Leadership and Management
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Blogs
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…
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…
The missing link for motivation at work
As an HR manager, how would you like the world to be different? We ask this because at WeThrive we help companies understand what their staff need in order to work…
Does survey completion rate matter?
I’ve just read on a well-known HR site that we shouldn’t get too hung up on survey completion rate when measuring staff engagement – it’s OK if half the staff fill…
How to build an effective team
There is no mystery about how to build an effective team: it happens automatically. Give a group of eight-year-olds a ball and they will improvise a game in no time,…
UK workforce over-qualified? Oh no they’re not…
According to the CIPD Employee Outlook Review 94% of staff think they have at least the qualifications they need for their current job. That’s made up of 63% who think they are adequately…
Making work fun
I just received an email asking “Could Ping Pong, ice cream or space hoppers help you to improve key HR issues such as productivity, wellbeing, engagement and absence management?” The…
Getting buy-in for the staff survey
Millions spent, to what purpose? According to SurveyGizmo a typical employee survey might get about 35% response rate. InSync suggest that a really well-designed staff survey could get a 60%…
Employee Engagement strategies need rethink – Oracle
Oracle Simply Talent has been looking at the way employee engagement is treated in business, and concludes that HR teams are uniquely qualified to make it work, but at the moment they…
Stress is the key to absence management
The CIPD‘s annual survey on absence management paints a fairly grim picture. Stress-related absence is up on last year in most sectors, especially in the public services, and only a…
Wellbeing in the workplace: making space to really care for your people
Wellbeing in the workplace is talked about so much in the press you would be forgiven for thinking we are making real progress in that area. Unfortunately, while awareness is…
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.
Weds, 29th Sept 2021 at 10:00 – 10:40 AM GMT
How WeThrive in a Hybrid World
Over the last 18 months the pandemic has revolutionised the way almost all businesses work. Organisations have discovered just how vital the right technology is to be successful. But the…
Thu, May 27, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT
Hybrid Working: Strategies for Success
As the population gets vaccinated, lockdown eases, and the country returns to normality, organisations are entering a crucial period of change. But after a year of remote work, what does…
Thu, Mar 11, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT
5 tips for unlocking motivation in your remote team
Organisations facing falling motivation levels and increasing numbers of disengaged employees in 2021 may not come as a huge surprise. Last year, 45% of UK businesses reported feeling confused about…
Thu, Jan 21, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT
5 tips for your 2021 people strategy
If you want to design a people strategy that really works and enables your workforce to thrive as we recover from the pandemic then this Webinar is for you.
Thu, Sep 10, 2020 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM BST
Tools to improve productivity in remote teams
Just a few months ago managing a team was infinitely easier – getting everyone together in one room for a coffee or lunch in the local (remember that?). Even in…
Wed, Jan 29, 2020 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT
Creating a culture of listening, learning at WeThrive
In order to improve engagement, retention and wellbeing at your organisation you need a system that is designed to deliver both insights and most importantly recommendations of where to focus your valuable time to help you hit your objectives – within an already busy schedule. Learn how with this webinar
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.
Surviving and thriving in a brave new world
This paper offers insights into how we bridge the gap between the old world and the new one – giving managers the knowledge, skills and resources they need to keep their people happy, focused, and productive.
Employee ROI – Where’s the pay back?
This whitepaper connects reliable statistics with input from industry bodies on the real cost of unhappy and disengaged staff – the figures are eye watering!
Guides
HR Strategy Guide
We live in an increasingly confusing and chaotic world. Civil unrest, social change, political toxicity, and physical health have created even more challenging conditions for HR, managers and employees. While…
The guide to managing remote teams
This guide has been developed to help those managing remote teams better understand the needs of their people. The working landscape has changed drastically over the last 12 months, and…
Employee Engagement Survey: The Complete Guide
If you are serious about retaining your most productive, experienced and capable employees, you must invest in employee engagement, which for a company of any size is going to mean running a survey of some kind.