Our recent research around workplace wellbeing looked at a variety of factors that influence whether people feel they can maintain their wellbeing. These included individual, job, environmental and cultural factors. One aspect of our study looked at the impact of plants in the work environment on wellbeing. Our research found that a third of people […]
Workers who feel they can maintain their wellbeing at work are a whooping 40% more likely to feel engaged than other workers. Our recent workplace wellbeing research found that 66% of people who felt they could maintain their wellbeing were engaged with their employer. This compares to just 27% of workers who feel engaged but
For anyone tasked with improving wellbeing at their workplace, it can be difficult to know where to invest time and money. They can find themselves looking at a wide range of issues from mental health support, ergonomic desks, employee safety policies or the tax implications of the cycle to work scheme. Yet, some Cambridge employers
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Perhaps this will change the way we attract children into different careers – Kidzania above the Westfield Centre in London’s Shepherds Bush. In a mini-world, children up to 14 years old get the chance to pretend they are working in all sorts of jobs and have to deal with a really tough audience – other
In many technical businesses, the biggest talent management challenge isn’t recruiting people with the right technical skills but having the managers with the right knowhow and who fit the culture of the organisation. Not just any managers, but managers with a ‘geek interface’ – people who understand our innovations and who can talk with both
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Don’t know if you’ve noticed it too but there seems to be a lot of chatter currently around desk design. Denmark has just made it mandatory for employers to offer their staff sit-stand desks. In the UK, Grove House Primary School in Bradford has just introduced sit-stand desks for its students. The trial is designed
What is happening in our workplaces? Are the social differences between generations really creating haves and have-nots? BBC Radio 4 show last night about the #neverhadit generation – the group of under 25s who have entered the job market since the recession started in 2008.
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There is nothing new about different generations working side by side. The younger ‘apprentice’ learns by following the older worker. What is different nowadays is that younger workers have new key skills which are in demand from employers – social media, marketing, research, knowledge management, technology, programming etc. These workers have developed these skills socially
Just reading the brilliant well researched book Quiet by Susan Cain about introverts in the Western workforce that mostly encourages extrovert behaviours. These workplaces are designed to support extrovert behaviours including open plan offices, team working, group away days, reward for certain behaviours. For example, introverts are less favoured for leadership positions even though research
The long awaited Engage for Success evidence report was published today. Some of the key points of evidence about the importance of employee engagement to organisational performance (which have been gathered with leading research firms) include: one third of UK workers say they are engaged – a figure which leaves the UK ranked ninth for
