Luke Smith looks at boosting productivity and customer experience by focussing on organisational culture A strong workplace culture is key to the long-term success of your business. A recent survey by McKinsey even found that businesses with strong, positive cultures…
Emily Cosgrove and Sara Hope on deepening trust and belonging through reverse mentoring Editor’s note: This article was first published by TJ in December 2021 To do our best work, we all need to feel included and valued. And to retain…
This month our resident adventurer, Sue Stockdale talks about learning opportunities on holiday It’s getting into holiday season when we have an opportunity to switch off from the stresses of day-to-day work, relax and have a change of scene. It…
As Alcohol Awareness Week draws to a close, TJ’s regular contributor Luke Smith weighs up the pros and cons of alcohol at work events As a business leader, you hold significant responsibility for shaping the culture within your organisation. Your…
Retaining a motivated, skilled workforce demands work says Antoinette Oglethorpe and that includes focussing on all, including your best people Engaging in regular conversations with employees about their career development is important because it helps them grow professionally. Sometimes, managers…
Charlotte de Metz looks at what we can do to improve diversity within the automotive industry In the UK, the automotive sector employs 780,000 people. It is a dynamic industry full of challenges and multiple interesting job roles that are…
This month Michelle Parry-Slater reflects on how our attitudes to each other have become more informal since Covid and she urges us to reach out to colleagues to give and receive valuable support from fellow professionals From where do you…
This month our coaching expert, Sue Stockdale looks at the value of introducing new perspectives People can get stale when they have been doing the same activities at work for a long period of time. Sometimes the familiarity means that…
As lack of motivation and engagement grips organisations Giora Morein suggests that agile methodology could be the way to re-energise flagging employees While quiet quitting isn’t new, the pandemic brought this phenomenon into sharper focus. In remote work, employees literally…
Extravert or introvert – what about a hybrid variation? Thom Dennis looks at the characteristics of the ambivert Some of us have been through psychometric testing and the know of the extraversion to introversion scale, originally conceived by Carl Jung,…
