There’s been a lot of media buzz about the skills gap in recent weeks, with the Open University warning of a skills gap that costs companies more than £2bn a year. Meanwhile, The Week saw Brexit as a major factor in the overall gap, and The Recruitment & Employment Confederation suggested temps will be used…
The phrase ‘The Employer Brand’ gets over 400,000 Google searches per year and is known to management teams globally. What’s special for me is that I had the chance to sit-down with the creator of the idea – Simon Barrow. Have a listen to the conversation below or continue reading for a full summary of…
Many millennials are now seeking more flexible jobs and paid holidays. However, this is not always feasible in many companies, especially if the employee is a contractor or a freelancer. For this reason, many millennials are now becoming digital nomads as they want to be able to be decision makers when it comes to the…
Getting the right people for every job is one of the keys to business success. If you’re a business owner, finding the right personnel cannot only help you achieve your goals, but it can also help you expand your business and bring it to the next level. On the flip side, the hiring process is…
The return of Google’s smart eyewear is here, re-invented, and this time with a focus on revolutionising the workplace. Google Glass first came out in 2014 with the grand ambition to leap from smartphones to a glass screen interface that brings the internet into to the user’s line of vision. But after a backlash of criticism…
Have you ever met someone and thought, “there’s just something I don’t like about him,” even though you had no good reason to make such a judgement? We have all been there and many of us discovered that guy turned out to be a great person. The point is bias inevitably influences our judgement whether…
Having a robust diversity and inclusion policy in place might seem like the obvious way to ensure you have a diverse workplace. Believe it or not, there are right ways of doing it, as well as lots of wrong ways. We’ve sought advice from our panel of diversity and inclusion experts who share their thoughts…
Your leave policies may include sick leave, maternity and paternity leave, compassionate leave and even bereavement leave. But does it include mental health sick leave? We all know the mental health of our employees is paramount and a lot of companies are being proactive and robust about the way they deal with employees’ mental health.…
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Team-Building for Collaboration
Teams are formed to accomplish a shared purpose and their success will depend on familiarity with each other’s work style, experience on prior teams, and their clarity of purpose and performance is hampered if team members don’t work well together. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines collaboration as “an action of working with someone to…