Do you know what your corporate culture looks and feels like to employees and customers? Do you know whether your workplace culture is helping you to achieve business goals or is it standing in the way? The truth is most of us don’t know the answers to these questions. You might have a vague notion
There’s nothing new about the digital workplace; the fact is we’ve all been digital for quite some time now. However, as the pace of technological change continues at an accelerated rate, the pressure to keep up is enormous. But when time is an issue and budgets are tight, how can you avoid making expensive bad
Managing workplace safety and health is often a major headache for businesses. Ensuring compliance as well as monitoring and reporting back to the authorities is a time consuming and laborious process. A company intranet, however, can make it a simplified, more manageable and transparent procedure. Rather than having to wade through mountains of paperwork, the
Many companies are realizing the value of CEO blogs as an internal communications tool. You see, engaging and interesting content shared in a CEO blog ticks a number of boxes all at once: from increased employee engagement and improved internal communications, through to helping build the right company culture. A CEO blog is a low-cost
It seems as though everyone is currently jumping on the mindfulness bandwagon: from Google through to Nike. But is it just another trendy fad or could there be something in it? If the notion of mindfulness conjures up an image of yoga mats, incense burning or mantra chanting, then it’s time to think again. You
Joint working and collaboration are essential in any workplace. Whether it’s two colleagues interacting to complete a task, or a cross-departmental team working on a specific project, employee collaboration is a feature across all businesses both large and small. However, collaboration in the workplace is often taken for granted. It’s almost seen as a given
Worldwide, many millions of dollars are spent by businesses annually on developing a public-facing brand and marketing messages based on that brand identity. Very few companies, however, pay as much attention to their internal branding and getting employees on board with a corporate vision. And yet, staff members are potentially your biggest brand advocates. After
Did you know that one in four Americans have identified work as being a source of anxiety? Or that depressed employees lose on average 27 work days per year? And what about this statistic – depression costs employers more than any other health condition? These are sobering statistics. It’s incumbent on every responsible employer as
How easy is it to implement a new initiative in your corporate organization? How quickly does your company respond to business innovations? The truth is for many corporates there are several layers of bureaucracy and red tape to get through before the initiative is even put in front of the board for approval. Business agility,
There’s no doubt that technology has changed forever the ways that we connect with each other. Only the other day while enjoying a family meal in a nice restaurant, I couldn’t help but notice the number of other diners who instead of enjoying each other’s company were busy scrolling through their smartphones, oblivious to their