Workplace culture

Offices are now in competition with the home and, for many, the home is winning! WFH culture is a challenge, but there are ways to improve offices and workplaces.

Unsurprisingly, the two most common factors that led to employees distrusting CEOs were leaders having a 'hidden agenda and playing into corporate politics'.

If employers are going to attract and retain the best possible talent in 2024, then they need to put initiatives in place that meet employee expectations.

Over half of U.K. deskless workers say they're viewed as expendable by their employer. Plus, 32% feel that their corporate, desk-based colleagues regard them as inferior. 

New research has revealed that anger elicits the best work-based performance, however, workplace experts dispute this by explaining why anger shouldn't be a motivating factor.

Smart organisations envision a new future. Traditional organisations focusing only on increasing profits and delivering enhanced business outcomes will become history.

In this episode of the Mind, Body, Work Podcast, Joanne Swann speaks with Katie De Bertrand, a Mental Health First Aid instructor and the Training Manager at Oxfordshire Mind. Joanne also speaks with behavioural science expert Jon Davies. Together they talk all things workplace wellbeing, discussing how this term has transformed in recent years, how important it is for employees to feel safe and supported at work, and how leaders can successfully implement wellbeing strategies in their workplace.

As leaders strive to create resilient and inclusive organisations, a people-first culture is what will set them apart from the competition.

What three words would you use to sum up your workplace? That was the question over 2,000 employees in the UK across a wide range of sectors were recently asked.

35 per cent of employees' state that the recognition they receive is inauthentic and a similar number - 36 per cent – believe it's meaningless!