Category: Managing Workers

For many, the title of ‘workaholic’ is something to be aspired towards. Being seen to be wholly dedicated to putting the hours in, above all else, is an achievement to some employees and employers.However, the benefits of this ethic are… questionable. Work Matyrs, the deadly truth. Work Martyrdom The idea of a ‘Workaholic’ doing the […]

We need space to be productive, we need places to go to be free. — Laure Lacornette       When striving for greater productivity, it can be all too easy to solely blame yourself, and think that focusing your thoughts and actions will miraculously make you more productive. Sometimes, not always. Your surroundings and […]

According to our recent study of over 750 people, as many as 61% of people in the UK believe they don’t get enough employee incentives at their place of work. The importance of employee morale and worker satisfaction cannot be overlooked by businesses, with regards to both productivity and financial efficiency. Losing and hiring employees […]

Quick Quiz! Q: What’s the worst thing to hear at work? “We’re out of coffee” “How does a few hours overtime sound?” The fire alarm “Hey, can you do me a favour?”   A: “Hey, can you do me a favour?”   Okay, we may have made that quiz a bit hard. The fire alarm […]

UK Workplaces are bound by too many rules, according to a study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)   From the moment you wake up, throughout your commute, during your workday, and whilst you partake in any hobbies, you’re bound by rules. It’s a part of life that for the most part […]

Every year millions of workdays are lost due to sickness. The average per worker is around 4.4 days a year, according to 2013 ONS statistics. Whilst the average is quite low, some workers suffer from long-term sickness, and can be off work for a number of weeks, making it increasingly harder to return to work. […]

The National Living Wage has been in the news a bit over the past few months, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne used his first Conservative Party Budget to cut benefits for lower paid workers, but proposing businesses pay them more. The National Living Wage, which will roll out in April of 2016, […]

How thoroughly do you help your colleagues? If the answer to that was “very”, you may be hindering the actual learning of your colleagues, in lieu of short term performance gains. Conditions of instruction that enhance performance during instruction are the same conditions that could hinder long-term learning – why is this? A little thing called […]

A big challenge for the more than 5.2 million businesses in the UK is keeping hold of their combined 25+million staff. It is much cheaper, especially for small businesses, to keep hold of their staff, than it is to search, recruit and train new employees, every time someone leaves. This is something that many businesses […]

A few weeks back we published a news post bringing attention to a LinkedIn article, written by Gijs Van Wulfen, where he talked about when he gets his ‘Eureka moments’. The post was inundated with comments from managers, creatives and workers around the world about when they get their ‘eureka’ moments, or when they feel […]