Workplace Culture

Hard to define but hugely important for every business, culture can make or break companies, powering-up or alienating their workforce. Simon Kent investigates what culture means.

In this Q&A, Laura Bunn, HR Director at Roadchef explains how her company ensures employee engagement pays dividends for the business and the workforce.

The pandemic has a massive impact on where and how work was done. Through necessity employees had to come to terms with meeting virtually across computer platforms, working on their own, managing teams who were geographically apart and ensuring a business still.

Recent research from LinkedIn has given an interesting insight into the issue of hybrid, flexible and remote working.

Professor Sir Cary Cooper, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology & Health at the University of Manchester, gives his view on the hybrid and flexible workplace debate.

For most businesses the benefits of creating and managing a hybrid workforce are unquestionable. Offering opportunities to talent to contribute to a business no matter where they may be situated and in a way that keys in with their lifestyle and needs can open business to the best range of candidates available in a way that satisfies those employees.

In The HR World’s webinar We Don’t Talk Anymore, sponsored by Thomas, Elcke du Plessis, Global Training Specialist, Thomas; Florence Carter, Global VP of People and Culture, Fuse Universal and Spencer Gray, People Business Partner, Thomas examined the challenges around handling communications within companies.

In this webinar we examine the reasons for poor communications within companies and what HR can do to help.

The HR World’s recent webinar, Engaging Times: Quick and easy ways to motivate employees, explored the challenges of creating an engaged workforce and how to motivate the wider workforce.

Dr Mabel Costa, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School on why HR should push for a strong culture.