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Blogs

Improve line manager leadership skills

  Want to regain your focus and build a highly effective team? Keen to retain key staff for longer and deliver better results? People leave managers, not companies. It’s a…

Spotlight on Patagonia: key to employee engagement

Best known in the US for its colourful fleeces and wardrobe-staple backpacks, Outdoor apparel maker, Patagonia, has also been making waves in the world of business ethics and employee engagement.…

WeThrive – Employee Wellbeing Awards!

We are delighted to announce the shortlisting of one of our valued clients, Expand Executive Search, for not one, but two categories at the Employee Wellbeing Awards 2019. The prestigious…

Carnival UK reveal their employee communication strategy

We were delighted to hear that one of our valued clients, Carnival UK – the operating company for renowned cruise lines P&O Cruises and Cunard was recently shortlisted as a…

Is culture fit hiring a good or bad thing?

Hiring the right people is an important aspect of building a successful business. The big question is how do you ensure the people you hire are right? With company culture being…

Maintain a positive culture while your business grows

Many companies have an impressive reputation as being a great place to work, but culture, values and the personal touch can easily become lost as a business forges ahead with…

Google walkout – inevitable and avoidable

Last week Staff at Google offices around the world staged an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. In this blog we explore why you should be…

Staff recognition - picture is Thank You by Nate Grigg - Flickr CC licence

Is World Gratitude Day a useful contribution to staff recognition?

Today is World Gratitude Day Hooray. A lot of empty gestures will be made today, says my inner cynic, mostly in companies that want employees to think they really care. This is…

How to retain top talent in the financial services industry

Retaining talent is becoming a top priority for the financial services industry. As Ed Price, Head of Finance, Experis UK & Ireland recently put it ‘The financial services world is…

Retaining new accounting talent

Ungrateful or what? You take people fresh from university, invest all that time and money training them, and minutes later they’re off – just as they’re starting to be useful. Retaining…

Stormtrooper with an employee engagement idea

Employee engagement idea

There is an epidemic of exhaustion. Wherever you look, people are tired, fatigued, worn out and struggling to motivate themselves in a life that seems devoid of meaning. No wonder…

Why is it so hard to keep good teachers?

The kids are not alright If you come from a privileged background your life chances are still greater – the gap between rich and poor remains ‘persistently high’. The Commission…

Webinars

Tuesday 24th October at 10AM | GMT

Lucy Adams: Influencing Leaders and Managers

In this webinar, Lucy Adams from Disruptive HR will explore why organisations need to empower their line managers with the tools and confidence they need to create thriving teams that deliver exceptional results.

White Papers

Manager Success Toolkit: Empower Your Managers to Engage Your Teams

Download the white paper to learn how to learn what your managers need to engage their teams.

The Missing Manual: Working with Humans

Download the manual for a simple, step-by-step guide to understanding people in the workplace and helping them develop new behaviour that will work better. Do you and your managers truly…

Guides

HR strategy guide – everything you need to know to create a great culture

A robust HR Strategy is needed now more than ever! We live in an increasingly confusing and chaotic world. Civil unrest, social change, political toxicity, and physical health have created…

Personal and Professional Development Guide

The way we work has been shaken up for good and personal and professional development is on the rise. Covid-19 has forced people to develop new skills, or risk being…