For me, this comment perfectly highlights the importance of collaboration to the success of any team – whether in sport or business. And, given the many parallels in team dynamics between sport and modern organisations, there are a number of lessons the rugby world cup can teach businesses about collaboration.
| Published: 4 December 2019
Over the last decade, views about the traditional nine-to-five have altered dramatically. Thanks to automation, work that once took days to complete can now be done within minutes and the introduction of new working practices, like flexible working, have helped to shape the office environment and its culture. Some businesses have started to embrace a number of ‘work perk’ practices such as flexible and remote working.
| Published: 3 December 2019
In June 2011, after a ten-year study, the Harvard Business Review (in partnership with the LSE, McKinsey and Stanford University) announced that the USA was the best-managed country in the world. This was not a reference to the Obama administration but a critique of how businesses are run. The US, we were told, has better managers than its fellow G7 states.
| Published: 2 December 2019
A PREVIOUS ARTICLE DEALT WITH WESTERN EUROPE HERE NOW IS SOME GUIDANCE ON POSSIBLE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN AN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH INCIDENT OCCURS ACROSS CERTAIN COUNTRIES WITHIN EASTERN EUROPE.
| Published: 29 November 2019
Of course, high pressure, peak seasonal periods don’t help matters and next on the agenda is Black Friday, arguably one of the most stressful weekends in the annual retail calendar and not just for bargain hungry shoppers influenced by FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).
| Published: 28 November 2019
Thousands of leaders have taken Herb Kelleher’s advice, more or less successfully, depending on the single-mindedness with which they have followed it and have hung the heavy mantle of responsibility for commercial competitiveness around HR’s shoulders.
| Published: 28 November 2019
However, the future is starting to look more positive. According to a recent survey of over 300 CPOs in the US, Europe and Asia across 14 industries, 60 percent of the respondents stated that there were more women in their organisation compared to three years ago and only six percent said that the number has decreased.
| Published: 26 November 2019
When sending staff abroad for work, employers need to ensure they have processes in place to collect up-to-date health records from their employees, to ensure the latest heath profile is available. Failure to depict an accurate picture of current health could result in potentially avoidable emotional and financial distress.
| Published: 24 November 2019
When dealing with occupational health matters, employers are bound by a large number of obligations and occupational health scenarios often ... View Article
| Published: 21 November 2019
The world of work is changing. Where the office 9-5 once ruled, working from cafes, airports or homes is now commonplace. Powered by messaging apps and collaboration tools, projects can be coordinated across the world all from behind a computer screen.
| Published: 21 November 2019
