Category: Employee Experience

Praise Problem for Employees Highlighted

‘Generic’ or rare praise from managers is turning off the UK’s employees, a new study shows. Global employee engagement firm Reward Gateway surveyed 500 employees in the UK, and revealed that generic and annual recognition or rewards are inadequate as employees...

Reducing the Carbon Footprint of your Business

Over the last decade, there has been a noticeable change in the way society perceives the environment. Having seen the impact pollution and carbon emissions is having on the ecological system, consumers and businesses alike are adopting new practices in...

Women Feel Fairly Treated at Work, Though Concerns Remain for Many

Despite recent headlines on sexism in the workplace, over half of women in a new survey say they feel empowered, well-managed, and fairly treated in their roles. The Women in the Workplace 2019 study by The Knowledge Academy found that 52 percent of 1,424 women from...

Third of NI Employees Find Work ‘Unrewarding’

Over a third of people living in Northern Ireland are stuck in a ‘boring or unrewarding’ job, according to a new study. A poll of 2,000 employed adults found 29 percent say their job is ‘utterly dull’, while a quarter of...

Remote Working: Boosting Productivity in your Home Office

Today’s digitalization trend has turned remote working from a dream into reality. Remote work has been favored by employers not just due to rising real estate costs, but also due to increase in employee productivity where they accomplish more in...

Five Recruitment Tips for Small Businesses

As a small business owner, attracting and recruiting top talent can be one of the biggest challenges that you face. However, it can also be one of the most important. Ensuring you have the right people on board that believe...

Shift Staff Protection Proposals Welcomed

Government plans to compensate workers for cancelled shifts have been described as a “step in the right direction”. The Good Work Plan outlines proposals to compensate flexible staff when shifts are cancelled at short notice and to ensure they are provided with a reasonable...

CXM Book Shelf: Performing as You

A new book aims to give women the “space to practice being the best version of themselves” in the workplace. Author Diana Theodores, PhD is a Senior Consultant with Mobius Executive Leadership and an international performance coach specialising in presence, communication,...

Tech Investments Hampered by Poor Employee Experience

A failure by firms to consider Employee Experience is leading to staff not realising the value of workplace technology investments. That is the finding of the Digital Wellbeing survey, comissioned by Avanade, which revealed that rather than empowering employees, the proliferation...

21st Century Leadership in Business

The author of this article, David Bovis, is a judge at the 2019 UK Business Awards.         “We cannot reasonably expect that any one should readily and obsequiously quit his own opinion, and embrace ours with a blind resignation to an authority...