12th October 2018
Protected: First week, first impressions
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12th October 2018
Culture and change
Team building + Volunteering = Business win
I’ve been doing my bit! Click here to donate today to my Muddy Race for Life…
If I told you that approximately 70% of FTSE 100 companies have a volunteering programme, would you be surprised? I know I was!
So, there must be a compelling reason why our biggest and most successful corporates do this. After all, they have budgets and performance targets like the rest of us. So how do they justify this ‘charitable’ financial commitment to their returns-hungry shareholders? Because they know that engaged employees make better…
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1st October 2018
Policies and procedures
Duvet Day, yay or nay?
Let’s face it, life just doesn’t get any easier. We are collectively working longer hours than ever before, juggling busier working lives and family commitments. What with the prospect of health issues left right and centre (dicky knee, anyone?!), eternal traffic jams and seemingly endless queues for our daily shot of Skinny Cortado I’m surprised we even make it through the week!
Some days we just want and need to STOP. Turn off the alarm. Stay in bed. Rest. Relax and recharge. So why not? Why not just pull a…
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1st October 2018
Policies and procedures
You, Me and the Big C
Who was it that said, ‘cancer is a personal issue, not a professional one’? Well, I am going to beg to differ.
The harsh reality is that 1 in 2 of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives. That’s you, or me. Scary isn’t it? And significantly, around 750,000 of the 2 million people currently living with cancer are of working age, according to research by Macmillan; so I say that makes it a business issue!
The great news is that more people are surviving cancer than…
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1st October 2018
