Flexible working has been on the rise for a while now, and with good reason. Allowing employees to tailor their work schedules to fit their personal needs can lead to increased productivity, lower stress levels, and higher job satisfaction. And as the recent four-day work week trial in the UK has shown, and as BBC …
In this article for Startups Magazine, Lucy Kemp – our employee experience strategist – discusses how to create an EX for Gen Z staff that will last, and help to propel your business onto better things. Typically defined as those born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z are now starting to enter the workforce and, …
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In many cases, frontline workers were hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. They may have experienced job loss or furlough, or communication issues while businesses worked out how best to manage their workforce. It brought to light the many other challenges they face. As we continue to emerge from the global pandemic, it’s more important …
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In this article for Forbes Business Council, Jenni Field shares three things you can do today if you’re starting to see symptoms of your teams not working well together and relationships suffering. There’s been a lot of discussion about working from home. The benefit of less commuting time is one of the main reasons people prefer it, …
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It’s 2012 and I’m walking into a meeting in the Euston head office of the company I work for… There were about six of us in the room, and a few people dialling in from home. Carol grabbed the spider phone and connected the meeting room to the conference call number, and we waited to …
It’s that time of year when our social media feeds start to fill with blogs about forecasts, trends and themes to look out for in the coming year. I always find these posts really interesting because I think it’s a great way to see what’s on people’s agenda. In fact, I wrote a blog on …
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I recently co-hosted a webinar with best-selling author of Remote Work, Chris Dyer, to explore the pitfalls and assumptions around hybrid working – one of the most talked-about terms of 2021. I discussed what we should be focusing on in organisations today and dispel five myths about hybrid working. The myths about hybrid working are: It’s …
In this article for HR Director, Jenni discusses hybrid working. All our focus and effort is being channelled into defining the hybrid workforce. But is hybrid the latest buzzword in a long line of corporate jargon that essentially stops us from moving forward? First published in theHRDIRECTOR, October, 2021. Reproduced with permission. “Hybrid working is …
In 2020 I read The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley. In the book, Ross shares the story of his swim round the UK. There are many aspects to the story that have stayed with me and one, in particular, made me write a blog at the end of last year too about how easily …
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It’s going to take us 25 years to reap the true benefits of flexible working… that’s if the industrial revolution is anything to go by. During my camping holiday in Cornwall I finished reading Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed and I cannot recommend it enough. I have highlighted so much of the book but a …
This article is a snippet from the Inspiring Workplaces eBook, which is packed with lots of suggestions from the top 101 influencers. Jenni was asked to contribute and she talks about the fact that hybrid isn’t new; people have been working flexibly for years and there are millions of workers who serve on the frontline …
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Jenni hosts this discussion on CIPR’s quarterly Engage podcast. Jenni explores the different definitions of hybrid working and highlights the influence of organisational culture in adapting to working life in a post-lockdown world. She is joined by: Kate Shaw – Senior Internal Comms Manager for Nationwide Building Society Martin Flegg – Chair of Inside CIPR committee Sofia Cann – Head of Marketing …
This was an interesting month for inspiration as I found myself focused on the results of my line manager research and my book launch events. The line manager research has thrown up 12 key things for organisations to consider and my online book launch event included some interesting questions about internal communication and the role …
In February I wrote about hybrid working and asked if the term is a red herring for leaders. In the blog I said: “So rather than getting caught up in the latest buzzword of hybrid organisations, can we focus instead on the need for flexibility. Flexibility that reflects the reality of life today. A way …
In this blog, (original version featured in Influence), I talk about the changes in the workplace and the overuse of the word hybrid. I was prompted to write it after a recent Clubhouse chat I was co-moderating, where we talked about the leadership skills needed in a hybrid world. Since the pandemic hit there has been …
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At the end of last year, I asked my community across LinkedIn and Twitter what they thought the trends were going to be for business and communications in 2021. I asked people from across the globe and I also reached out to my contacts in the USA to find out what their specific views were. …
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