27 August 2024
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27 August 2024

Did the lockdowns change work for the better?

I’ve been exploring this in our UK workplace study and through client feedback, and there’s still quite a heated debate going on about working from home … While some leaders regard the pre-pandemic “normal”, as a time when everything worked just fine, there’s probably another issue at play – trust. […]
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9 July 2024
9 July 2024

What’s it really like to work ‘here’? Part 2

(Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash) I love my work. Hmmmn, ok maybe not always. I should qualify – sometimes, I love my work. One of the activities that count towards enjoying my work is getting to work with different clients and figuring out what’s going on there. It is […]
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26 October 2023
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26 October 2023

Another staff survey! Why will it be any different this time?

What happens when you need insight and feedback from staff but your organisation’s track record with staff surveys has not exactly been a success? For some, the disappointment was a poor response rate. For others, the results simply weren’t what they hoped for. Probably, nothing happened. Whatever the reason, for […]
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12 October 2023
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12 October 2023

Benchmarking employee surveys: average, better than or worse?

Benchmarking the results of your employee survey helps you get a feel for where the organisation is. And yet too often it leads to inaction. In the worst case, results are justified or explained away, instead of action being taken to improve things.
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