We all like to think of ourselves as that great, cool boss who leads by example while charming the workforce at the same time. But it turns out that humility is a far more important quality in a leader than charisma. New research by Hogan Assessments has found that just by showing signs of humility, overly charismatic…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
A key facet of any successful company lies in the working environment. A company will ultimately be limited in its successes if employers find the workplace unpleasant, negative or stressful. Yet fostering and maintaining a positive work environment can be tricky, especially when finding a balance and not ending up being underproductive and unprofessional. Here…
In the past few years, the war for talent has become more and more competitive. Worldwide skills gaps and low unemployment rates mean businesses are fighting for a limited number of professionals and fishing in the same pools, causing the UK’s labor market to tighten. For businesses, this means really ramping up their efforts when…
Collaboration and idea-sharing is the name of the game for most businesses today. Organizations have realized that this is key to innovation and success. A 2016 Neilsen report found that “ideas developed by teams of three or more people have 156 percent greater appeal with consumers than those developed by teams where just one or…
Offering the right salary is crucial when looking to recruit top talent: offer a package too low and there’s a threat of losing a great candidate, offer a package too high and you could leave your business vulnerable to budget overspend, or your other employees finding out about higher wages and forcing salary negotiations across…
A newly released book on the history of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has made wave for a round of press questioning the use of personality assessment for HR purposes. Time and again, these critiques tend to fall into one of three broad themes: the tests are biased and discriminatory; they aren’t relevant for the…
Bottle Rocket is one of the world’s premier mobile development firms, responsible for designing and building apps. Some of its clients include National Geographic, BET, A&E and the studio is also a multiple Apple Hall of Fame award winner. We spoke to Julian Placino who is Senior Recruiting Lead at Bottle Rocket and oversees talent acquisition…
While tech companies are often portrayed as allowing relatively relaxed attire these days, it turns out that many companies still have and enforce business professional dress codes. And not only do they have them, but the majority of employees think they’re beneficial. Recently, BambooHR polled more than 1,000 U.S.-based, full-time employees (half of whom are…
According to HSE, around 15.4 million working days are lost due to work-related stress in 2017 with 595,000 British workers suffering from Mental Health issues such as depression and anxiety over the last 12 months with 239,000 new cases. Further research by the CIPD and SimplyHealth found presenteeism had more than tripled from 26 per cent in 2010…