good job description brings in qualified people. A great job description attracts vibrant, enthusiastic talent. Unfortunately, job descriptions are...
How You Should Respond to Quiet Quitting
Depending on whom you ask, quiet quitting is either positive or something to be feared. From the perspective of a business leader, it may at first appear to be a threat to retention rates. It may even appear that people simply don’t want to work anymore. But let’s...
Staying Connected as a Hybrid Employee
There’s nothing like a year away from the workplace to put things into perspective. The pandemic gave us all pause to reflect on our lives, our goals and our priorities. We reviewed how work fits into those areas. It also opened our eyes to the possibilities of remote...
Meaning is In the Moments
Does work have to be meaningful for a company to succeed? Research has shown time and again that employees who find meaning at work are more successful. Does that mean every role in the workplace needs to be connected to a higher purpose or serve an obvious good in...
How Managers Keep the Hybrid Workplace a Connected Workplace
The emergence of the hybrid workforce has taken a toll on people at the management level. One survey showed that managers feel stuck between leadership and employees. 54% of managers surveyed claim they felt leadership was out of touch with employees. Managers have...
Your Total Rewards Program Part 3: Career Development
When trying to attract and retain talent, one of the most important things you can do as a company is think about how your employees view their career. People continue leaving their jobs and careers and pursuing other paths. Company leaders need to understand that...
Your Total Rewards Programme Part 2: Benefits
Attracting and hiring high-quality talent is challenging in any market. The tendency is to assume that prospective candidates simply want a higher offer of pay. However, research shows that people, especially post-pandemic, are looking for more than a pay check in...
Your Total Rewards Programme Part 1: Compensation
The world of work is experiencing unique environmental circumstances but the challenges are the same as they always were. How do you attract new talent? And how do you retain the talent you have? While the challenges are the same, the solutions have evolved. No longer...
Fairness In the Workplace
Defining fairness is kind of like defining the perfect food. It means something different to everyone. It’s nearly impossible to create a collectively agreed-upon definition. However, everyone has a sense of fairness and unfairness. It’s a strong feeling that people...
Integrated Human Resources Workshop
Our partners Birches Group are coming to Dubai, UAE from 25-29 July 2022! Join Birches Group for five intensive days of in-depth discussion around the four critical areas of Human Resources – Job Design & Evaluation, Compensation Management, Skills Measurement,...