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Employee engagement, it’s a tricky topic for employers running any type of business to get right. However, the advantages if you do achieve success in this area are huge. An engaged workforce can put a business ahead of its competitors. It can: increase productivity reduce staff turnover improve customer service create a better atmosphere to [...]
How often have you been chatting to a friend, asked them why they left their last job and received a response along the lines of “I needed more of a challenge” or “I outgrew the position”? My guess would be not often. Far more likely is for your friend to state “I couldn’t work with [...]
The ray of sunshine that shone over the UK during the Olympics and Paralympics may now seem like a distant memory; but the inspiring and humble attitudes of the athletes involved has left a lasting impression on many of us. The dignified yet highly productive behaviour demonstrated by these athletes and their hard working attitude [...]
There’s been a lot of talk lately about how staff loyalty has vanished from the employment relationship by both employees and their employers. Back in the day, as the story goes, a job was for life, employers treated workers like family and in return employees gave their unquestioned loyalty, thankful for having a job. There [...]
You work with your colleagues for around 47 weeks of the year, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day so it’s hard not to get to know them on a personal level, making friends (and occasionally enemies!) along the way. But is this everybody’s experience of work or are there some employees that simply [...]
A security check on an employee at a US firm has revealed that he was outsourcing his work to China. The software developer, in his 40s, is thought to have spent his workdays surfing the web, watching videos on YouTube, browsing Reddit and bidding on eBay.
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