Company culture can have a huge impact on the happiness, productivity and performance of your employees, so it’s important to do whatever you can to create a culture that suits the nature and needs of your business and your staff. The company culture is made up of everything from the way you communicate and act…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
What does it take to develop and maintain a truly engaged online community around your business? What challenges are communities facing? And what skills should community managers have? We had a chat with Richard Millington who is founder of FeverBee to get some advice on developing a more engaged community. Listen to the interview on iTunes, SoundCloud…
Communication is essential for the smooth running of a business, whether it is between colleagues, with a client or with customers. With technology creating a multitude of different ways to communicate these days, it can sometimes complicate things and messages can be interpreted in the wrong way and misunderstandings have potential to create conflict and cause…
A dog isn’t just for Christmas, it is for life…and in some cases the workplace too! Introducing a furry friend to your office, not only add a bit of cuteness to your day, but believe it or not, it could also boost the productivity of your workforce! Many of us could only dream of having a pet…
Being a manager isn’t exactly a straightforward task, sometimes it’s tough keeping track of your own responsiblities alone, let alone those of the rest of your team. And when your employees aren’t exactly giving you an easy ride, it can become somewhat of a challenge. The trials and tribulations of being a manager in the UK are something…
What do you think of when you hear the word ‘Manchester’? It may be rain, Oasis or the fact Mancunians called bread rolls ‘barms’, but that’s all about to change as a new study, driven by LinkedIn and the GMCA sheds some light onto what makes the Rainy City the new creative hub of Britain. Insights…
Google, Facebook, and Twitter are all well known for having super cool offices. Recently, LinkedIn has joined them with an office renovation that regular business owners could only dream of – and it definitely lives up to the hype. I recently had the pleasure of visiting their offices and I couldn’t believe the incredible amount…
Don’t reach for the chocolate or start shouting and bawling… We’re all prone to getting stressed at work – it’s kind of the point. If you don’t get stressed, then there’s probably something wrong – maybe you’re not working hard enough or maybe you’re just balling up all the tension inside you. Both these possibilities…
It is any managers main objective to maintain an engaged workforce. After all, the more productive your team are, the more that they will achieve and in turn, the more successful the business will be. One of the most significant factors that can impact an employee’s productivity is their job satisfaction and level of happiness at work. If an…