Category: Employee Experience

The Great Recalibration: the workplace burnout crisis

The UK currently has 1.3 million job vacancies, and 60% of current workers are job hunting. Many are looking to offset the cost-of-living crisis with a pay rise. Even if this means changing jobs. A recent McKinsey report looked at why...

The cost of ignoring ESG

A recent global survey of 1,250 managers and senior executives looked at environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in companies across the U.S. and Europe. Unsurprisingly, this found ESG to be a growing concern for companies.  Within the UK, most surveyed...

Advancing employee experiences in the face of change

If the employee experience (EX) is not one of your top business priorities, then it should be. For a start, good employee experiences deliver growth. MIT’s research in 2017 demonstrated that businesses with an EX in the top quartile deliver...

5 Steps for providing a positive work environment

A positive work environment is important for maintaining overall team productivity and employee retention. The workspace should be physically comfortable for employees to enhance their work output. More importantly, all employees should have the tools to succeed located in an...

How diversity, equality, inclusion and sustainability can supercharge your business transformation

We appear to be living in a period of continuous disruption. Global economic progress is faltering, driven by a combination of factors: the continued uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; climate change; conflict; supply chain disruptions; shifts in international trade;...

UK EXA’22 winners announced: improving the employee experience across the UK

Last week, HR professionals and enthusiasts alike had an exceptional day. At the live UK Employee Experience Awards TM ’22, the attendees had the opportunity to bear witness to 65 finalists of the programme presenting their top initiatives. The Awards Finals and...

Is a 4-day week the future of work? An interview with Charlotte Lockhart

What would you do if you had one day off each week? Would this make you more productive, healthier, and focused on things you want to do for your career, your family, or your side business?In the latest episode of...

New research shows that 32% of UK workers are surveilled by employers

According to recent research, employers ‘spy on’ a third of UK workers, and webcam monitoring has more than doubled. Bosses and business owners are using dystopian surveillance tools more often to make sure their workers are being diligent.As we get...

How to reinvent your employee experience in 2022 

Last year saw just the beginning of what has been dubbed the ‘Great Resignation’. Brits, predominantly those working in leisure, hospitality, retail and healthcare, have voluntarily left their jobs at “historically elevated levels” that were last seen in 2009. While...

Three ways to make your CX team more gender diverse

Less than 6% of software engineers identify as female, while barely 5% of technology leadership positions are held by women. As such, is it any wonder that 78% of us can’t name a single famous female computer scientist working in...